Adblock Plus and (a little) more
Adblock Plus source code documentation · 2009-11-20 09:29 by Wladimir Palant
Sometime before the release of Adblock Plus 1.0 I started adding JSDoc comments throughout Adblock Plus source code. The idea was that source code documentation will be generated from it automatically in future. This took a while but now it is finally there. This documentation is updated whenever new development builds are created. There are still issues of course, some parts that aren’t properly documented and others where the documentation could be improved. Also, for now the documentation only covers the code that runs in the namespace of the XPCOM module (AdblockPlus.js), the UI code isn’t present. This should change in future.
Moving Adblock Plus source code · 2009-11-16 17:49 by Wladimir Palant
Almost four years ago, Adblock Plus started out as a project hosted on MozDev.org. It quickly outgrew this hosting and moved to its own domain, yet some parts of it remained on MozDev — including source code. That’s until now. I finally made the decision to host my source code myself, having five extensions, downloads and web content in a single repository was simply too much of a mess. After some waving with hg convert and a little manual help I am proudly presenting you hg.adblockplus.org.
SeaMonkey 2.0 is finally out! · 2009-10-27 15:07 by Wladimir Palant
Anybody complaining about “Install script not found” error when installing Adblock Plus — there is finally a stable SeaMonkey version where you can install Adblock Plus. SeaMonkey 2.0 is out, go get it!
To anybody using Firefox 2.0 or Adblock Plus 1.0.2 - it is time to upgrade · 2009-08-27 22:05 by Wladimir Palant
According to AMO statistics, there is still a considerable number of people using Adblock Plus 1.0.2 or older (around 20% of the entire user base). While there might be different reasons for that (most important one probably being the fact that current Adblock Plus versions don’t support Firefox 2), if you are one of them then I have news for you: it is time to upgrade. Seriously. Go get Adblock Plus 1.1.1 now. If you are still using Firefox 2 — go get Firefox 3.5.
Adblock Plus 1.1.1 released · 2009-08-12 20:38 by Wladimir Palant
Changes
This is mostly a bugfix release that fixes several issues in Adblock Plus 1.1.
The return of .NET Framework Assistant · 2009-08-10 11:34 by Wladimir Palant
Do you remember the commotion about Microsoft silently installing its .NET Framework Assistant extension through Windows Update? And how everybody was upset about this being forced down their throats, even without an “Uninstall” button in the add-ons window? And how Microsoft fixed at least the "Uninstall" button? And how that fix broke Adblock Plus and NoScript temporarily, causing tons of complains for both extensions? Well, the show isn’t over yet, lean back and watch.
Second Adblock Plus 1.1.1 release candidate · 2009-08-09 15:12 by Wladimir Palant
The current development build (Adblock Plus 1.1.0+.2009080913) is again a release candidate for Adblock Plus 1.1.1, the release should happen in a few days. Changes:
- Made Adblock Plus initialization more bullet-proof so that neither FoxyProxy nor Sxipper extension can disrupt it.
- Added ChinaList as recommended subscription.
- Fixed an issue with the list of blockable items: if page is loaded while the list of blockable items is open the list would sometimes be incomplete.
Adblock Plus 1.1.1 release candidate · 2009-08-08 17:17 by Wladimir Palant
The current development build (Adblock Plus 1.1.0+.2009080815) is a release candidate for Adblock Plus 1.1.1, the release should happen in a few days. Three more issues have been fixed:
- Conflict with the FoxyProxy extension preventing Adblock Plus from blocking anything
- Conflict with the ImageToolbar extension preventing “Collapse blocked elements” feature from working
- Another scenario where Adblock Plus might slow down some webpages
Two Adblock Plus 1.1 regressions fixed · 2009-08-05 04:30 by Wladimir Palant
The current development build (Adblock Plus 1.1.0+.2009080502) fixes two regressions released with Adblock Plus 1.1:
- Adblock Plus causes the browser to hang on some webpages, sometimes up to the point that the “unresponsive script” message appears.
- Collapsing of blocked items sometimes fails to work correctly, placeholders of blocked images become visible despite “Collapse blocked elements” option enabled.
Seth Godin on marketing · 2009-08-04 20:53 by Wladimir Palant
Joel Spolsky tipped me off on this highly interesting talk by Seth Godin. It is a full hour of video but it is well worth watching. It has a very convincing analysis of everything that is wrong with the advertising industry today. What’s even more intriguing is his assessment on how the Internet changed things and what good marketing means now (spoiler: it’s not “let’s put our ad in front of as many people as possible”).