Adblock Plus and (a little) more

Improved security in SeaMonkey · 2006-12-07 19:29 by Wladimir Palant

Changes

  • SeaMonkey: Switched on a security setting that isn’t used by default for some reason

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Optimized storage of internal data · 2006-12-06 16:06 by Wladimir Palant

Changes

  • Made tab displayed by “Show tabs on Flash and Java” a link (because of the context menu and ability to middle-click, bug 15638)
  • “Show tabs on Flash and Java” can be used without JavaScript again (bug 15637)
  • Made sure that web pages constantly reloading images won’t increase required memory (bug 15317)
  • No longer relying on extension version reported by the browser (is unreliable in SeaMonkey, forum thread)
  • Firefox: Adblock Plus icon shows up at the right edge of the navigation toolbar by default (forum thread)
  • Increased maxVersion for Songbird to 0.3
  • Removed obsolete file property from install manifest (not required for Firefox 1.5 and higher)
  • No longer using event handler for data storage (bug 15758)
  • Using Gecko’s built-in feature for scrolling to node when selecting in the sidebar — should be less error-prone
  • Improved check for objects opened on its own (tabs shouldn’t be shown for these objects)

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Autoregistration for SeaMonkey done · 2006-10-30 07:41 by Wladimir Palant

Changes

  • SeaMonkey: Extension registers automatically, only need to copy the files to install

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Almost there for Adblock Plus 0.7.2.2 release · 2006-10-30 01:33 by Wladimir Palant

Only one change missing for Adblock Plus 0.7.2.2 — automatic registration to allow installation in SeaMonkey by simply copying the files.

Changes

  • K-Meleon: Added context menu to the toolbar icon
  • Fixed: Should not offer whitelisting options for about:blank

Known issues

  • Message showing up when context menu is opened
  • Songbird: Status bar icon doesn’t have a context menu
  • Songbird: Keyboard shortcuts don’t work
  • Songbird: Toolbar icon not supported, status bar icon shows up instead

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Improving Songbird user interface integration · 2006-10-28 12:28 by Wladimir Palant

Changes

  • Songbird: Added Adblock Plus menu item to the Files menu
  • Songbird: Added Adblock Plus icon to the status bar
  • Fixed: Status bar icon always displayed as the most right icon, cannot be moved with Organize Status Bar
  • Fixed? Enter/Tab key trigger Adblock Plus actions

Known issues

  • Songbird: Status bar icon doesn’t have a context menu
  • Songbird: Keyboard shortcuts don’t work

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Opening in new tab from SeaMonkey Mail fixed · 2006-10-26 01:43 by Wladimir Palant

Changes

  • Updated findbar icons to match Firefox 2.0 theme
  • Fixed: “Open Link in New Tab” stopped working in SeaMonkey Mail (bug 15536)
  • Fixed: Ads not blocked in newsgroup posts (forum thread)

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Adblock Plus 0.7.2 release candidate · 2006-10-24 08:25 by Wladimir Palant

Changes

  • New languages: Slovenian, Hungarian, Vietnamese
  • Implemented new pattern matching algorithm to speed up processing of large filter lists
  • Reduced impact of object tabs on page’s HTML code, no more problems with WYSIWYG editors like the ones used in some blogs
  • Optimized processing
  • Fixed item width in welcom dialog in SeaMonkey

Known issues

  • SeaMonkey Mail not yet supported
  • No toolbar icon in SeaMonkey Mail (statusbar icon shows up instead)
  • Thunderbird: Whitelisting for blog entries should still go by website and not by sender
  • Danish, Korean and Traditional Chinese locales contain some English strings

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Subscription suggestions rewrite complete · 2006-10-19 18:36 by Wladimir Palant

Changes

  • Changed welcome dialog to allow only one subscription to be selected
  • Only left the really recommended and universal subscriptions in the welcome dialog, other subscriptions moved to a website (linked from the welcome dialog and new subscription dialog)

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K-Meleon support: three more issues fixed · 2006-10-01 22:55 by Wladimir Palant

Note: Minimal required browser version is K-Meleon 1.02.

Known issues

  • Subscription suggestions dialog causes each toolbar to be placed on a separate line (only visible in the Russian version of K-Meleon for some reason)
  • K-Meleon sometimes crashes on exit (only visible in the Russian version of K-Meleon for some reason)
  • Toolbar icon uses a whole line for itself by default, needs to be moved/resized (thanks to Quicksilver tears)

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K-Meleon support: making progress · 2006-09-27 22:37 by Wladimir Palant

Check out the screenshot to see what it looks like.

Changes

  • Added toolbar and status bar icons
  • Added a dozen new error messages, if the plugin doesn’t load you should see the reason in JavaScript console
  • Starting autoregistration for Adblock Plus component manually (not relying on .autoreg any more)

Known issues

  • K-Meleon sometimes crashes on exit
  • Blockable items doesn’t react to keyboard input when opened until you click it
  • Probably a few dozen small memory leaks
  • Toolbar/status bar icon not yet implemented
  • Context menu and tooltip for the icons not yet implemented
  • Several crashes with K-Meleon CCF
  • Blockable items and Preferences dialogs sometimes show K-Meleon’s default menu
  • Subscription suggestions window doesn’t open on first startup
  • Toolbar icon uses a whole line for itself by default, needs to be moved/resized

Known limitations

  • Status bar icon doesn’t react to middle-clicks
  • Toolbar icon cannot be hiden via Adblock Plus options, only via View / Toolbars menu

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