Adblock Plus and (a little) more
Adblock Plus 3.13 for Chrome, Firefox, Microsoft Edge and Opera · 2022-04-28 14:14 by Thomas Greiner
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This release contains substantial under-the-hood changes in preparation for making the extension compatible with Manifest v3 later this year, as well as additional features for extended element hiding filters. It also drops support for some old browser versions, namely Chromium 76 and Firefox 62.
User interface changes
- Developer tools panel no longer reflects changes to filters that were made elsewhere while it’s open (ui#1003).
- Filters added via Block element dialog will only be applied after the page is reloaded (ui#1031).
- Developer tools panel now also shows unmatched top-level frame requests (ui#1060).
- Fixed: Developer tools panel no longer suggests allowlist filters for snippet filters (ui#1023).
Filter changes
Started using eyeo’s Web Extension Ad Blocking Toolkit (release notes: 0.1.0, 0.1.1, 0.2.0, 0.2.1), which includes the following changes:
- Upgraded adblockpluscore to 0.6.0 (release notes: 0.5.0, 0.5.1, 0.6.0), which includes the following changes:
- Added support for
:has()alias for:-abp-has()to extended element hiding filters (core#229). - Added support for
:has-text()alias for:-abp-contains()to extended element hiding filters (core#229). - Added support for
:xpath()to extended element hiding filters (core#308). - Added support for
:not()to extended element hiding filters (core#369). - Reject filters that are too broad (core#264, ui#1063).
- Indicate which filter option is invalid (core#305).
- Various performance improvements.
- Various bug fixes.
- Added support for
- Fixed: Elements for blocked requests in about:blank frames aren’t hidden (ewe#152, ui#961).
- Fixed: Page-specific filters remained active after URL was rewritten (ewe#109, ui#1037).
Other changes
- Replaced adblockpluscore with EWE (ui#972, ui#998, ui#1021, ui#1060, ui#1097).
- Fixed: Messages from content scripts are ignored unless they are known to be safe (ui#1092).
Chromium-specific changes
- Dropped support for Chromium 76 and below (ui#1028).
This includes Chrome 76, Microsoft Edge 76 and Opera 63.
Firefox-specific changes
- Dropped support for Firefox 62 and below (ui#1028).
Known issues
- When navigating from a page where Adblock Plus is disabled to one where it’s enabled, the toolbar icon doesn’t change (ui#1120).
Adblock Plus 3.12 for Chrome, Firefox, Microsoft Edge and Opera · 2022-01-11 17:41 by Thomas Greiner
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This release contains some general user interface improvements and introduces a feature that notifies users who frequently visit websites in other languages, if they don’t have the necessary filter list installed to block ads on those sites. It also provides them with the option to add that filter list, so that Adblock Plus can block ads specifically for websites with that language.
User interface changes
- Added language filter list recommendations (ui#9, ui#967, ui#1062).
- Added an error message that’s shown when a filter list contains disabled filters, and which allows reenabling them (ui#210).
- Made custom filter error messages more descriptive (ui#228).
- Added more topics to the icon popup footer (ui#716).
- Updated our terminology to use “allowlist”/“blocklist” instead of “whitelist”/“blacklist” (ui#827) and made various other wording adjustments (ui#183, ui#696).
- Removed NEW label from “Recommended filter lists” section (ui#915).
- Fixed: Settings page did not reflect filter state changes that occurred elsewhere (ui#866).
- Fixed: Overflowing custom filter error messages (ui#946).
- Fixed: Missing ARIA labels for settings page tabs (ui#954).
Filter changes
- Added abptestpages.org to list of trusted websites that are allowed to use subscribe links (ui#911).
Microsoft Edge-specific changes
- Fixed: “Rate it” button on updates page opens Chrome Web Store (ui#895).
Adblock Plus 3.11.4 for Chrome, Firefox, Microsoft Edge and Opera · 2021-11-18 20:59 by Thomas Greiner
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This release fixes a problem in 3.11.3 that prevented us from publishing it to the Firefox Add-ons store (ui#1049, ui#1051).
Adblock Plus 3.11.3 for Chrome, Firefox, Microsoft Edge and Opera · 2021-11-02 14:33 by Thomas Greiner
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This release adds ad blocking support for more languages and includes some snippet changes.
Filter changes
Upgraded adblockpluscore to 0.4.0 (release notes: 0.3.1, 0.4.0), which includes the following changes:
- Recommend Dandelion Sprout’s Nordic Filters filter list for Finnish and Swedish (core#249, core#332).
Snippet changes
Upgraded abp-snippets to 0.3.1 (update notes), which includes the following changes:
- Added
hide-if-graph-matchessnippet. - Removed
dir-stringsnippet.
The rise and fall of screenshot-based testing · 2021-10-18 15:20 by Kathrin Jennewein
Once upon a time, the team developing the Adblock Plus (ABP) extension decided to add automated end-to-end tests to adblockpluschrome, formerly the main ABP project. The same team had already developed test pages used by manual tests, so why not use them on the automation?
Adblock Plus 3.11.2 for Chrome, Firefox, Microsoft Edge and Opera · 2021-09-01 12:29 by Thomas Greiner
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Snippet changes
Upgraded abp-snippets to 0.2.2 (update notes), which includes the following changes:
- Added
cookie-remover,json-override,prevent-listenerandsimulate-event-pocsnippets. - Fixed regression with
abort-current-inline-scriptsnippet. - Fixed a problem with source maps.
Adblock Plus 3.11.1 for Chrome, Firefox, Microsoft Edge and Opera · 2021-07-27 14:23 by Thomas Greiner
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This release makes upcoming snippets more resilient against anti-ad blocking attempts (ui#966).
Adblock Plus 3.11 for Chrome, Firefox, Microsoft Edge and Opera · 2021-05-19 17:19 by Thomas Greiner
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This release adds an easy way to block cookie warnings and push notifications. For advanced users, it also introduces the ability to block requests based on their headers as well as an option for debugging element hiding filters.
Note that the extension is no longer sending GET requests to check for updates for disabled filter lists. Instead, it is sending HEAD requests to save bandwidth while they’re not in use.
User interface changes
- Added new filter list recommendations for blocking cookie warnings and push notifications (ui#701, core#248).
- Added checkbox for enabling debug element hiding filters mode (ui#608).
- Refreshed Adblock Plus logo color (ui#819).
- Ignore private tabs when counting blocked requests (ui#851, ui#899).
- Hide issue reporter and share buttons for private tabs (ui#870, ui#886).
Filter changes
Upgraded adblockpluscore to 0.3.0 (release notes), which includes the following changes:
- Snippet changes
- Removed
uabinject-defusersnippet (core#287).
- Removed
- Added support for
$headerfilter option (core#77, ui#898, webext#194). - Update checks for disabled filter lists are now being made using HEAD requests and occur more frequently (core#290).
Chromium-specific changes
- Fixed: Unable to print on some pages (webext#287, Chromium bug 1138634).
Firefox-specific changes
- Improved compatibility with Firefox Android 79+ (ui#868).
Adblock Plus 3.10.2 for Chrome, Firefox, Microsoft Edge and Opera · 2021-01-28 18:07 by Thomas Greiner
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Changes
- Expanded list of trusted websites that are allowed to use subscribe links (webext#299, webext#308, webext#311).
- Fixed: Gave first-run page enough time to load even under slow network conditions (ui#880).
Adblock Plus 3.10.1 for Chrome, Firefox, Microsoft Edge and Opera · 2020-12-15 13:44 by Thomas Greiner
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Changes
- Improved performance of
hide-if-matches-xpathsnippet (core#263). - Fixed: Made iFrame properties accessible to
abort-on-property-readandabort-on-property-writesnippets (core#212). - Fixed: First-run page was being replaced even though it was already visible (ui#873).