Adblock Plus 2.0

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What's new in Adblock Plus 2.0:

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  • "Recommend us on Facebook" button has been replaced by a more generic "Contribute".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.

Link: Adblock Plus website

Install: Adblock Plus 2.0 Firefox add-on (from adblockplus.org - addons.mozilla.org still has 1.3.10)

Don't forget to whitelist Neowin when running ABP.

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ArialBlue

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removed memory issues

allows non-intrusive advertising in a non-sandboxed browser which has been criticized by Microsoft and Google.

You win some, you lose some

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Adblock Plus 2.0.1 is now available:

https://addons.mozil...fx+tb+fn+sm.xpi

...still no update for the Google Chrome version though - that's still stuck on v1.1.4 (Beta) :(

you must have the Google Chrome Adblock+ Extension which is just a Beta. there is a Adblock Plus for Chrome which is at 2.5.6 which is more up to date than the one i think you got
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you must have the Google Chrome Adblock+ Extension which is just a Beta. there is a Adblock Plus for Chrome which is at 2.5.6 which is more up to date than the one i think you got

Nope. If you visit the AdBlock Plus site (https://adblockplus.org/en/) from Google Chrome (rather than from Firefox), the "Install Adblock plus" icon prompts you to install v1.1.4 (Beta) of "Adblock Plus for Chrome".... so where is version 2.5.6 then?? :s

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Nope. If you visit the AdBlock Plus site (https://adblockplus.org/en/) from Google Chrome (rather than from Firefox), the "Install Adblock plus" icon prompts you to install v1.1.4 (Beta) of "Adblock Plus for Chrome".... so where is version 2.5.6 then?? :s

wrong kinda, just go to Extensions window within Google Chrome an type in Adblock and do a search on that an you will find the one im refering to.
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wrong kinda, just go to Extensions window within Google Chrome an type in Adblock and do a search on that an you will find the one im refering to.

the one you're referring is made by a different developer though, so its probably something different

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wrong kinda, just go to Extensions window within Google Chrome an type in Adblock and do a search on that an you will find the one im refering to.

Yeah, I think you're talking about a completely different Ad blocking extension!

This original forum topic was for "Adblock Plus" (website: https://adblockplus.org/en/). This particular ad blocking extension is available for both Firefox and Chrome.

The Firefox version can be found at:

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/adblock-plus/

The Chrome version can be found at:

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/cfhdojbkjhnklbpkdaibdccddilifddb/details

BOTH of these extensions pages reference back to the adblockplus.org website

The current version of the Firefox version is 2.0.1. The current version of the Chrome version is 1.1.4.

I suspect this "2.5.6" version you refer to relates to a different ad blocking extension to the one being discussed in this thread?

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Disagree with how ad-block have now been pressured by the advertisement companies to let adverts through their ad blocker as if there's such a thing as 'acceptable advertisement'.

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bawz

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the one you're referring is made by a different developer though, so its probably something different

they are identical to each other if you have a look at it.
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I seem to remember "Adblock" chrome extension (where the author made sure to claim there not same devs as mozilla plugin) and latter the firefox authors brought the "beta" of "Adblock Plus".

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What filter do you guys use, easylist or fanboy's list?

it is there any problem if you use both?

I tend to subscribe to just the one list - EasyList, and then supplement this with my own custom rules.

The only issue I could see with subscribing to multiple lists is that of a slight degradation in performance i.e. if the same rule appears in multiple lists it will be processed multiple times? ...unless Adblock Plus automatically removes duplicates if you're subscribed to more than one list? ...can anyone confirm?

Disagree with how ad-block have now been pressured by the advertisement companies to let adverts through their ad blocker as if there's such a thing as 'acceptable advertisement'.

Totally agree with you! ....at least there is still the option to "opt out" of what they term "acceptable advertising"... but it does make you wonder for how long this choice will be given? :(

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