Adblock Plus and (a little) more
Element Hiding Helper: Preview feature done · 2007-01-11 01:34 by Wladimir Palant
A new development build of the Element Hiding Helper extension (0.9+.2007011100) has been uploaded.
Changes
- Added preview checkbox to apply current filter on the document
- Filter rule is applied immediately when it is added
- Better translation of id and class attribute rules into raw CSS
Known issues
Advanced mode: Rows of nodes used in the expression are highlighted with a small but visible delayWrong tree row selected when switching to advanced mode and some branches are collapsed- Frame around inline elements broken into multiple lines has wrong position/size
- “null has no properties” error in the console when opening composer window (bug 367009)
- No domain suggestions in basic mode
Element Hiding Helper: View source command implemented · 2007-01-09 21:35 by Wladimir Palant
A new development build of the Element Hiding Helper extension (0.9+.2007010920) has been uploaded.
Changes
- The commands “view source” and “view source in separate window” are now available when selecting an element
- Advanced mode: Tree columns id and class now hidden by default to save space
Known issues
Non-standard characters in attribute names are not escapedEmpty attributes cannot be selectedSometimes selection’s label itself is selectedPort number is not removed from the suggested domain nameElement selection should not start on file:// URLs (element hiding cannot be applied to those)- View source tooltip’s position/size is influenced by other tooltips
- Wrong tree row selected when switching to advanced mode and some branches are collapsed
Element Hiding Helper: Getting closer · 2007-01-09 00:11 by Wladimir Palant
A new development build of the Element Hiding Helper extension (0.9+.2007010823) has been uploaded.
Changes
- Advanced filter composition mode mostly implemented (attributes of parent/sibling nodes can be used, entering custom CSS selector parts is possible)
What needs to be done
- A way to specify which part of the attribute should be used
Known issues
Shortcut key doesn’t work in SeaMonkeyIt is possible to invoke the “wider” function on the “html” nodeIf a command fails, it triggers find-as-you-type (if enabled)Context menu items are not hidden properly in SeaMonkeyErrors when starting EHH during page loadKeyboard shortcuts starts EHH even on documents it doesn’t support- Advanced mode: Rows of nodes used in the expression are highlighted with a small but visible delay
- Splitter is broken when switching from basic to advanced view the first time
- Non-standard characters in attribute names are not escaped
- Empty attributes cannot be selected
- Sometimes selection’s label itself is selected
- Port number is not removed from the suggested domain name
- Element selection should not start on file:// URLs (element hiding cannot be applied to those)
- Doesn’t work in Thunderbird/Mozilla Mail yet
Element Hiding Helper: The first try · 2007-01-08 01:35 by Wladimir Palant
The first development build of the Element Hiding Helper extension (0.9+.2007010800) has been uploaded. This extension is meant to make creating element hiding rules easier, the code to select the element has been adopted from the Aardvark extension. Adblock Plus 0.7.2.3 or higher is required, browser requirements are the same as for Adblock Plus. This extension is still in the early development stages and some features of the final version are missing.
Improved memory usage · 2007-01-04 14:53 by Wladimir Palant
This is a release candidate for Adblock Plus 0.7.2.4.
Changes
- Releasing memory sooner on dynamic pages where nodes are removed from the document (bug 16125)
"Check banner links" fixed · 2007-01-04 11:59 by Wladimir Palant
Changes
- Fixed: context menu items do not appear when “Check banner links” option is switched on
Closing a way for web pages to detect Adblock Plus · 2006-12-22 16:13 by Wladimir Palant
- Now preventing web pages from probing for Adblock Plus by abusing bug 292789 (bug 16027)
- Added public nsIAdblockPlus.allowOnce() method to be used by other extensions
Fixed object tabs increasing page width · 2006-12-22 11:00 by Wladimir Palant
Known issues
Object tabs increase the width of some pages causing horizontal scrolling
Object tabs not breaking page layout any more · 2006-12-22 04:18 by Wladimir Palant
Changes
- Fixed: object tabs break page layout in some cases (bug 12911)
- Fixed: object tab size does not adapt to text size (e.g. when zooming)
- Made sure that dynamic properties of object tabs cannot be overridden by web page’s styles
- SeaMonkey 1.1: middle-clicking an item in the sidebar wouldn’t open it in a new tab
- SeaMonkey 1.1: default action (going to the address from the clipboard) shouldn’t be invoked when middle-clicking in the sidebar
- K-Meleon: Fixed bug that was severely breaking functionality
- K-Meleon: Fixed background image attachment in toolbar
Some progress on the object tabs again · 2006-12-08 14:52 by Wladimir Palant
Changes
- Added Persian translation
- Made it harder for web sites to tamper with object tabs
- Whitelisting options (“Disable Adblock Plus on …”) no longer disabled when Preferences dialog is open
- Added methods addPatterns() and removePatterns() to the public nsIAdblockPlus interface (to be used from other extensions)