Adblock Plus and (a little) more

A new Adblock Plus 0.7.1.2+ development build (2006092403) has been uploaded.

Switched to new icons
Thunderbird is now supported
Installation in Songbird is possible (no user interface integration yet)
Option “block remote ads in local pages” now considers mailboxes to be local pages
Fixed typos in contents.rdf for the Norwegian and Ukrainian locales
Fixed checkboxes in welcome dialog on Linux (forum thread)
Now blocking content on keyword: URLs as well (bug 15072)
Removed URL validation when deciding whether the URL uses to a whitelisted scheme (bug 15072)
Made about:blank an exception, isn’t whitelisted by its scheme any more (bug 14793)

~~Thunderbird’s “account central” page can be blocked~~
~~JavaScript exception when editing filters in Thunderbird~~
SeaMonkey Mail not yet supported
Songbird integration is absolutely minimal, only way to get to Adblock Plus Preferences is via File / Extensions / Options
Thunderbird: Blockable items list always detached in Thunderbird — Thunderbird doesn’t allow sidebar
Thunderbird: Toolbar icon is only created automatically in either main or message window but not both
Thunderbird: Default keyboard shortcut Ctrl-Shift-A for Adblock Plus Preferences conflicts with a default keyboard shortcut (Edit / Select / Thread)
Status bar icon is always located at the very end of the status bar and probably cannot even be moved with Organize Status Bar

Site whitelisting concept in Thunderbird is different from Firefox. In Thunderbird you whitelist mail addresses, e.g. a filter might look like @@|mailto:*@foobar.com| — no blocking will occur in mails from foobar.com then. In RSS feeds where the sender’s address is not given site whitelisting is applied to sender’s name.

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