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Adblock Plus Changelog

What's new in Adblock Plus 3.25.1

Apr 8, 2024
  • This release contains various bug fixes, including ones related to the upcoming transition to Manifest v3.

New in Adblock Plus 3.25 (Mar 11, 2024)

  • This release includes various bug fixes ahead of the upcoming transition to Manifest v3, as well as additional functionality for existing snippets. It also resumes support for Firefox, bringing the changes from Adblock Plus 3.24 to Firefox users.

New in Adblock Plus 3.23 (Jan 29, 2024)

  • This release contains new filtering capabilities and it fixes various problems for users across some languages and websites.

New in Adblock Plus 3.22.1 (Jan 16, 2024)

  • This release fixes a major performance problem that was introduced in Adblock Plus 3.22.

New in Adblock Plus 3.22 (Jan 15, 2024)

  • This release resumes support for Firefox, adds support for blocking ads in more languages and introduces differential filter list updates, which are crucial to continue delivering frequent updates to filter lists under Manifest v3. Additionally, it includes further support for users who encounter YouTube's anti-adblock wall.

New in Adblock Plus 3.17.1 (Jun 21, 2023)

  • This release fixes a bug that prevents the activation of some functionality when the extension starts up.

New in Adblock Plus 3.17 (May 4, 2023)

  • This release includes some improvements to snippets and expands on experimental APIs that some websites can use to provide a better experience for Adblock Plus users.

New in Adblock Plus 3.16.1 (Mar 9, 2023)

  • This release turns off notifications for Adblock Plus Premium users that aren't relevant to them.

New in Adblock Plus 3.15.2 (Dec 5, 2022)

  • This release fixes a problem that caused the "Block element" button to disappear from the icon popup. It also fixes a problem in 3.15.1 that prevented us from publishing it to the Firefox Add-ons store.

New in Adblock Plus 3.15 (Nov 28, 2022)

  • This release introduces Adblock Plus Premium with the Premium-exclusive Distraction Control functionality. It also includes significant under-the-hood changes to make Adblock Plus compatible with Manifest v3, as well as various important bug fixes.

New in Adblock Plus 3.14.2 (Aug 30, 2022)

  • This release includes various snippet changes.

New in Adblock Plus 3.14.1 (Aug 30, 2022)

  • This release includes various snippet changes.

New in Adblock Plus 3.14 (May 31, 2022)

  • This release provides an experimental allowlisting API to some websites.

New in Adblock Plus 3.13 (May 13, 2022)

  • 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.

New in Adblock Plus 3.12 (May 4, 2022)

  • 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.

New in Adblock Plus 3.6 (Jul 31, 2019)

  • User interface changes:
  • Settings page
  • Replaced text area with table for managing custom filters (ui#15, ui#174).
  • Removed unnecessary remove option from filter list menu (ui#238).
  • Sort whitelisted websites alphabetically (ui#240).
  • Fixed: Copyright year in “About Adblock Plus” dialog refers to wrong year (ui#195).
  • Fixed: Website menu item was missing for newly added filter lists (ui#237).
  • Fixed: Link to Adblock Plus page on Weibo not shown for Chinese users (ui#412).
  • Developer tools panel
  • Open rewritten URLs in Resources panel (ui#192).
  • Log element hiding exception rules (webext#4, issue 6428).
  • Added translations (ui#77).
  • Issue reporter
  • Clarified inclusion of screenshot in issue reports for visually impaired users (ui#83).
  • Fixed: Button disabled for closing page after sending the issue report (ui#245).
  • First-run page: Made links more distinct from regular text (ui#250).
  • Updated extension description (ui#258).
  • Filter changes:
  • Snippet changes
  • Allow wrapping of function properties in abort-on-property-* snippets (issue 7419).
  • Added hide-if-contains-visible-text snippet (issue 7450).
  • Fixed: Filter is being ignored on subsequent filter that uses abort-current-inline-script snippet (issue 7373).
  • Fixed: strip-fetch-query-parameter snippet did not work in older browsers (issue 7407).
  • Removed support for $collapse filter option (core#1).
  • Removed support for $object-subrequest filter option (core#6).
  • Added blank-mp4 resource for internal redirects (issue 7440).
  • Fixed: :-abp-properties() does not work when tag name is specified (issue 7400).
  • Fixed: :-abp-properties() does not work when selector in document ends in a combinator (issue 7428).
  • Other changes:
  • Reject downloads over unencrypted HTTP (core#5).

New in Adblock Plus 2.0.6 (Safari) (Jul 31, 2019)

  • Updated some filter lists so they "filter" better
  • Minor bug fixes

New in Adblock Plus 2.0.5 (Safari) (Jul 31, 2019)

  • Major improvements to performance and stability
  • Minor bug fixes

New in Adblock Plus 2.0.4 (Safari) (Feb 19, 2019)

  • Performance improvements and bug fixes for filter lists
  • Upgraded whitelist mechanism to work with new filter lists

New in Adblock Plus 3.4.2 (Dec 4, 2018)

  • Fixed the “Waiting for Extension Adblock Plus…” problem which some users were experiencing (https://issues.adblockplus.org/ticket/7065).
  • Added the new @hide-if-contains-image@ snippet (https://issues.adblockplus.org/ticket/7088).
  • Added the new @hide-if-has-and-matches-style@ snippet (https://issues.adblockplus.org/ticket/7137).

New in Adblock Plus 3.4.1 (Nov 15, 2018)

  • Added the new abort-on-property-read snippet.
  • Fixed a bug where an issue reporter screenshot was submitted without annotations under certain circumstances.

New in Adblock Plus 3.4 (Oct 31, 2018)

  • Redesigned the first-run page.
  • Redesigned the icon popup.
  • Polished the design of the issue reporter and begun including a screenshot with each report.
  • Made the following improvements to the settings page.
  • Snippet filters are now required to be restricted to at least one domain.
  • Started logging snippet filter hits in our developer tools panel.
  • Removed support for legacy :-abp-properties() syntax.
  • Special comments are now required to be given at the top of filter lists.
  • Added the EasyList Portuguese filter list.
  • Added the new dir-string snippet to simulate logging in the developer tools console.
  • Reduced the initial memory footprint by ~16%, base memory usage by ~28%, and memory used per frame by ~660 KB.
  • Fixed: Layout shifted after opening dialog for adding new filter list on the settings page.
  • Fixed: Blank values for snippet arguments were ignored.
  • Fixed: Sometimes all subscriptions were listed as additional subscriptions.
  • Fixed: $rewrite filters using wildcards didn’t match end of URL.
  • Fixed: $csp filters with blank value caused errors due to injection of an invalid header.
  • Fixed: Element hiding emulation filters for the domain localhost were considered invalid.
  • Fixed: Snippet filters were ignored if the user resubscribed to the ABP anti-circumvention filter list.
  • Reverted to using inline styles for element hiding emulation filters.
  • Ported the hide-if-contains-and-matches-style snippet.

New in Adblock Plus 3.3.1 (Aug 30, 2018)

  • Added regular expression support to the "hide-if-contains" and "hide-if-shadow-contains" snippets.
  • Added support to the "hide-if-contains" snippet for hiding a different ancestor of the element containing the search string.
  • Fixed source archives.

New in Adblock Plus 3.3 (Aug 28, 2018)

  • Added the new ABP anti-circumvention filter list.
  • Added basic support for snippets.
  • The $rewrite filter option now accepts a blank value.
  • Trailing dots in domain names are now always ignored.
  • Element hiding emulation now correctly qualifies compound selectors in the document’s style sheet.
  • The :-abp-properties() pseudo-class now responds correctly to dynamic DOM updates.
  • The $elemhide whitelisting filter option now works for documents with an unknown parent frame.
  • Reduced the initial memory footprint by ~8%.
  • Further improved the performance of element hiding emulation.
  • Fixed the rendering of SVG icons on the options page for mobile.

New in Adblock Plus 3.1 (May 17, 2018)

  • Added the $csp filter option (issue 5241).
  • Requests sent by Shared/Service Workers are now matched in the context of the document that caused the worker to spawn, i.e. requests sent from the worker are now also subject to document-based whitelisting and domain-specific filters (issue 6543).
  • Users with corrupted storage are now notified and instructed to reinstall Adblock Plus (issue 6599).
  • Fixed: Videos (and other media elements) remained hidden if they previously attempt to stream a blocked resource (e.g. a pre-roll ad) but then changed their URL (issue 5899).
  • Fixed: Exception rules for element hiding emulation filters were considered invalid when adding custom filters (issue 6139).
  • Improved performance of element hiding emulation filters (issue 6437).
  • Added support for pre-configurable preferences (issue 6474).
  • Prevented third-party style sheets from breaking element hiding emulation filters (issue 6382).
  • Worked around the limitations of notifications on Firefox (issue 6496).

New in Adblock Plus 3.0.4 (Apr 23, 2018)

  • Improved "element hiding emulation filters":/development-builds/new-syntax-for-advanced-element-hiding-rules.
  • Fixed false positives and related memory leak in dynamically changing documents (https://issues.adblockplus.org/ticket/5864).
  • Added regular expression support for @:-abp-contains()@ (https://issues.adblockplus.org/ticket/6034).
  • Added support for relative prefix within @:-abp-has()@ (https://issues.adblockplus.org/ticket/6296).
  • Fixed empty error message when adding invalid custom filter (https://issues.adblockplus.org/ticket/6417).
  • Removed the social media buttons from the ABP icon menu (https://issues.adblockplus.org/ticket/5613).
  • Fixed a bug causing pages to be rendered blank when Web Components are enabled (https://issues.adblockplus.org/ticket/6441).
  • Fixed the “Block element” dialog on Firefox 51 (https://issues.adblockplus.org/ticket/6113).
  • Fixed links in the mobile Settings page, seen on Android (https://issues.adblockplus.org/ticket/6199).
  • Fixed: Message about whitelisted domain is shown repeatedly on the Settings page (https://issues.adblockplus.org/ticket/6420).
  • Improved performance when adding large number of custom filters (https://issues.adblockplus.org/ticket/6440).

New in Adblock Plus 3.0.2 (Dec 12, 2017)

  • Fixed blocking of WebRTC connections on websites using CSP security mechanism, works in Firefox 58 and higher now.
  • Made sure that filter list downloads and other requests performed by the extension cannot be blocked.
  • Fixed subscription link handling for Windows users.
  • Fixed a bug which caused the mobile options page to be zoomed incorrectly.
  • Fixed a bug which caused the desktop popup window to open instead of the mobile options page with Firefox 57 for Android and higher.
  • Improved our Developer Tools panel, fixing a bug which prevented viewing the requested resource.
  • Improved the layout of the options page and added a warning for users who subscribe to both the Easy Privacy and Acceptable Ads filter lists.
  • Firefox 50 is no longer supported, the options page is essentially broken there without a way to fix it.

New in Adblock Plus 3.0.1 (Nov 9, 2017)

  • This release adds many translations that were missing in the Adblock Plus 3.0 release. There are no changes beyond that.

New in Adblock Plus 3.0 (Nov 9, 2017)

  • With Mozilla disallowing classic extensions in Firefox 57, Adblock Plus 3.0 is our first version based on the Web Extensions framework. The significant changes introduced here are unfortunate but sadly unavoidable.
  • This is particularly visible in the user interface:
  • The ABP icon in the toolbar will now display the number of blocked ads (optional, can be disabled). This replaces the status information in the tooltip.
  • The toolbar icon will no longer open a native menu but rather a pop-up. This one uses an old design, we want to improve it soon.
  • The options page is not a native dialog but a web page now. It should be easier to use, but it is lacking much of the functionality that Firefox users got used to. We plan to add more functionality to it in future.
  • The issue reporter works mostly the same as it did before, but it won't flag common issues locally at this point. Also, it will collect less information than it did before. We'll keep improving it.
  • The "Block element" dialog offers less assistance than it did before, we will improve that as well.
  • As to the good news:
  • We largely fixed the performance degradation which has been an issue since we switched to a different storage format with Adblock Plus 2.9. The root issue is gong to be addressed in Firefox 57.
  • The experimental element hiding emulation syntax is now available in Firefox as well.
  • Blocking WebRTC connections is also possible in Firefox now.
  • With this being a massive change, there are some known issues left which should be addressed in another release soon:
  • The "Block element" dialog doesn't work in Firefox 57 under some circumstances.
  • On Firefox 57 for Android, the Adblock Plus menu item opens the (partly dysfunctional) pop-up rather than the options page
  • In older Firefox versions such as Firefox 50, saving custom filters won't update the list and you need to reload the options page to see your changes.
  • abp:subscribe links sometimes won't work in Firefox 57.

New in Adblock Plus 2.9.1 (Jun 8, 2017)

  • Counting filter hits is now disabled by default, to alleviate performance issues experienced by some users (can be enabled again under "Options" if necessary).
  • Fixes regression in Adblock Plus 2.9, extension being broken in Thunderbird and SeaMonkey.

New in Adblock Plus 2.9 (May 26, 2017)

  • This release lays important groundwork for the Web Extensions migration. The way Adblock Plus stores its data has changed drastically, though for users everything should stay exactly the same. The new location of your filters and subscriptions is the browser-extension-data/{d10d0bf8-f5b5-c8b4-a8b2-2b9879e08c5d}/storage.js file in your Firefox profile, the same data will be used by the Adblock Plus build based on the Web Extensions platform once it is ready.
  • Additional changes:
  • The hidden data_directory and please_kill_startup_performance preferences have been removed.
  • It is now possible to use { and } in CSS property filters.

New in Adblock Plus 2.8.2 (Nov 23, 2016)

  • Improved the way CSS property filters match elements.
  • Made sure that element hiding rules don't affect browser's and extensions' special pages, this regressed with Adblock Plus 2.8.
  • Fixed blockable items list slowing down page loading.
  • Pop-ups using data: URLs and similar unusual schemes can be blocked now.
  • When selecting keyboard shortcuts, more shortcut keys already in use by the browser can be recognized. This will change the shortcut key to show Blockable items list from Ctrl/Cmd-Shift-V to Ctrl/Cmd-Shift-U for pretty much everybody.

New in Adblock Plus 2.8.1 (Oct 28, 2016)

  • Fixed a regression in Adblock Plus 2.8, filters weren't loaded completely for users who enabled please_kill_startup_performance preference.

New in Adblock Plus 2.8 (Oct 25, 2016)

  • Reworked element hiding functionality, improved its performance and eliminated unexpected side-effects.
  • There is a special $websocket type option now to block WebSocket requests, the type was previously considered to be other here.
  • Our toolbar icon will look better on high-resolution screens.
  • Removed feature selection from the first-run page until the features can be removed similarly easily.
  • Hits for CSS property filters which were introduced in the previous release are being counted now.
  • Fixed: CSS property filters applied even when Adblock Plus was disabled everywhere.
  • Fixed: A regression in pop-up blocking functionality caused websites to be mistakenly considered pop-ups under some circumstances.
  • Corrected handling of frames with srcdoc attribute.
  • Fixed and improved search functionality in Filter Preferences, was partially broken in Firefox nightly builds.

New in Adblock Plus 1.12.2 (Aug 24, 2016)

  • Changes:
  • Prevent websites from abusing WebSockets to serve adverts (issue 1727).
  • Chrome/Opera-only changes:
  • Improved Element Hiding protections against circumvention (issue 4191, 4298).
  • Fixed a bug that caused content in anonymous frames to be blocked even when the parent frame was whitelisted (issue 4150).
  • Worked around an issue with MutationObservers which caused older versions of Chrome and Opera to hang for some websites (issue 4101).
  • Added more versions of our icons that look sharper with the new Material Design (issue 4218).
  • Removed an outdated workaround that caused some whitelisted elements to be hidden in anonymous frames (issue 4210).
  • Safari-only changes:
  • Fixed a bug that caused the options page to be sometimes opened multiple times when the experimental Content Blocking feature was enabled (issue 4199).
  • Improved the conversion from Adblock Plus filters to Content Blocking rules for the experimental Content Blocking feature, making sure to block/whitelist all subdomains for filters starting with || (issue 4326).
  • Fixed a typo that broke key-based whitelisting (issue 4300).

New in Adblock Plus 2.7.3 (Jul 29, 2016)

  • This release adds support for the experimental CSS properties syntax. This support isn't complete yet, most important issue being that hits are not counted for CSS properties filters.
  • Additional changes:
  • Fixed issues that Adblock Plus could potentially cause on Firefox startup.
  • Some first-run page optimizations.
  • Cleaned up internal messaging approach.

New in Adblock Plus 2.7.1 (Jan 19, 2016)

  • Fully compatible with the upcoming multi-process mode in Firefox, no longer relying on backwards compatibility hacks in Firefox.
  • Improved performance: patterns.ini was being saved way more often than necessary.
  • $ping filter option is back and will especially apply to requests sent via navigator.sendBeacon().
  • Requests produced by and will be assigned type image.
  • Requests produced by the Fetch API will be assigned type xmlhttprequest.
  • genericblock and generichide types will no longer show up in the filter assistant.
  • Removed non-standard JavaScript syntax, which caused warnings in Firefox Aurora and Nightly builds.
  • Fixed: Previously disabled and removed filter is still disabled when added back.
  • Fixed regressions in previous release:
  • Pop-up blocking doesn't catch redirects to a different domain.
  • Issue Reporter gets stuck if filter subscriptions need updating.
  • Screenshot marker in Issue Reporter is no longer red.
  • Fixed image preview in Blockable Items tooltip.

New in Adblock Plus 2.7 (Dec 15, 2015)

  • Addressed most of the issues affecting Adblock Plus in the latest Firefox pre-release builds, particularly when multi-process mode is enabled in Firefox settings.
  • If pop-ups are blocked after the redirect, the pop-up window will actually be closed and not merely prevented from loading.
  • The diagnostic page under chrome://adblockplus/content/errors.html has been removed, it was of very limited use.

New in Adblock Plus 2.6.13 (Nov 25, 2015)

  • Worked around a critical issue in Firefox nightly builds.

New in Adblock Plus 2.6.12 (Nov 24, 2015)

  • Added $generichide and $generic block filter options.
  • Improved first-run display on small screens, especially on mobile devices.
  • Fixed: Findbar in Filter Preferences is being triggered when trying to edit filters.
  • Fixed: Ctrl+F wasn't working as expected when the findbar was already open.
  • Fixed: Filter composer's "Advanced view" button was broken in Firefox nightly builds.
  • Fixed: Anti-Adblock warning shouldn't show up when Adblock Plus is disabled.
  • Fixed: Anti-Adblock warning shouldn't be triggered by frames.

New in Adblock Plus 2.6.11 (Sep 24, 2015)

  • Fixed: Findbar in Filter Preferences was slightly broken when using Firefox 42 and above.
  • Fixed: Notification pop-up shouldn't disappear if somebody clicks outside it.
  • Fixed: Toolbar icon broken in SeaMonkey 2.40 and above.
  • Added promotional message for Adblock Browser to the first-run page.

New in Adblock Plus 2.6.10 (Jul 28, 2015)

  • suppress_first_run_page preference introduced by previous release can now be preconfigured by machine administrators via setting extensions.adblockplus.preconfigured.suppress_first_run_page Firefox preference.
  • Issue reporter: Made sure there is always enough space to display report data.
  • Issue reporter: No longer intercepting right-clicks on the resulting report link, only left- and middle-clicks result in the report being opened.
  • Implemented an alternative format for subscription links that is easier to use in forums or emails: https://subscribe.adblockplus.org/?location=foo instead of abp:subscribe?location=foo.
  • Fixed subscription links in multi-process Firefox
  • Added global opt-out for notifications.
  • Notifications are shown immediately after download rather than waiting for a browser restart.
  • Removed inconsistent behavior (breaks backwards compatibility): exception rules starting with http:// or https:// no longer imply $document option.
  • Reduced the initial delay for filter lists and notification updates after browser startup.
  • First-run page: Fixed social buttons being broken starting with Firefox 38.

New in Adblock Plus 1.9.1 (Jul 15, 2015)

  • Added global opt-out for notifications (issue 2195).
  • Immediately show notifications after they were downloaded (issue 2419).
  • Reduced delay of initial download of notifications (issue 2659).
  • Fixed: Notification data was reset when pages load during extension intitialization (issue 2757).

New in Adblock Plus 2.6.9 (Apr 1, 2015)

  • Slightly optimized performance, domain-specific filters will no longer affect overall performance.
  • Added extensions.adblockplus.suppress_first_run_page preference to allow administrators disable the first-run page if Adblock Plus is installed globally.
  • Fixed: $elemhide filter option doesn't consider website signatures correctly.

New in Adblock Plus 2.6.8 (Mar 11, 2015)

  • Fixed issue with search functionality in Filter Preferences (affecting Firefox 36 and above).
  • Improved ABP icons and logo.

New in Adblock Plus 2.6.7 (Jan 15, 2015)

  • Removed "Hide placeholders of blocked elements" option from the user interface.
  • Fixed: First-run page broken in Firefox nightlies if E10S is enabled.
  • Fixed first-run page layout for right-to-left languages.
  • Fixed: "Adblock Warning Removal List" is being displayed as the selected list on Firefox Mobile.
  • Fixed: "Disable on site" doesn't always show up on Firefox Mobile.

New in Adblock Plus 2.6.6 (Nov 13, 2014)

  • Adapted to an API change in current Firefox nightlies causing Adblock Plus to break.

New in Adblock Plus 2.6.5 (Oct 16, 2014)

  • Fixed: Element hiding exceptions are broken by changes in Firefox 34 and Firefox 35.
  • Fixed: Blocking via context menu won't always suggest blocking the most recent request.
  • Fixed: Issue reporter will complain about too many filter lists even when these filter lists are "special" like the anti-adblock list.
  • Fixed: Disabling filters via space bar no longer works in preferences.
  • Fixed: Sharing Adblock Plus from the first-run page won't work if the Anti-Social list is enabled.
  • Fixed: Anti-Adblock warning will sometimes appear on websites without any anti-adblock behavior.
  • Made $sitekey option behavior more consistent, it can be used similarly to $domain now rather than white-listing complete websites only.

New in Adblock Plus 2.6.4 (Jul 23, 2014)

  • Made sure that data is always written to disk immediately whenever filter hit counts are reset (issue 430).
  • Fixed: Moving filters with Ctrl-Up/Down doesn’t work in Firefox 30 and above (issue 716).
  • Fixed: Find functionality in the preferences doesn’t indicate that the search pattern wasn’t found (issue 455).
  • Fixed: User isn’t informed about anti-adblock warnings on websites producing them (issue 764).
  • Fixed: Blockable items aren’t refreshed on tab change in SeaMonkey (issue 290).
  • Fixed: “Disable on this page only” doesn’t work correctly if the address ends with # (issue 580).

New in Adblock Plus 2.6.3 (Jun 4, 2014)

  • Worked around a Firefox bug preventing filters from being saved in Firefox 22 and older on Windows.
  • Default context menu is no longer overridden on the toolbar icon if a left click would result in the same action already.
  • Fixed: Adblock Plus toolbar icon appears delayed.
  • Fixed: Warning shows up in console concerning use of setUserData (only resolved for Firefox 32 and higher).
  • Fixed: Bogus tooltip on the "Slow" column in Filter Preferences.

New in Adblock Plus 2.6.1 (May 15, 2014)

  • Fixed several issues:
  • No first-run page appears in Firefox for Android and no filter subscription is selected by default.
  • Opening settings from the first-run page doesn’t work in Firefox for Android.
  • Adblock Warning Removal List gets disabled on update even if the user opted in earlier.
  • Home and End keys don’t work when editing a filter.
  • Wrong filter rule suggested when blocking an address that contains a hash part.
  • Adblock Plus icon reappears after restart if removed from the toolbar in SeaMonkey.

New in Adblock Plus 2.6 (Apr 26, 2014)

  • Made sure Adblock Plus initialization doesn’t delay Firefox startup.
  • Switched to a faster way to access Adblock Plus data on disk.
  • Fixed regression in Adblock Plus 2.5.1: Adblock Plus initialization takes longer for each new window opened.
  • Fixed: Firefox Sync integration sometimes won’t work.
  • Fixed: Filter search in Filter Preferences was broken in newer Firefox versions.
  • Fixed: Wrong button type displayed for Adblock Plus immediately after customizing toolbar in Firefox 29 and above.
  • Fixed: Homepage link is displayed in Filter Preference even if the subscription doesn’t define a homepage.
  • Fixed: Pop-up blocker won't work in some scenarios.

New in Adblock Plus 2.5.1 (Feb 21, 2014)

  • Added a dialog that shows up the first time a user visits a website which shows an anti adblock message, asking whether these should be blocked
  • Fixed: Pipe character in filters interpreted wrong under some circumstances
  • Fixed: Share window on first-run page doesn't appear

New in Adblock Plus 2.4.1 (Jan 30, 2014)

  • Google Chrome (1.7.3) and Opera (1.7.3):
  • This release fixes pop-up blocking that was broken in the previous release. It also addresses a long standing issue, the size of the “Block element” dialog wasn’t always set correctly.

New in Adblock Plus 2.4.1 (Jan 14, 2014)

  • Added support for the upcoming Firefox Australis theme.
  • Default icon location is the navigation toolbar again (add-on bar is going away).
  • Fixed image preview in the list of blockable items.
  • Fixed keyboard shortcut on Mac OS X (Control key was used instead of Command).
  • Fixed: Changes to Adblock Plus options didn't always persist.

New in Adblock Plus 2.4 (Dec 19, 2013)

  • Google Chrome / Opera (1.7.2):
  • The previous release introduced issues with some old Chrome versions (reported for Chrome 24 and 25), element hiding wouldn’t work there. These have now been fixed. Also, the download size has been reduced again.

New in Adblock Plus 2.4 (Dec 19, 2013)

  • Google Chrome / Opera (1.7):
  • Icon popup has been redesigned.
  • Extension icon has been improved and relocated from the address bar to the browser toolbar.
  • The number of blocked elements on the current page can be displayed in the icon now.
  • Simplified selecting element to block on some websites, if the element selected cannot be blocked its parent container will be selected instead.
  • Selection of element to block now reacts to Enter and Esc hotkeys (select element and cancel selection respectively).
  • Fixed: Selecting element to block didn’t prevent links from being followed.
  • Fixed: Elements would sometimes be stuck with wrong background color after “Block element” menu item was used and canceled.

New in Adblock Plus 2.4 (Nov 27, 2013)

  • Opera (1.6.2):
  • This release fixes an issue with size limitations for data storage in Opera, after a while filter changes would no longer be saved. With this release Adblock Plus for Opera uses the same data storage approach as Adblock Plus for Chrome. Note that this won’t work in Opera 15, a more recent Opera version is required.

New in Adblock Plus 2.4 (Oct 17, 2013)

  • Google Chrome (1.6.1):
  • Some missing translations for the first-run page are now included.
  • Fixed: Data corruption warning was showing up for the initial installation.
  • Opera (1.6):
  • Some missing translations for the first-run page are now included.
  • Fixed: Data corruption warning was showing up for the initial installation.
  • Pop-up blocking has been enabled, current Opera versions now have the necessary functionality.
  • Fixed: First-run page sometimes didn’t show up (worked around a bug that Opera apparently ported from Presto to Chromium).

New in Adblock Plus 2.3.2 (Sep 16, 2013)

  • Chrome and Opera (1.5.5):
  • This release implements a partial work-around for Chromium bug 281711. This bug prevented Adblock Plus from blocking ads on pages that were opened from Flash (e.g. when people clicked the YouTube link inside a YouTube video).

New in Adblock Plus 2.3.2 (Aug 19, 2013)

  • Google Chrome and Opera (1.5.4):
  • Fixed localization issue breaking extension for Danish users.
  • Fixed localization issues resulting in broken links on the Options page.
  • Updated punycode library.

New in Adblock Plus 2.3.2 (Jul 30, 2013)

  • Fixed an issue in the emergency notification mechanism introduced in previous release.

New in Adblock Plus 2.3.1 (Jul 25, 2013)

  • Improved filter list downloads.
  • Implemented filter forward-compatibility proposal.
  • Implemented an emergency notification mechanism that can be used to communicate important issues.
  • The originally released Adblock Plus 1.5.1 for Chrome and Opera had a bug that reset the filter settings. Adblock Plus 1.5.2 fixes that issue and restores the original data.

New in Adblock Plus 2.3 (Jul 10, 2013)

  • Redesigned first-run page
  • Removed typo correction feature (https://adblockplus.org/blog/type-correction-feature-removed)
  • Better localization approach
  • Worked around a Firefox Mobile bug, selecting filter subscription is possible again
  • Fixed issue reporter breakage in current Firefox nightlies

New in Adblock Plus 2.2.4 (May 9, 2013)

  • Firefox (2.2.4):
  • Fixed: Server names with a trailing dot were mistakenly treated as typos.
  • Fixed a Firefox 22 compatibility issue (no colors/imaages in filters list and list of blockable items).

New in Adblock Plus 2.2.3 (Mar 12, 2013)

  • Google Chrome (1.4):
  • Implemented pop-up blocking functionality to get rid of pop-ups that are being allowed by the built-in pop-up blocker.
  • Worked around some developer tools functionality breaking due to Chrome issue 178109 (forum topic).
  • Improved hiding of placeholders, frames in a frameset are hidden as well now (forum topic).
  • Made sure the important functionality is synced automatically between the Firefox and Chrome extensions.

New in Adblock Plus 2.2.3 (Feb 14, 2013)

  • This release mostly works around breakage caused by AVG Security Toolbar 14.0.3.* extension, it prevented Adblock Plus from working correctly among other things.

New in Adblock Plus 2.2.2 (Feb 1, 2013)

  • Worked around regression in Firefox 18 causing entries on the blockable items list to disappear and preventing context menu from working reliably.
  • Issue reporter now encourages users to enter an email address when submitting issue reports.
  • Removed Do-Not-Track handling which is redundant with Firefox supporting it as well (blog post).
  • Added support for per-window private browsing in Firefox 20.
  • Fixed: Changes in Firefox 19 broke issue reporter.
  • Fixed: "null" access keys show up in Firefox 20.
  • Fixed: Context menu broken on background images in Firefox 20.

New in Adblock Plus 2.2.1 (Dec 19, 2012)

  • Google Chrome (1.3.4):
  • This is a bugfix release, it fixes an issue with the signature validation code in Adblock Plus.
  • It also updates translations, our volunteers on Crowdin finished translating Adblock Plus for Chrome into twenty languages.

New in Adblock Plus 2.2.1 (Nov 23, 2012)

  • Fixed issue affecting loading of filters in old Firefox version (including Firefox 10).
  • Fixed wrong apostrophe encoding in translations (especially Italian).

New in Adblock Plus 2.2 (Nov 22, 2012)

  • Firefox (2.2):
  • New typo correction feature helps avoid landing on malicious web pages (not enabled by default) - see https://adblockplus.org/blog/typo-correction-feature-in-adblock-plus.
  • Code license change: GNU General Public License version 3.0 instead of Mozilla Public License version 2.0
  • Minor fixes

New in Adblock Plus 2.1.2 (Nov 16, 2012)

  • Opera (1.3.2):
  • It fixes a bug in the way we dealt with raw regular expression filters and it adds back the whitelisted domains feature (not accessible via the Adblock Plus icon yet, whitelisted domains have to be added on the Options page).

New in Adblock Plus 2.1.2 (Nov 7, 2012)

  • Google Chrome (1.3.1):
  • Made “Hide placeholders of blocked elements” feature work more reliably (forum topic).
  • Made links on the Options page open in new tab (forum topic).
  • A warning is displayed for people with a corrupted file storage causing the first-run page show up on each browser start (issue description).
  • Removed “Disable inline text ads” feature, it was almost useless and triggered a memory leak in Chrome (forum topic, forum topic).
  • Fixed: Ads are sometimes blocked on whitelisted pages (forum topic).
  • Fixed: Exception rules don’t apply to frames correctly (forum topic).
  • Fixed: Requests made by javascript: or data: frames aren’t blocked.
  • Fixed: First-run page opens twice on initial install.

New in Adblock Plus 2.1.2 (Oct 27, 2012)

  • Chrome (1.3):
  • Adblock Plus for Chrome is now officially out of beta, its functionality and stability are comparable to Adblock Plus for Firefox. The user interface is still lacking, we are working on that.
  • Some acceptable ads are now allowed by default (easy to disable, see full explanation).
  • Added a first-run page (only shows up once for each user – either on new install or after update to Adblock Plus 1.3 from an older version).
  • Better performance now that we rely exclusively on the webRequest API (Chrome 17 and below are no longer supported).
  • Added support for element hiding exceptions.
  • Made use of new security features in new Google Chrome versions.
  • Worked around Chrome issue 49001 (some websites breaking due to our element hiding).
  • Fixed a data corruption bug that would sometimes corrupt the filters.
  • Removed sending of the Do-Not-Track header now that Chrome is capable of doing it itself.
  • Source code license is the GNU General Public License v3.0 instead of the Mozilla Public License now.

New in Adblock Plus 2.1.2 (Jul 20, 2012)

  • Some startup performance and memory use improvements

New in Adblock Plus 2.1 (Jun 29, 2012)

  • Adblock Plus can be installed without restarting the browser now.
  • Added support for Firefox Mobile 14.
  • Improved Thunderbird integration.
  • Updated for upcoming Firefox releases (especially Firefox 15).

New in Adblock Plus 2.0.3 (Jan 6, 2012)

  • Added a way to disable automatic filter subscription updates by means of a hidden preference.
  • Fixed: Blocking from context menu sometimes doesn't work if the context menu has a submenu.
  • Fixed: Tabs on Flash and Java sometimes disappear before they can be clicked.
  • Filter Preferences: Fixed the default width of the "Enabled" column.
  • Blockable items: Fixed "Disable filter on site" feature.

New in Adblock Plus 2.0.2 (Dec 27, 2011)

  • Improved texts describing "non-intrusive ads" feature.
  • Made toolbar icon properly customizable in Thunderbird.
  • Fixed: Filter editing is broken in Firefox 3.6.
  • Firefox Mobile: Fixed user interface to handle "non-intrusive ads" feature properly.

New in Adblock Plus 2.0.1 (Dec 15, 2011)

  • Fixed: Adding a different subscription might add a main subscription that isn't required (forum topic).
  • Not enforcing that old Firefox 3.6/Thunderbird 3.1 releases aren't used (due to an addons.mozilla.org limitation).

New in Adblock Plus 2.0 (Dec 15, 2011)

  • Features:
  • Experimental pop-up blocking support for the cases where the built-in pop-up blocker fails (forum topic).
  • New Filter Preferences dialog makes managing filters and subscriptions easier (forum topic).
  • Custom filters can be organized into any number of filter groups.
  • Backup and Restore functionality allows creating a copy of all filter preferences, not just custom filters.
  • Added "Allow non-intrusive advertising" setting (can be changed in Filter Preferences, documentation).
  • User interface:
  • Lithuanian translation is included again.
  • Adblock Plus options display directly on its page in the Add-ons Manager.
  • "Recommend us on Facebook" button has been replaced by a more generic "Contribute".
  • Blockable items: Added "Filter source" column (hidden by default, forum topic).
  • Blockable items: Searching by type now works both for localized type name as well as corresponding filter option (forum topic).
  • Filter composer: Filter options are now added in the order in which they are selected (forum topic).
  • Filter preferences: A warning is displayed for subscriptions containing disabled filters (forum topic).
  • Issue reporter: Subscriptions that are local files aren't sent to server, for privacy reasons.
  • Issue reporter: Fixed check that the user is subscribed to a filter subscription (forum topic).
  • Simplified options for showing the Adblock Plus icon and made them work more consistently.
  • "Count filter hits" is now a visible option.
  • "Collapse blocked elements" option has been renamed into "Hide placeholders of blocked elements".
  • "Adblock Plus" entry in the Tools menu is now the same menu as displayed for the Adblock Plus icon for accessibility reasons, the menu entry in the View menu has been removed.
  • Fixed: Toolbar button's context menu opens when right-clicking the menu itself (forum topic).
  • Fixed: Using context menu prevents a memory compartment from being released (forum topic).
  • Core:
  • Minimal required Firefox version is now Firefox 3.6.12, older versions are no longer supported. Similarly, at least Thunderbird 3.1.7 or SeaMonkey 2.1 are required, Songbird and Prism are no longer supported.
  • document and elemhide filter options for exception rules can now apply to frames as well, not only at the top level.
  • Added sitekey filter option to allow exceptions that apply to multiple websites.
  • Filter options xbl, dtd and ping are now considered synonymous to other, the corresponding requests are very rare (forum topic).
  • Simplified redirect tracking, removed a common source of memory issues and other problems (bug 672111, bug 653533).
  • Comment ! Homepage: http://example.com/ in filter subscriptions is now being recognized.

New in Adblock Plus 1.3.10 (Sep 28, 2011)

  • Added Latvian and Albanian translations.
  • Fixed: No preview in the list of blockable items if the image matches a disabled filter.
  • Fixed: Failure to save filters cache in Firefox 8, affects startup performance (forum topic).
  • Fixed: More issues caused by corrupted patterns.ini file (forum topic).
  • Fixed: Blockable items list might delay garbage collection of compartments (bug 679675).
  • Some users will be asked to complete a survey about Adblock Plus (forum topic).

New in Adblock Plus 1.3.9 (Jul 2, 2011)

  • Added experimental support for Firefox Sync
  • New extension icons
  • Updated for changes in Thunderbird 5
  • Various minor fixes

New in Adblock Plus 1.3.8 (May 25, 2011)

  • Fixed: Corruption in Adblock Plus data files might result in Adblock Plus being unable to block anything
  • Fixed some minor SeaMonkey 2.1 issues
  • Some minor improvements to the issue reporter

New in Adblock Plus 1.3.7 (May 16, 2011)

  • Added Brasilian Portuguese translation again
  • Slightly improved performance
  • Fixed a potential memory leak (only occurring under rare conditions)
  • Various minor fixes

New in Adblock Plus 1.3.6 (Apr 5, 2011)

  • Recommend us on Facebook" button can now be easily hidden (click the cross next to it).
  • New translations: Esperanto, Upper Sorbian
  • Improved display of web addresses in Adblock Plus user interface for right-to-left languages (Hebrew, Arabic).
  • Various stability improvements

New in Adblock Plus 1.3.5 (Mar 28, 2011)

  • Added support for Firefox Mobile 4
  • Added support for Do Not Track proposal
  • Special icon state for "whitelisted" webpages removed
  • Various performance improvements

New in Adblock Plus 1.3.5 Alpha 2 Build 2826 (Feb 16, 2011)

  • Remove special icon state for whitelisted sites, use the regular "disabled" icon

New in Adblock Plus 1.3.3 (Dec 27, 2010)

  • Fixed: Downloading subscriptions doesn't work through proxy servers requiring authentication

New in Adblock Plus 1.3.2 (Dec 10, 2010)

  • Persian translation added again, some other translations updated.
  • Issue reporter: Page referrer is being sent to allow recognizing/investigating pop-up issues more easily.
  • Issue reporter: Sending a report is no longer possible in some scenarios (prevents useless reports).
  • Element hiding rules stop working after they have been subject to an exception (bug 23257).
  • Toolbar icon's text shows up to the right of the icon rather than below it (forum topic).
  • Hit counts might not get saved when the browser is closed (Firefox 4 only).
  • Links in About dialog open in an external application on Linux (bug 23441).
  • List of recently reported issues has horizontal scrolling with some themes (forum topic).
  • Toolbar icon is broken in SeaMonkey Mail nightly builds.
  • Dragging a filter in Preferences might cause "unresponsive script" warning.
  • "Invalid XBL binding" warning in Firefox 4.
  • Adblock Plus is confusing memory leak detection tools, a bogus leak is being reported.

New in Adblock Plus 1.3.1 (Nov 4, 2010)

  • User interface
  • New translation: Mexican Spanish
  • Removed unmaintained translations: Indonesian, Malay, Brasilian Portuguese
  • Added an issue reporter allowing to send reports about Adblock Plus issues on web pages ("Report issue on this page" in ABP icon's menu, forum topic)
  • Image maps can now be blocked from context menu like regular images (bug 16605)
  • Links to documentation on adblockplus.org will automatically open in user's language if available
  • ABP icon
  • Clicking the icon will now open menu by default (old behavior can be restored by changing extensions.adblockplus.defaulttoolbaraction preference)
  • First item in menu is the new issue reporter (forum topic)
  • Disabled filters and filter subscriptions are no longer counted in the tooltip
  • List of blockable items
  • Selecting "Open in New Tab" from context menu will open multiple tabs if multiple items are selected (forum topic)
  • Document source column shows whether the request was made to a first-party or third-party location, filtering and sorting by this information is possible (forum topic)
  • Tooltip now shows info on disabled filters as well (forum topic)
  • Fixed: Scrolling to selected item broken in Firefox 4
  • Fixed "timed textboxes are deprecated" warning
  • Filter composer
  • Suggestions no longer distinguish between protocols (forum topic)
  • A warning is displayed if a custom pattern no longer matches the address it is supposed to block (forum topic)
  • "Add filter subscription" dialog
  • Removed warning displayed when Adblock or Filterset.G are installed (both have a negligible install base by now)
  • Made sure that the buttons aren't too far below subscription selection when opened in browser after first installation
  • Preferences window
  • A snail icon is displayed for slow filters (was previously an exclamation mark, forum topic)
  • Triggering a filter subscription update manually always downloads the file, even if server claims that it didn't change
  • No longer storing user's choice to collapse a subscription for subscriptions that have been removed
  • Core
  • Dropped support for Firefox 3.0, Songbird 1.8 and Midbrowser
  • Improved implementation, made it cleaner and more modular (also changed the way how other extensions should access Adblock Plus)
  • Removed separation between background images and "regular" images, $background and $image options are identical now (reliably distinguishing the two is no longer possible)
  • Made sure that filters added by other extensions like Element Hiding Helper are always enabled (forum topic)
  • Added file default/patterns.ini to the extension, can be changed to define default filters or filter subscriptions for new users (forum topic)
  • Filter subscriptions added by other extensions will no longer persist, need to be added again on each browser start (ensures that these subscriptions don't stay around if the corresponding extension is uninstalled)
  • Removed code importing preferences and filters from Adblock and Adblock Plus 0.5 (both have a negligible install base by now)
  • Performance
  • Changed the way Adblock Plus stores its data to improve performance and memory use
  • Improved filter matching performance by 20-35%
  • Reduced time required to set up element hiding on browser startup
  • Using a more efficient approach to preference management now
  • Subscription downloads
  • Using better algorithm to determine when to download subscriptions (blog post)
  • Added precautions for the case that computer's clock is skewed
  • Last modification time is reset now when a subscription redirects to a new location

New in Adblock Plus 1.3 (Nov 3, 2010)

  • Compatible with Adblock Plus 1.3, older Adblock Plus versions are no longer supported
  • Compatible with Firefox 4, dropped support for Firefox 3.0
  • Generating more efficient filters by default
  • Better handling of elements with multiple classes
  • More reliable approach to determine and mark element position
  • Selecting parent node and moving to a different child no longer resets selection
  • New "lock/unlock selection" command
  • Ctrl+Mousewheel can be used to trigger wider/narrower commands
  • Alternative set of hotkeys in some languages where two keyboard layouts are possible (e.g. Russian)
  • Better styling of hotkeys in tooltips
  • All preferences are now stored under extensions.elemhidehelper.*
  • Hotkey Ctrl-Shift-S will be used if Ctrl-Shift-K is taken (e.g. in Firefox 4), can be changed in extensions.elemhidehelper.selectelement_key preference
  • Own icon and About dialog, better mechanism to manage the dependency on Adblock Plus
  • Composer warns now if the filter is being added to a disabled group
  • extensions.elemhidehelper.composer_defaultDomain preference determines which domain suggestion is selected by default
  • Added hidden preference to allow selecting in local files (rules created this way will have no effect)

New in Adblock Plus 1.2.2 (Aug 18, 2010)

  • Updates to support Firefox 4 nightly builds and Firefox 4 Beta 3
  • Subscription dialog: Made "Add a different subscription" button less prominent
  • Subscription dialog: Fixed bad Chinese translation for the "Add a different subscription" button

New in Adblock Plus 1.2.1 (Jul 10, 2010)

  • Updates to support Firefox 4 nightly builds and upcoming Firefox 4 Beta 2
  • Preferences: more reliable formatting of dates
  • Fixed: Tabs on Flash and Java display badly on some webpages
  • Fixed: Comments would sometimes be interpreted as element hiding rules

New in Adblock Plus 1.1.3 (Jan 7, 2010)

  • Adblock Plus 1.1.2 regression fixed: Filter hits are counted in private browsing mode
  • Fixed: Subscription dialog comes up on each update in Fennec, regardless of existing subscriptions
  • Updated compatibility range for Songbird, 1.4.0 to 1.7.0a supported now

New in Adblock Plus 1.1.2 (Dec 12, 2009)

  • Minimal Fennec 1.0 support (at least Beta 6 required)
  • Made subscription downloads support load balancing, downloads can be distributed to several servers now
  • Subscription downloads no longer fail if network.http.redirection-limit preference is misconfigured
  • List of filter subscriptions no longer offered only on first installation, also offered on update if the user has neither filter subscriptions nor own filters
  • Improved recognition of document source for $domain option in the filters

New in Adblock Plus 1.1.1 (Aug 13, 2009)

  • Added ChinaList as recommended filter subscription.
  • Fixed: Very bad performance on some webpages.
  • Made sure that collapsing of blocked elements works reliably again and that Image Toolbar extension doesn’t disable this feature (bug 21278)
  • Made Adblock Plus initialization more bulletproof, it can no longer be disrupted by other extensions like FoxyProxy or Sxipper (forum topic).
  • Worked around a bug in .NET Framework Assistant causing Adblock Plus user interface to break (forum topic).
  • Fixed: “Apply” button doesn’t enable in Preferences if a filter subscription is moved with the mouse (bug 21337).
  • Fixed: List of blockable items occasionally misses out some items if it is open while page is loading.
  • Fixed: Error shows up in Error Console if Adblock Plus needs to process certain types of addresses (forum topic).

New in Adblock Plus 1.1 (Jul 14, 2009)

  • “Block” tab on Flash and Java is no longer permanently visible
  • Diagnostics page under chrome://adblockplus/content/errors.html
  • Handling of HTTP redirects
  • Blocking entire domains with filters like ||example.com^
  • Domain exceptions in element hiding rules
  • Performance and memory use improvements

New in Adblock Plus 1.0.2 (Apr 15, 2009)

  • New translation: Serbian.
  • Element hiding works in Firefox 3.0.9 and higher again (forum topic, broken by fix for bug 416942).
  • Regular expressions with $domain options are recognized correctly.
  • Blockable items: when copying addresses or filters to clipboard platform’s linebreaks are used as separator (previously: Unix linebreaks).
  • Preferences: using more compact date formatting for last hit column and last download of subscription.

New in Adblock Plus 1.0.1 (Jan 12, 2009)

  • New translations: Icelandic, Kazakh
  • List of recommended filter subscriptions extended and made scrollable again
  • Start-up performance improvements by Nickolay Ponomarev (bug 20410, bug 20411, bug 20412)
  • Added a possibility to restrict filters to some domains with the $domain=foo.com|bar.com option (documentation, forum topic)
  • Blockable items: Matching disabled filters now displayed — for easier re-enabling (forum topic)
  • Blockable items: New state icon for items matching disabled filters
  • Blockable items: Clicking in the State column now disables/re-enables the filter
  • Blockable items: Opening in new tab works properly in Songbird now
  • Blockable items: Searching for filter text now possible as well
  • Filter composer: extensions.adblockplus.composer_default preference now decides which suggestion should be selected by default (forum topic)
  • Filter composer: Added “Select all” and “Select none” for type checkboxes (forum topic)
  • Preferences: “Tip of the day” replaced by “Getting started” in Help menu
  • Toolbar button now has a context menu (same as dropdown menu)
  • Added support for item type “media” (will be added in Firefox 3.1 for HTML audio/video tags)
  • Format version is now being saved to patterns.ini
  • Regression fixed: Frames are not collapsed in some situations (forum topic)
  • Fixed: Toolbar button shouldn’t have the same title as the Tools menu item
  • Fixed: Element hiding might change page layout even on whitelisted sites (forum topic, issue still exists in Firefox 2.0)
  • Fixed: Filter list in Preferences sometimes won’t update properly if filters are added/removed (forum topic)
  • Fixed: Removed filters still apply if two different filters were translated into same regular expression
  • Fixed: Filters like “[Foo]” mess up filter storage file
  • Fixed: Filter list import doesn’t remove checksum comment
  • Object tabs no longer shown for invisible objects
  • Changed placement of object tabs in document to avoid breaking some sites (forum topic)
  • K-Meleon: Fixed handling of some menu items in toolbar icon’s menu
  • Fixed: Element hiding doesn’t work for chrome documents (Firefox 2.0/Thunderbird 2.0 only, forum topic)
  • Fixed: $collapse flag not being read correctly from patterns.ini
  • Fixed: Toolbar button shouldn’t have a drop-down arrow if extensions.adblockplus.defaulttoolbaraction preference is 0

New in Adblock Plus 1.0 (Dec 2, 2008)

  • New features:
  • New filter composer dialog makes adding filters easier
  • New filter options $third-party and $~third-party restrict filters to third-party/first-party requests (forum topic)
  • User interface:
  • Added translations: Armenian, Galician, Indonesian
  • List of blockable items:
  • Tooltip now shows the filter source in addition to the filter itself (forum topic)
  • Filters can now be disabled and re-enabled from the context menu (forum topic)
  • Changed default action for blocked items to “Add exception rule” instead of “Edit filter”
  • Made “State” the default sort order (blocked items first)
  • Added support for multiple selection and copying of multiple addresses/filters (forum topic)
  • Added “Select all” to the context menu
  • Added “Copy filter” item to the context menu (forum topic)
  • Added “Size” column (hidden by default), same information shown in the tooltip
  • Changed filter color for element hiding hits (forum topic)
  • Fixed: Header is hidden in full screen mode
  • Preferences window:
  • Eliminated delay when window is opened and much of the delay when changes are applied
  • Mac OS X: Preferences menu changed into toolbar to make sure it stays inside the window (forum topic)
  • Changed names for groups of user-defined filters (forum topic)
  • Group/subscription titles use bold text now (forum topic)
  • Added “View” menu to control visible columns and sorting, removed column picker
  • Made new “View” menu the context menu for list header
  • Groups containing user-defined filters can now be disabled (forum topic)
  • Images for “Enabled” column made more obvious (forum topic, forum topic)
  • Removed “Add filter” dummy from the list (forum topic)
  • Added support for comments in all filter groups, not only “Advertisement filters”
  • Comments now always stay before the same filter, regardless of sorting (also, they can be dragged even if the list is sorted)
  • For invalid filters, tooltip now explains why they are invalid
  • Removed user interface elements that were made obsolete by the filter composer: regular expression warning and corresponding preference extensions.adblockplus.warnregexp, dropdown list in filter editor (forum topic)
  • Filter export now inserts a checksum comment into the file (forum topic)
  • Added a tooltip explaining the meaning of the exclamation mark
  • Added a way to disable/enable filters and subscriptions from context menu
  • “Reset filter statistics” now resets “Last hit” as well (bug 18650)
  • Fixed: Findbar in preferences dialog has no icons (Firefox 3)
  • Fixed: Dates would sometimes use wrong character encoding (bug 441370)
  • Fixed: “Edit filter in effect” might select a filter in a disabled subscription even though it exists in enabled subscriptions as well (forum topic)
  • Fixed: Clicking twice on the Enabled column starts filter editor
  • Fixed: Changes to “download automatically” status are not displayed immediately
  • Pasting filters with spaces (in particular comments) now possible (bug 18920)
  • Filter subscription selection:
  • First start: Filter subscription selection is opened in a new tab rather than in a separate window (bug 15786)
  • First start: Filter subscription selection will show up even if other extensions already added a filter subscription they maintain.
  • “Add filter subscription” from Preferences brings up filter subscription selection rather than the dialog for custom filter subscriptions.
  • Added warning if Filterset.G is installed with option to uninstall automatically
  • Added Adblock warning with option to uninstall automatically (this was a separate question pop-up before)
  • Other user interface changes:
  • Regular expression warning was extended to also warn for filters that are too short to be optimized
  • Warning that Adblock Plus is disabled allows re-enabling with a single click
  • Removed ancient Drag&Drop handling code (not discoverable and not advertised anywhere)
  • Fixed: “Disable on this page only” won’t work for pages with query string
  • About Adblock Plus: Made version number selectable so that it can be copied
  • About Adblock Plus: Made homepage link localizable (and different for German/French locales, bug 17136)
  • Added “Adblock Plus: Blockable Items” to the View menu in Firefox (View – Toolbars menu in SeaMonkey)
  • Core:
  • Core code was redesigned for better maintainability, code documentation and automated tests (based on Mochitest) were added for large parts of the core
  • Made sure filter storage file isn’t overwritten unless write was successful (bug 16488)
  • Improved performance (esp. reading filter from disk and saving filters for large filter lists), reduced the amount of memory used
  • Fixed: Exception rules don’t always apply to element hiding in Firefox 3 (bug 20034)
  • Firefox 1.5, Thunderbird 1.5, SeaMonkey 1.0, Songbird 0.5/0.6 are no longer supported (removed some backwards compatibility hacks)
  • Flock 1.2/2.0 and Songbird 0.7/1.0 are supported now
  • Added support for Prism 0.9 (forum topic)
  • Added hidden preference extensions.adblockplus.savestats to allow turning off hit statistics (useful if patterns.ini is put into a version control system) (bug 18650)
  • Added support for private browsing mode in Firefox 3.1, hit statistics are disabled automatically
  • All first run actions are now controlled by extensions.adblockplus.currentversion preference (replaces showsubscriptions, checkedtoolbar, checkedadblockinstalled preferences)
  • Changed patterns.ini format to allow user-defined comments (and potentially other filters as well) to be stored in any filter group
  • Adblock Plus 0.6 preferences are no longer imported on upgrade
  • Adblock preferences are no longer imported on upgrade (filter list still imported)
  • Fixed: Object tabs show up on print (bug 19405)
  • Fixed: “getBoxObjectFor() is deprecated” warning in error console (bug 19126)
  • Subscription downloads:
  • For subscription downloads, a comment “! Checksum: abcd” is now interpreted and files with wrong checksum are rejected to prevent broken downloads (forum topic, reference implementation to add checksums)
  • Next attempt after failed download is after one day now rather than after one hour to prevent server overload (adjusted preference extensions.adblockplus.subscriptions_fallbackerrors accordingly)
  • Fallback request can now disable automatic downloads for subscriptions that are no longer available
  • Fixed: Subscription downloads sometimes go to browser cache

New in Adblock Plus 0.7.5.5 (Jun 18, 2008)

  • Not a real update, only to update compatibility info.

New in Adblock Plus 0.7.5.4 (Apr 11, 2008)

  • 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