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Adblock Plus 1.5 for IE released
- https://adblockplus....for-ie-released
2015-09-22 - "... This release includes improvements for Large scale deployments. Here’s the list of changes since the last release:
    Fixed: Some ads weren’t hidden (Issue 2055).
    Fixed: Some Yahoo pages weren’t shown correctly in IE8 (Issue 1115).
    New, improved icon (Issue 1538).
        Fixed icon clipping on high DPI (Issue 176).
        Fixed altering positions in IE8 (Issue 711).
    Ensured the installer is capable of closing Internet Explorer in all cases (Issue 1686).
    Fixed some issues with the enabling/disabling of ad blocking (Issue 1201, Issue 1104).
    Support of notifications (Issue 1109).
    More small fixes.
A complete list of changes can be found here*..."
* https://issues.adblo...et-Explorer-1.5
 

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Adblock Plus 2.6.11 for Firefox released
- https://adblockplus....irefox-released
2015-09-24

Install Adblock Plus 2.6.11 for Firefox

Changes:
    Fixed: Findbar in Filter Preferences was slightly broken when using Firefox 42 and above (issue 2832).
    Fixed: Notification pop-up shouldn’t disappear if somebody clicks outside it (issue 3060).
    Fixed: Toolbar icon broken in SeaMonkey 2.40 and above (issue 3072)...
 

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Adblock Plus 2.6.12 for Firefox released
- https://adblockplus....irefox-released
2015-11-24
Changes:
    Added $generichide and $generic block filter options (issue 647, issue 616).
    Improved first-run display on small screens, especially on mobile devices (issue 2018).
    Fixed: Findbar in Filter Preferences is being triggered when trying to edit filters (issue 3129, issue 3144).
    Fixed: Ctrl+F wasn’t working as expected when the findbar was already open (issue 2580).
    Fixed: Filter composer’s “Advanced view” button was broken in Firefox nightly builds (issue 3263).
    Fixed: Anti-Adblock warning shouldn’t show up when Adblock Plus is disabled (issue 3254).
    Fixed: Anti-Adblock warning shouldn’t be triggered by frames (issue 3253).

Adblock Plus 2.6.13 for Firefox released
- https://adblockplus....irefox-released
2015-11-25 - "... an upcoming change that will break Adblock Plus in Firefox nightly builds. However, at that point we didn’t know the scope of the issue and didn’t have a simple solution. Turned out, Adblock Plus isn’t merely broken itself but breaks the browser’s user interface as well. Luckily, Nils Maier provided us with a simple work-around for the issue, so we could push out a new release quickly."
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Adblock Plus 1.9.4 for Chrome, Opera and Safari released
- https://adblockplus....-safari-release
2015-11-24
This update contains the new $generichide and $genericblock filter options and some bug fixes.
Changes:
    Fixed: Anti-Adblock warning was being triggered by frames in some cases (issue 3238).
    Fixed: Key-based whitelisting was ignored for element collapsing (issue 3170).
    Fixed how the “Block element” feature deals with attributes containing null character (issue 3163).
    Added support for new $generichide and $genericblock filter options (issue 616, 647).
    Improved first-run page display on small screens (issue 2018).
 

Edited by AplusWebMaster, 28 November 2015 - 11:14 AM.

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Adblock Plus 2.7 for Firefox released
- https://adblockplus....irefox-released
2015-12-15 - "... In order to support multiple processes properly we had to implement massive changes to the core functionality of Adblock Plus. These changes should have almost no visible effect other than improved performance however.
Visible changes:
- If pop-ups are blocked after the redirect, the pop-up window will actually be closed and not merely prevented from loading (issue 443).
- The diagnostic page under chrome://adblockplus/content/errors.html has been removed, it was of very limited use (issue 3357).
Known issues:
- Element hiding functionality isn’t working on Mac OS X when multi-process mode is enabled (bug 1187099). Given the lack of progress on Mozilla’s side, we will have to come up with some work-around later on.
- Issue reporter doesn’t create screenshots when multi-process mode is enabled (issue 3375). To be addressed in the next release.
- “Unsafe CPOW usage” warnings will still show up in Error Console sometimes when multi-process mode is enabled, most prominently when using the list of blockable items (issue 3407). To be addressed in the next release.
- Selection in the list of blockable items isn’t remembered reliably when multi-process mode is enabled (issue 3259). To be addressed in the next release."
 

Edited by AplusWebMaster, 18 December 2015 - 07:42 AM.

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Adblock Plus 1.10 for Chrome, Opera and Safari released
- https://adblockplus....safari-released
2016-01-05
Install Adblock Plus 1.10 for Chrome
Install Adblock Plus 1.10 for Opera
Install Adblock Plus 1.10 for Safari (Safari 6 or higher required)

This update adds the new CSS property filter syntax which should give filter list authors an additional tool against the circumvention of Adblock Plus. We have also created a page which will be shown when Adblock Plus is uninstalled. We are hoping to gain insight into the overall user experience and what we can improve.
Changes:
    Added support for the new CSS property filter syntax (issue 2397).
    Improved how the first run page looks on smaller screens (issue 1292).

Chrome/Opera-only changes:
    Added a feedback page that is displayed when Adblock Plus is uninstalled (issue 3269).
    Reintroduced the $ping filter option (issue 3452).
    Adapted for changes in Chrome 49 which allows for the context of web requests to be matched more reliably (issue 3453).
    Changed the way we detect the browser name and version (issue 3415).
Safari-only changes:
    Avoid matching web requests with the type OTHER when using the $font filter option (issue 3454)...
 

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Adblock Plus 2.7.1 for Firefox released
- https://adblockplus....irefox-released
2016-01-19
"With this release Adblock Plus becomes fully compatible with the upcoming multi-process mode in Firefox, it no longer relies on backwards compatibility hacks in Firefox (issue 3259, issue 3407, issue 3449, issue 3465, issue 3486, issue 3494). This also means that the screenshot functionality in Issue Reporter is fully functional now (issue 3375), and also quite fast (issue 3504).
- Additional changes:
    Improved performance: patterns.ini was being saved way more often than necessary (issue 3473).
    $ping filter option is back and will especially apply to requests sent via navigator.sendBeacon() (issue 3452).
    Requests produced by <img srcset> and <picture> will be assigned type image (issue 3459).
    Requests produced by the Fetch API will be assigned type xmlhttprequest (issue 3459).
    genericblock and generichide types will no longer show up in the filter assistant (issue 3478).
    Removed non-standard JavaScript syntax, which caused warnings in Firefox Aurora and Nightly builds (issue 1434, issue 3418, issue 3421, issue 3502, issue 3505).
    Fixed: Previously disabled and removed filter is still disabled when added back (issue 3451).
- Regressions fixed:
As the previous release changed Adblock Plus quite drastically, it inevitably introduced some issues. As far as we know, all of these have been resolved:
    Pop-up blocking doesn’t catch redirects to a different domain (issue 3458).
    Issue Reporter gets stuck if filter subscriptions need updating (issue 3461, issue 3464).
    Screenshot marker in Issue Reporter is no longer red (issue 3503).
    Fixed image preview in Blockable Items tooltip (issue 3491).
- Known issues:
    Element hiding functionality isn’t working on Mac OS X when multi-process mode is enabled (bug 1187099). Mozilla is working on this..."
 

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Adblock Plus 1.10.1 for Chrome, Opera and Safari released
- https://adblockplus....safari-released
2016-02-03 - "This is an emergency bugfix release, fixing a regression that was introduced in the previous release and broke compatibility with Chrome 37, Opera 24, and earlier versions (issue 3580)...
Install Adblock Plus 1.10.1 for Chrome
Install Adblock Plus 1.10.1 for Opera
Install Adblock Plus 1.10.1 for Safari (Safari 6 or higher required)...

Besides that and some changes under the hood, this release fixes the following minor bugs:
    Subscription links caused the options page to be opened twice (issue 3153).
    The “Block element” option wasn’t shown in icon popup while page was loading (issue 3472)."
 

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Adblock Plus 2.7.2 for Firefox released
- https://adblockplus....irefox-released
2016-02-23
Install Adblock Plus 2.7.2 for Firefox
"This release works around some obscure Firefox bugs which Adblock Plus has been triggering since Adblock Plus 2.7 release (visible for example as issue 3489, issue 3541, bug 1127744).
Additional changes
    Closed a pop-up blocking loophole misused by some websites (issue 3568).
    Fixed tooltip display for very long filters (issue 1950)."
 

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Adblock Plus 1.11 for Chrome, Opera and Safari released
- https://adblockplus....safari-released
2016-03-08
Install Adblock Plus 1.11 for Chrome
Install Adblock Plus 1.11 for Opera
Install Adblock Plus 1.11 for Safari (Safari 6 or higher required)
"This release features the new developer tools panel which shows blockable items along with applied filters, and provides an easy way to create new filters for these items, on Chrome and Opera. Another big change in this release: The “Block element” dialog is no longer injected into the page, but opened as a popup on Chrome and Opera, and as a new tab on Safari. This solved a couple issues, most notably a way that allowed websites to reliably detect whether Adblock Plus is installed..."
 

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Adblock Plus 2.7.3 for Firefox released
- https://adblockplus....irefox-released
2016-04-27
Install Adblock Plus 2.7.3 for Firefox
This release adds support for the experimental CSS properties syntax to Adblock Plus for Firefox (issue 2401, issue 3955). This support isn’t complete yet, most important issue being that hits are not counted for CSS properties filters (issue 3969).
Additional changes
    Fixed issues that Adblock Plus could potentially cause on Firefox startup (issue 2850).
    Some first-run page optimizations (issue 2668, issue 1292, issue 3736, issue 3814).
    Cleaned up internal messaging approach (issue 3499, issue 3851, issue 3853)...
 

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Adblock Plus 1.12 for Chrome, Opera and Safari released
- https://adblockplus....safari-released
2016-06-01
Install Adblock Plus 1.12 for Chrome
Install Adblock Plus 1.12 for Opera
Install Adblock Plus 1.12 for Safari (Safari 6 or higher required)
This release features experimental Safari Content Blocking support. So if you’re on Safari 9, you can try out the new (faster) blocking mechanism now by enabling it in the options. But please read the announcement* first; as that feature is still experimental and Content Blockers have some limitations, there are some caveats. However, Content Blockers will eventually completely replace the old mechanism we relied on so far on Safari.
* https://adblockplus....locking-support
There also have been some bug fixes and other improvements for all platforms which are listed below, and some changes under the hood which aren’t visible to the user.
Changes:
- Improved performance of element hiding, reducing page load times (issue 235, issue 4038, issue 4036).
- Fixed a regression, introduced with the previous release, which caused the Adblock Warning Removal List to not be added anymore (issue 3772).
- Prevent websites from circumventing element hiding by removing or disabling the stylesheet (issue 3699).
- Prevent websites from showing previously blocked elements (issue 3840).
Chrome/Opera-only changes:
- Added an option to hide the Adblock Plus developer tools panel (issue 3796).
- Prevent websites from tricking users into adding subscriptions by simulating clicks on abp:subscribe links (issue 3828).
- Worked around a Chrome bug that broke the feedback functionality on blogger.com (issue 2687).
- Administrators deploying Adblock Plus via group policy can now configure additional subscriptions (issue 3801).
- Starting with this release, there are unified builds for Chrome and Opera, using the exact same code on both browsers (issue 3760).
Safari-only changes:
- Added experimental support for Safari Content Blocking (see above, issue 3687).
- Fixed: Wrong domain was whitelisted by icon menu after navigating through the history (issue 3924)...
 

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Adblock Plus 1.12.2 for Chrome, Opera and Safari released
- https://adblockplus....safari-released
2016-08-23
Install Adblock Plus 1.12.2 for Chrome
Install Adblock Plus 1.12.2 for Opera
Install Adblock Plus 1.12.2 for Safari (Safari 6 or higher required)
This is a minor release, focused on stability and preventing circumvention...
 

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Adblock Plus 2.8 for Firefox released
- https://adblockplus....irefox-released
2016-10-25
Install Adblock Plus 2.8 for Firefox

This release changes the way element hiding works in Firefox, so that noticeable delays from changing a single element hiding rule should be no more. Also, the behavior should be more consistent now and filters not applying on a particular website should no longer be able to cause unexpected side-effects. On the downside, changes to element hiding rules will only apply after a page is reloaded now (which is actually consistent with blocking rules).
Additional changes:
- There is a special $websocket type option now to block WebSocket requests, the type was previously considered to be other here (announcement*).
* https://adblockplus....-for-websockets
- Our toolbar icon will look better on high-resolution screens (issue 4142).
- Removed feature selection from the first-run page until the features can be removed similarly easily (issue 4294).
- Hits for CSS property filters which were introduced in the previous release are being counted now (issue 3969).
- Fixed: CSS property filters applied even when Adblock Plus was disabled everywhere (issue 4201).
- Fixed: A regression in pop-up blocking functionality caused websites to be mistakenly considered pop-ups under some circumstances (issue 4335).
- Corrected handling of frames with srcdoc attribute.
- Fixed and improved search functionality in Filter Preferences, was partially broken in Firefox nightly builds (issue 4510)...
 

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Adblock Plus 1.12.4 for Chrome, Opera and Safari released
- https://adblockplus....safari-released
2016-10-26
Install Adblock Plus 1.12.4 for Chrome
Install Adblock Plus 1.12.4 for Opera
Install Adblock Plus 1.12.4 for Safari (Safari 6 or higher required)

Changes:
- Stopped the “Block Element” dialog from suggesting filters based on huge URLs, since they often made Adblock Plus become unresponsive (issue 4330).
- WebSocket connections are now considered to be of type $websocket instead of $other (issue 4448). For more information see Wladimir’s blog post.
- Removed the features section from the first-run page (issue 4295, issue 4294).
Chrome/Opera-only changes:
- Fixed a bug relating to how the document domain is determined, especially after redirects (issue 4386).
- Added a workaround to fix $sitekey whitelisting for requests made directly after a redirection (issue 4483).
- Improved WebSocket blocking capabilities (issue 4372).
Safari-only changes:
- Fixed YouTube ad blocking on Safari 6 (issue 4351).
 

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Adblock Plus 2.8.1 for Firefox released
- https://adblockplus....irefox-released
2016-10-28 - "Our Adblock Plus 2.8 release introduced a -regression- that went unnoticed for months in the development builds. Users who activated the please_kill_startup_performance preference were experiencing data loss: filters didn’t load completely. Also, importing custom filters was failing for large files. Both issues have the same root cause (issue 4576) and have been resolved in Adblock Plus 2.8.1. If your data is still incomplete after updating to Adblock Plus 2.8.1 please click the “Backup and Restore” button in Filter Preferences — one of the automatically created backups is certain to be correct."