Adblock Plus and (a little) more

Object tabs running amok · 2006-06-19 22:18 by Wladimir Palant

Blog search sometimes turns up pretty weird hits for “Adblock” — blog entries that have nothing to do with Adblock but contain object tabs similar to those created by Adblock Plus when “Show tabs on Flash and Java” option is on. There is for example this entry that has 15 fake object tabs for the embedded movie.

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Apply changes without closing Preferences · 2006-06-19 18:40 by Wladimir Palant

Changes

  • Added support for SeaMonkey 1.5 suiterunner nightlies
  • Preferences dialog: added Apply button
  • Preferences dialog: removed Help button

Known issues

  • Preferences dialog: Crash when OK/Cancel is pressed while inline editor is open and regexp warning dialog is triggered
  • Preferences dialog: A single click on “Add filter” in the list should start the editor

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Gecko 1.7 support officially dropped · 2006-06-19 00:19 by Wladimir Palant

Changes

  • Changed lower bounds for required browser versions: at least Firefox 1.5 and SeaMonkey 1.0 are required now. Netscape Browser and Mozilla Suite are not supported any more.
  • Started removing compatibility code for Gecko 1.7 to increase performance and stability

Known issues

  • When the inline editor opens for the first time it contains the first entry from the dropdown list for a moment.

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Improved handling of objects in Gecko · 2006-06-18 20:33 by Wladimir Palant

Another Gecko bug has been resolved, not quite so recently but still noteworthy: bug 315841. This fixes in particular the bad Java performance Adblock (Plus) users had to endure for years, the browser would always hang until JVM and the applet finished loading.

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User stylesheets to apply immediately - fixed · 2006-06-18 20:22 by Wladimir Palant

This is great news: bug 335689 has been fixed. This means that in current trunk nightlies stylesheets registered via the stylesheet service will apply to already loaded documents, not just to those that will be loaded after the change. In particular for Adblock Plus this means that element hiding rules will apply immediately without requiring a page reload.

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Adblock Plus 0.7.0.2+ progress · 2006-06-15 18:33 by Wladimir Palant

Changes

  • Preferences dialog: added an icon to abort the online editor

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Adblock Plus 0.7.0.2+ progress · 2006-06-12 17:01 by Wladimir Palant

Changes

  • Preferences dialog: using inline editor to add filters now

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Adblock Plus 0.7.0.2 released · 2006-06-08 23:02 by Wladimir Palant

Major changes

  • Added translations: Catalan, Croatian
  • Implemented workaround for crash with Mozilla ActiveX Plugin is installed
  • Fixed: Context menu opens delayed if many exception rules for cookies are defined
  • Sidebar: Selected item is kept when switching tabs and closing/opening sidebar

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