Adblock Plus and (a little) more

Songbird 0.4 now supported · 2008-01-05 00:39 by Wladimir Palant

Changes

Support for Songbird 0.4 added, now almost everything should work like in Firefox

Songbird 0.2/0.3 support dropped

Known issues

Context menu doesn’t always show up in Songbird, consequently not all items can be blocked via context menu (list of blockable items works however)

Status bar icon doesn’t react to clicks (Songbird bug 6719)

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Some Minefield issues fixed · 2007-10-03 20:06 by Wladimir Palant

Changes

Fixed filter editing issues caused by landing of bug 398135 (Note: Bug 398135 is not yet fixed, filter editing will only work again once this is done)
Fixed: input focus not put back to the filter list after editing a list (Minefield only)

Fixed: The entry “No blockable items on current page” in the list of filter suggestions should not be selectable

Added support for Moblin browser · 2007-09-27 12:18 by Wladimir Palant

Changes

Support for Moblin browser added — untested

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Another detection possibility closed · 2007-09-19 20:42 by Wladimir Palant

This is a release candidate for Adblock Plus 0.7.5.2 (to be released tomorrow).

Changes

Fixed: Should not use predictable CSS classes (bug 17561)

Adblock Plus detection possibility closed · 2007-09-14 15:02 by Wladimir Palant

nsIAdblockPlus interface has been removed because it has been used to detect Adblock Plus from a web site. If your extension uses this interface and I didn’t mail you already, please send me a mail.

Changes

nsIAdblockPlus interface removed to avoid detection
Possibly fixed: Adblock filters disappear (bug 16488)

Element Hiding Helper: Compatibility update · 2007-09-14 14:55 by Wladimir Palant

Changes

Made compatible with future Adblock Plus 0.7.5.2 release
Fixed: Element Hiding Helper doesn’t register in the ABP user interface properly
Conflicts with Find As You Type resolved (this time hopefully all of them)

Status bar icon fully functional in K-Meleon 1.1 · 2007-05-12 04:27 by Wladimir Palant

This development build makes use of new status bar functionality in K-Meleon 1.1 to make the status bar icon fully functional.

Changes

Added context menu to the status bar icon (K-Meleon 1.1 or higher only)
Middle-click on the status bar icon now disables/re-enables Adblock Plus (K-Meleon 1.1 or higher only)
Fixed: Useless “Show in toolbar” option appears in the toolbar icon’s context menu

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Fast Back & Forward support restored · 2007-04-29 06:26 by Wladimir Palant

This is a release candidate for Adblock Plus 0.7.5.1.

Changes

Regression fixed: list of blockable elements empty when going back to a page
Made sure that width of the blockable items list is remembered (in case it was turned into a sidebar using CSS)
Increased default value for extensions. adblockplus. subscriptions_fallbackerrors to 50

"Filters disappear" bug probably fixed · 2007-04-27 16:13 by Wladimir Palant

Changes

Probably fixed “Filters disappear” bug (bug 16488, need confirmation)
Added Estonian and Frisian (this time for real) locales
Fixed up abp: protocol implementation (caused Firefox windows to hang up when opening if menu bar was hidden by ABP)
Fixed wrapping of the object tab text (caused vertical display in Japanese)
Added moz-icon: protocol scheme to the whitelist to fix issues with FireFTP (forum thread)
Made Filter and State columns visible by default and Type column wider

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Added support for permanent redirects · 2007-04-18 06:38 by Wladimir Palant

This is a release candidate for Adblock Plus 0.7.5.

Changes

Added locales: Arabic, Frisian, Mongolian
Subscription address is now changed if download results in a permanent HTTP redirect
Next download for subscriptions containing comment with text “Redirect: http://example.com/new.address” will happen from the new address, subscription address is changed if this download is successful
After 30 failed subscription download attempts the default fallback address is requested for information on new subscription address (extensions.adblockplus.subscriptions_fallbackurl and extensions.adblockplus.subscriptions_fallbackerrors preferences added)

Known issues

~~Header of the blockable items list not visible in fullscreen mode~~
~~Object subrequests in Firefox 2.0.0.4 and higher displayed with type “object”~~