Safari AdBlocker Changelog

What's new in Safari AdBlocker 1.9.8.7

Jan 24, 2011
  • Fix for CPU spike when feed is unavailable
  • Fix for a rare case when trying to select a style sheet which Safari is already configured to use
  • Updated included SIMBL to v0.98d

New in Safari AdBlocker 1.9.8.6 (Jul 7, 2010)

  • Spanish localization, thanks Jorge Rodríguez (A.K.A. Tiriel)

New in Safari AdBlocker 1.9.8.5 (Jun 11, 2010)

  • Italian localization.

New in Safari AdBlocker 1.9.8.4 (Jun 9, 2010)

  • Dutch localization, thanks Tobias Tiemann, added element whitelisting, fix for some abp whitelist rules being ignored

New in Safari AdBlocker 1.9.8.3 (May 30, 2010)

  • Another fix for over-agressive blocking, fix crash when removing feeds..., fix build version not being displayed (German version), fix for user whitelisting, thanks dinkypumpkin.

New in Safari AdBlocker 1.9.8.2 (May 24, 2010)

  • Fix for over-agressive blocking, fixed user filters, fixed style sheet implementation.

New in Safari AdBlocker 1.9.8.1 (May 18, 2010)

  • code optimization, fixed site-whitelisting...

New in Safari AdBlocker 1.9.8 (May 14, 2010)

  • Fixed WebKit adblocking regression.

New in Safari AdBlocker 1.9.7 (May 12, 2010)

  • fixed WebKit nightly support, fixed abp rule support, fixed some memory leaks, fixed error log messages, fixed crash when removing feeds

New in Safari AdBlocker 1.9.6 (May 11, 2010)

  • Matching now handled by RegexKit, better collapsing of blocked elements.

New in Safari AdBlocker 1.9.5 (May 6, 2010)

  • Fix some crashes relating to updating subscriptions, optimised code

New in Safari AdBlocker 1.9.4 (May 6, 2010)

  • Speed improvements (code optimisations, moved reading of abp filters into its own thread)
  • SAB overrides any Safari user Style Sheets, so style sheet can now managed in SAB
  • fix a potentially lethal crash if a feed somehow gets saved without a url, or date
  • fix a potentially lethal crash if adding manual filters strating with "." or "#"
  • fix for overriding font-settings on "View Source" Window, fix for overriding font-settings on inline dictionary
  • fix for trying to add duplicate feeds
  • fix for adding non-valid feeds
  • fix for multiple-feed elements not being blocked
  • fix for random crash on some urls
  • fixed some memory leaks

New in Safari AdBlocker 1.9.3 (Apr 19, 2010)

  • Performance tweaks.

New in Safari AdBlocker 1.9 (Apr 12, 2010)

  • Chinese localization,
  • French localization, thanks Pierre-Emmanuel Celotto,
  • Fixed some ads not being blocked,
  • Merged elements into a single database,
  • Moved download error messages the into log file,
  • Fixed crash when updating if no subscriptions selected in german localization.

New in Safari AdBlocker 1.8.6 (Apr 1, 2010)

  • Fixed site-whitelisting.

New in Safari AdBlocker 1.8.5 (Mar 30, 2010)

  • Russian localization - thanks Aleksey Kirpichnikov

New in Safari AdBlocker 1.8.4 (Mar 30, 2010)

  • Fix for over-zealous blocking.
  • Fix for ignoring of user filters.
  • Hopefully fixed an incompatability with SafariBlock.

New in Safari AdBlocker 1.8.3 (Mar 26, 2010)

  • Improved abp rule support, code optimisation.

New in Safari AdBlocker 1.8.2 (Mar 22, 2010)

  • Fixed an incomatabilty with Leech.

New in Safari AdBlocker 1.8.1 (Mar 18, 2010)

  • Fixed adblocking on youtube videos, optimised ad matching

New in Safari AdBlocker 1.8 (Mar 15, 2010)

  • Basic support for element blocking.
  • Fixed ads some not being blocked (apparent in many RSS feeds).
  • Improved site whitelisting.
  • Included manual uninstall script in download.

New in Safari AdBlocker 1.7.3 (Mar 2, 2010)

  • Fixed crash when adding an empty filter, Fixed Safari hang/high CPU use when encountering "data:" url's.
  • Fixed contextual menu implementation.
  • New toolbar icon - Inspired by a design submitted by Robert Wolf.

New in Safari AdBlocker 1.7.2 (Feb 19, 2010)

  • Finnish localization (thanks to Paula-Christiina Wirtanen), fixed name parsing for FanBoy subscriptions, fixed Installer Info spelling mistake, UI tweaks

New in Safari AdBlocker 1.7.1 (Jan 14, 2010)

  • Fixed update crash if no subscriptions are selected.
  • Removed necessity for at least one subscription, hopefully fixed SIMBL installer (for 32bit intel)

New in Safari AdBlocker 1.7 (Jan 12, 2010)

  • Multiple subscription support, German localization.
  • Fixed memory leaks.
  • Better subscription support.
  • Fixed tab changing bug when clicking enable/disable button.
  • Fixed bug when enabling/disabling from context menu, that Enable/Disable button wont reflect true value.
  • UI tweaks.
  • Code optimizations.
  • Fixed some strings.
  • Moved subscriptions info to ~/Library/Application Support/Safari AdBlocker/Subscriptions.plist

New in Safari AdBlocker 1.6 (Dec 20, 2009)

  • Changed default subscription to EasyPrivacy+EasyList, better subscription filter support, preliminary beta support for second subscription - add file Subscription2.txt into folder: ~/Library/Application Support/Safari AdBlocker/

New in Safari AdBlocker 1.5 (Dec 20, 2009)

  • Better AdBlockPlus filter support, fixed remembering tab state when changing preference Panes, removed some unneeded code

New in Safari AdBlocker 1.4 (Dec 12, 2009)

  • Added uninstaller, updated About panel, added manual filter sorting, added info file to installer, UI tweaks

New in Safari AdBlocker 1.3.1 (Dec 11, 2009)

  • Fixed Info panel details.

New in Safari AdBlocker 1.3 (Dec 10, 2009)

  • Added basic support for whitelisting an entire site.
  • Added option to enable/disable contextual menus.

New in Safari AdBlocker 1.2.1 (Dec 9, 2009)

  • Really fixed CMD-z bug, cleaned some unnecessary code.

New in Safari AdBlocker 1.2 (Dec 7, 2009)

  • Removed Flash specific code, use ClicktoFlash instead.

New in Safari AdBlocker 1.1.2 (Dec 7, 2009)

  • Fixed SIMBL Installer permissions, fixed bug.
  • Fixed remembering last opened tab.
  • Added ads blocked total/session.
  • Fixed bug where using the modifier keys CMD-z would open Preferences.

New in Safari AdBlocker 1.1.1 (Oct 29, 2009)

  • added contextual menu option to enable/disable Safari AdBlocker when right-clicking on flash elements,
  • fixed bug - when exporting filters after manually adding (new filters would not be exported,
  • added ads blocked total/session,
  • removed unnessesary code.