Adblock Plus and (a little) more

Adblock Plus 0.7.5.1 released · 2007-05-01 18:02 by Wladimir Palant

Major changes

  • Added translations for Estonian and Frisian
  • Fixed the bug that emptied the filter list in some very rare cases
  • Fixed a few minor issues with Adblock Plus 0.7.5
  • All columns in the list of blockable items are visible by default now that there is space for them
  • Improved K-Meleon support

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Adblock Plus 0.7.5 released · 2007-04-20 18:06 by Wladimir Palant

Major changes

  • List of blockable items is displayed at the bottom of the browser window
  • Element hiding improvements: matches are now counted and appear in list of blockable items
  • Subscriptions can now be moved to new locations without inconveniences for users
  • Support for additional blocking features in Firefox 2.0.0.4 and higher
  • Compatibility with K-Meleon 1.1

Known issues

  • Mac OS X: Flash movies might not be displayed properly if “Show tabs on Flash and Java” option is switched on

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Element Hiding Helper 1.0.1 released · 2007-02-09 01:52 by Wladimir Palant

Changes

  • Conflict with find-as-you-type has been fixed
  • Brazilian Portuguese locale added
  • Some minor translation issues fixed

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Element Hiding Helper 1.0 released · 2007-01-23 02:31 by Wladimir Palant

Features

  • Simple but powerful selection of the element to be hidden (thanks Aardvark)
  • Automatic generation of an element hiding rule based on specified criteria
  • Advanced mode for complicated rules, allows selecting attributes of parent and sibling nodes, attribute parts and custom CSS
  • Rules are applied immediately, with “Preview” switched on even during composing

Known issues

  • Preview feature doesn’t work in Mozilla Mail/Thunderbird
  • View source tooltip’s position and size is influenced by other tooltips
  • Wrong frame position and size for inline elements that are broken into multiple lines

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Adblock Plus 0.7.2.4 released · 2007-01-05 18:42 by Wladimir Palant

Major changes

  • Fixed context menu when “Check banner links” option is switched on
  • Tabs on Flash and Java should no longer break page layout
  • Closed a way for web sites to detect Adblock Plus by abusing bug 292789 in Gecko
  • Made handling of different object types more consistent

Known issues

  • Adblock Plus triggers a bug in Firefox 2.0 causing some extensions (e.g. Google Notebook) and websites to break. And upgrade to Firefox 2.0.0.1 will fix this.

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Adblock Plus 0.7.2.3 released · 2006-12-11 04:07 by Wladimir Palant

Major changes

  • Added Persian translation
  • Fixed major security issue in SeaMonkey
  • Made sure “Show tabs on Flash and Java” works without JavaScript again
  • “Disable Adblock Plus on …” options are no longer disabled when Preferences dialog is open

Known issues

  • Adblock Plus triggers a bug in Firefox 2.0 causing some extensions (e.g. Google Notebook) and websites to break. Firefox 2.0.0.1 will fix this.

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Adblock Plus 0.7.2.2 released · 2006-10-30 18:37 by Wladimir Palant

Major changes

  • Improved K-Meleon and Songbird integration
  • Installation in SeaMonkey possible by simply copying the files (instructions)
  • Fixed English strings in Danish and Traditional Chinese translations
  • Fixed: Status bar icon always displayed as the most right icon, cannot be moved with Organize Status Bar

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Adblock Plus 0.7.2.1 released · 2006-10-25 01:00 by Wladimir Palant

Changes

This release fixes a critical bug in Adblock Plus 0.7.2. Sorry about missing that one out :-(

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Adblock Plus 0.7.2 released · 2006-10-25 00:24 by Wladimir Palant

Major changes

  • Translations added: Slovenian, Hungarian, Vietnamese
  • Support for Thunderbird, SeaMonkey Mail, K-Meleon and Songbird
  • New Adblock Plus icons
  • Optimized filter processing (especially for large lists)

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Adblock Plus 0.7.1.2 released · 2006-08-18 03:14 by Wladimir Palant

Major changes

  • Translations added: Czech, Norwegian (Bokmål), Greek, Ukrainian
  • The new abp: protocol scheme allows adding a subscription with two clicks
  • Preferences dialog: Improved inline editor’s compatibility with various themes
  • Fixed: Installation in SeaMonkey on Linux sets wrong file permissions

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