Adblock Plus and (a little) more
Adblock Plus 1.1 release candidate available · 2009-07-10 03:19 by Wladimir Palant
Important note: From now on, updates for development builds will be found automatically, it is no longer necessary to install them manually every time. Also, development builds will be created automatically once per day (night) if changes are found in the repository. Changelogs for all builds are also generated automatically and can be found in the directory of the development build (to view the changelog click “Show information” when Firefox offers you an update). This means that the announcements here are no longer necessary, they will only be posted for important builds.
The development build 1.1alpha.0+.2009071001 is the first release candidate for Adblock Plus 1.1. So far the known issues are:
- Subscription list on first run in Thunderbird: entire mail window is closed when clicking “Subscribe” (bug 503299)
- SeaMonkey: Toolbar button looks ugly with the Modern theme (Modern theme doesn’t allow properly adding buttons other than the ones coming with SeaMonkey)
- About dialog: version number is vertically misaligned in Firefox nightlies
If you find more, please leave a comment here.
Further improvements to SeaMonkey and Thunderbird support · 2009-07-09 18:23 by Wladimir Palant
This version further improves the way Adblock Plus works in SeaMonkey 2.0 and Thunderbird 3.0 nightly builds.
Known issues
- Subscription list on first run in Thunderbird: entire mail window is closed when clicking “Subscribe” (bug 503299)
- SeaMonkey: Toolbar button looks ugly with the Modern theme (Modern theme doesn’t allow properly adding buttons other than the ones coming with SeaMonkey)
Trying to get rid of "Author not verified" (or: Signing extensions with StartCom certificate) · 2009-07-07 21:47 by Wladimir Palant
Over the past few days I tried to get Adblock Plus builds signed and gave up again. Given that there is fairly little documentation on that topic, I though I would summarize my experience.
Working properly in Thunderbird again · 2009-07-07 18:24 by Wladimir Palant
This version has been tested in Thunderbird 3.0 nightly builds and seems to work fine there.
Changes
- Clearing browsing history in Firefox now clears hit statistics in Adblock Plus as well, can be disabled with the hidden
extensions.adblockplus.clearStatsOnHistoryPurgepreference (forum topic)
Known issues
“Block image” context menu item isn’t always availablePreferences: After clicking “Apply” changes to the status of a subscription are no longer displayed
Some more small improvements · 2009-07-05 11:27 by Wladimir Palant
So far 22 translations have been completed, rest still contains English strings.
Note: This build is signed. However, “Author not verified” will still be displayed due to bug 372980.
Changes
- Fixed: Focus issues when closing list of blockable items in Firefox nightly builds
Known issues
Element hiding rules and background images can disappear from list of blockable items after a whileToolbar button is dysfunctional after being added to toolbar via Customize dialog
Some memory management improvements · 2009-07-02 20:41 by Wladimir Palant
So far 12 translations have been completed, rest still contains English strings.
Changes
- Cleaned up data management code, made sure Adblock Plus doesn’t use up more memory than necessary
Known issues
Performance issues caused by new object tabs code on some pages (forum topic)
Element Hiding Helper 1.0.6 released · 2009-07-01 14:50 by Wladimir Palant
Changes
- New translations: Arabic, Basque, Galician, Armenian, Kazakh, Serbian
- Updated for Adblock Plus 1.1
- Updated compatibility range for various applications
- Generated rules always use raw CSS now, “simplified” syntax is deprecated
adblockplus.org - now with SSL protection · 2009-06-26 13:47 by Wladimir Palant
I enabled SSL on adblockplus.org and easylist.adblockplus.org so that these can be accessed via a secure connection. I also checked that all pages keep you on an encrypted connection once you are there (if you get redirected from HTTPS to plain HTTP somewhere — let me know). Only known problem is the video on the main page (embedding YouTube via SSL doesn’t seem possible) and images in forum posts (these typically come from plain HTTP as well). Oh, and I am using a StartCom certificate which means that only Gecko-based browsers and Safari will recognize it (given the audience of this site, this shouldn’t be a problem).
Some last improvements to tabs on Flash · 2009-06-25 10:10 by Wladimir Palant
Update: The original development build (2009062508, source code revision eae534acf07a) calculated tab positions incorrectly and was replaced.
The improvements to “Tabs on Flash and Java” feature should be complete now. Feel free to provide feedback in the forum.
Note: Adblock Plus 1.1 is feature-complete now. No more features will be added, string freeze starts now. Some stability work still remains before the release however.
Changes
- “Block” button on plugins (e.g. Flash or Java) is only shown when the mouse is on the plugin
Showing tabs on Flash only when hovered · 2009-06-24 02:52 by Wladimir Palant
The improvements to “Tabs on Flash and Java” feature are highly experimental and still work in progress. Feel free to provide feedback in the forum.
Changes
- “Block” button on plugins (e.g. Flash or Java) is only shown when the mouse is on the plugin
- Fixed: Domain-restricted filters are applied to pages opened from disk
Known issues
- Outstanding “Tabs on Flash and Java” issues: listed in the forum