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AdBlock for Chrome Changelog

What's new in AdBlock for Chrome 6.0.0

Apr 24, 2024
  • Fixed an issue in the beta_manifest.base.json file that caused the AdBlock extension to fail to load
  • Improved the log message for command version mismatch error
  • Initial release of a MV3 version of AdBlock

New in AdBlock for Chrome 5.8.1 (Jul 21, 2023)

  • Updated the bundled Snippets library to 0.7.0

New in AdBlock for Chrome 5.7.0 (Jun 12, 2023)

  • Updated the bundled Snippets library to 0.6.2
  • Fixed an issue with the AdBlock toolbar icon incorrectly showing "NEW"
  • Updated the extension for Premium users so that web based allow listed rules are removed

New in AdBlock for Chrome 5.6.0 (May 2, 2023)

  • Continue to show the /update page to let users know about the AdBlock Premium
  • Provide experimental Flattr API to some websites
  • Expanded partner access to experimental allowlisting API

New in AdBlock for Chrome 5.4.1 (Feb 13, 2023)

  • Fixed the on click event handler for the "Upgrade your AdBlock" CTA in the AdBlock popup menu
  • Show the /update page to let users know about the AdBlock Premium

New in AdBlock for Chrome 5.4.0 (Feb 3, 2023)

  • Modified or updated several JavaScript modules to work in a service worker environment in preparation for migration to manifest V3.
  • The modified modules include:
  • survey & on page icon
  • telemetry
  • anonymous filter list data collection
  • ad blocking statistics ('Stats')
  • We also updated the following in preparation for migration to manifest V3
  • the AdBlock Options page to use message passing
  • created a new common utilies module for use within a service worker
  • Updated several dependencies used within AdBlock:
  • snippets to 0.6.0
  • adblockplusui to 3.16
  • web ext SDK to 0.7.2

New in AdBlock for Chrome 5.3.3 (Dec 20, 2022)

  • Stop opening the /update page to let users know about the AdBlock Premium
  • Added the Crotian locale to update an old Chrome web store Crotian listing

New in AdBlock for Chrome 5.3.0 (Oct 22, 2022)

  • Fixed an issue with the Premium Sync feature
  • Added a backup IP address telemetry process that will be used in case of a network issue
  • Updated the eyeo web ext SDK to version 0.5.0
  • In preparation for Manifest V3, the following changes where made:
  • Converted modules that use the setTimeout & setInterval function to use the Alarm API
  • Removed references to local storage, and instead use the extension storage API
  • Removed any reference to jQuery in background scripts
  • Converted AJAX requests to use the Fetch API
  • Removed ability to subscribe to custom filter lists

New in AdBlock for Chrome 5.1.0 (Aug 23, 2022)

  • Removed the 'social media' links on the AdBlock Options page when the user is subscribed to the Anti Social Filter list
  • Fixed an issue on the AdBlock Bug Report page with the 'steps' field not highlighted when left blank
  • Fixed an issue with a missing error message when a user would edit their custom filters on the Customize tab of the AdBlock Options page
  • Fixed an issue with anonymous filter list usage data incorrectly determining the filter list subscriptions for a filter list rule
  • Updated the AdBlock On Page icon

New in AdBlock for Chrome 5.0.5 (Aug 17, 2022)

  • Fixed an issue with telemetry possibly being sent prior to initialization being complete
  • Updated the Snippets library to version 0.4.1

New in AdBlock for Chrome 4.46.2 (May 16, 2022)

  • Continue to show /update page for those users that haven't seen the Spring 2022 update.

New in AdBlock for Chrome 4.46.1 (May 3, 2022)

  • Continue to show /update page for those users that haven't seen the Spring 2022 update

New in AdBlock for Chrome 4.46.0 (Apr 19, 2022)

  • Added a AdBlock popup menu message about the AdBlock VPN
  • Show the /update page to let users know what features have been updated in the last 6 months.
  • Added checks to enhance content script messages security

New in AdBlock for Chrome 4.40.0 (Nov 12, 2021)

  • Continue to show /update page for those users that haven't seen the Fall 2021 update
  • For our AdBlock Premium users, the extension will now add an flag to our website to let the website know the visitor is a premium user
  • Updated the URL that's opened for the VPN CTA on the AdBlock Options page
  • In preparation for manifest V3, and to help us better understand how our users use AdBlock, we've added custom rule counts to the telemetry (ping) data
  • Added an Email CTA to the AdBlock Options page
  • Added host permissions information to the "debug" data available on the Support tab of the AdBlock Option page

New in AdBlock for Chrome 4.39.1 (Oct 26, 2021)

  • Show the /update page to let users know what features have been updated in the last 6 months.

New in AdBlock for Chrome 4.37.0 (Oct 13, 2021)

  • Fixed an issue when printing in Chrome with AdBlock enabled
  • Fixed an issue with the Premium Sync feature
  • Fixed an issue with the 'Submit Feedback' button
  • Fixed an issue with the 'New' Badge text showing on blank or empty tabs
  • Updated the minimum Chrome version to 60
  • Fixed an issue with Nordic language filter list incorrectly in the language dropdown on the Filter list tab of the AdBlock Options page
  • Fixed an issue with AdBlock double counting some blocked items

New in AdBlock for Chrome 4.33.0 (May 2, 2021)

  • Updated translations
  • Updated to ABP Core 3.3.1 (#320)

New in AdBlock for Chrome 4.23.0 (Oct 12, 2020)

  • Show the /update page to let users know what features have been updated in the last 6 months.

New in AdBlock for Chrome 4.22.1 (Oct 7, 2020)

  • Improved streaming ad blocking on Twitch.

New in AdBlock for Chrome 4.22.0 (Sep 25, 2020)

  • Updated translations
  • Updated / fixed a few of the themes colors
  • Updated DOM Purify to version 2.0.15
  • Updated to ABP Core 3.9.5
  • Removed the 'onUpdate' logic added for the YouTube Subscribed Channel Allowlist feature
  • Added a AdBlock Premium status indicator to the AdBlock popup menu and options page
  • Fixed an issue with the YouTube Channel Allowlist feature

New in AdBlock for Chrome 4.20.0 (Sep 3, 2020)

  • Added a new feature which allows users to easily add or remove their YouTube subscribed channels to the AdBlock allowlist

New in AdBlock for Chrome 4.19.0 (Aug 14, 2020)

  • Fixed an issue with 'hide an ad' wizard when trying to hide certain ads with very long text
  • The AdBlock popup menu has been enhanced to allow a tab id to be provided in a query string. This will allow us to improve our automated testing.
  • Added Twitch 'channel' allow listing and improved ad hiding on Twitch on channels which are not allow listed.

New in AdBlock for Chrome 4.18.0 (Jul 31, 2020)

  • Updated to ABP Core 3.9.3

New in AdBlock for Chrome 4.17.0 (Jul 22, 2020)

  • Added processing to migrate legacy AdBlock Premium users data to the new data structures

New in AdBlock for Chrome 4.16.0 (Jul 22, 2020)

  • Updated to ABP Core 3.9.1

New in AdBlock for Chrome 4.15.0 (Jul 22, 2020)

  • Updated translations
  • Removed the functionality to open the /update page
  • Improved the hiding wizard. It now allows a user to restart the 'hide an element' flow.
  • Fixed an issue with the YouTube channel allow ads feature. The AdBlock toolbar icon correctly displays the ad blocking status.
  • For Edge users, a "Rate Us" link has been on the AdBlock Options page
  • The extension now correctly identifies the stable Edge version in the AdBlock debug data
  • Added aria labels and roles to the social media icons on the AdBlock Options page
  • Added the AdBlock developement servers to the bandaid code
  • Removed unused code and references to a 'getadblock question'

New in AdBlock for Chrome 4.14.0 (Jul 22, 2020)

  • Added Aria labels to the social media icons on the AdBlock Options page
  • Added two new 'getadblock.com' development hostnames to the 'bandaids' content script
  • Added the stable MS Edge, and Firefox extension ids so that the debug data logic correctly identifies the extensions as 'stable'
  • Removed unused code from the 'bandaids' content script

New in AdBlock for Chrome 4.13.0 (Jul 22, 2020)

  • Added the AdBlock "on page" icon
  • Removed the unused 'notification' and 'overlay' survey types
  • Added a 'referrerpolicy' of 'no-referrer' to the image tag used for the Premium image replacement / swap
  • Continue to show the /update page to users that have not seen it. The /update page lets users know what features have been updated in the last 6 months.
  • Fixed an issue with the 'Add Filter List Subscription' via link click functionality
  • Fixed an issue with the element highlighter in the 'Block an ad on this page' wizard
  • Removed the Romanian filter list
  • Updated translations

New in AdBlock for Chrome 4.12.0 (Jul 22, 2020)

  • For Premium users, we've added functionality to allow you to import your own images / photos into AdBlock to be used for image swap.
  • Added a debug message when an error is detected from the PubNub library
  • Fixed two issues which occur on older versions of Chrome (version 65)
  • Fixed an issue that was introduced in the new managed storage option (AdBlock version 4.11.0)
  • Continue to show the /update page to users that have not seen it. The /update page lets users know what features have been updated in the last 6 months.

New in AdBlock for Chrome 4.11.0 (Apr 16, 2020)

  • Added new managed storage / group policy options

New in AdBlock for Chrome 4.10.0 (Apr 6, 2020)

  • Updated translations
  • Show the /update page to let users know what features have been updated in the last 6 months.

New in AdBlock for Chrome 4.9.0 (Mar 31, 2020)

  • Added ad blocking statistics to the AdBlock Options page

New in AdBlock for Chrome 4.4.0 (Feb 5, 2020)

  • Updated translations
  • Fixed an issue with blank AdBlock notifications
  • Fixed errors that would be shown when the browser was started or AdBlock was installed
  • Fixed an error related to the user opt in data collection processing
  • Fixed an issue with the URL missing in the AdBlock tab of the Chrome developer tools
  • Added functionality to update the AdBlock badge text to "New" 7 days after installation

New in AdBlock for Chrome 4.1.0 (Dec 18, 2019)

  • Updated translations
  • Fixed an issue with an empty 'alt' attribute on a image on the AdBlock Options page
  • Fixed an issue when sending the AdBlock popup help flow log message
  • Fixed an issue with enabling the YouTube channel whitelisting feature on the AdBlock Options page
  • Updated the 'Learn More' link on Sync tab of the AdBlock Options page
  • Added several users messages regarding the new AdBlock Premium feature
  • Fixed an issue with the Acceptable Ads Privacy setting not being in sync between the General and Filter Lists tabs on the AdBlock Options page
  • Removed unused translation messages and message files

New in AdBlock for Chrome 3.59.0 (Oct 18, 2019)

  • Updated translations
  • Added a new help feature to the AdBlock popup menu
  • Updated the 'should show tab' survey logic. There is now a check to see if the user should be enrolled in MyAdBlock.
  • Fixed a typo in a comment (jspeed-meyers)
  • Fixed three small bugs on the Filter List tab of the AdBlock Options page

New in AdBlock for Chrome 3.58.0 (Oct 12, 2019)

  • Updated translations
  • Improved the accessibility of the AdBlock pop-up menu and option pages.

New in AdBlock for Chrome 3.57.0 (Oct 3, 2019)

  • Updated translations
  • Fixed an error in the popup menu error handling process
  • Removed old, unnecessary code for older versions of Chrome (less than Chrome version 53)
  • Fixed an issue when saving the "disabled" filters on the Customize tab
  • Improved the error handling process for the MyAdBlock Sync feature
  • Fixed an error when saving Sync'd themes
  • Added element hiding exception rules to user opt in data collection processing
  • Formatted two CSS files that were initially missed

New in AdBlock for Chrome 3.56.0 (Oct 1, 2019)

  • Updated translations
  • Updated the MyAdBlock dashboard page and the related popup menu item

New in AdBlock for Chrome 3.55.1 (Sep 18, 2019)

  • Fixed an issue with the initial 'ping' not occuring for 55 minutes

New in AdBlock for Chrome 3.55.0 (Sep 17, 2019)

  • Update Translations
  • Linted and formatted the JavaScript, HTML and CSS files.

New in AdBlock for Chrome 3.54.0 (Aug 29, 2019)

  • Added new MyAdBlock call to action to the AdBlock popup menu
  • Improved the keyboard accessiblity of the AdBlock popup menu
  • Fixed an issue with the AdBlock popup menu taking users to the incorrect MyAdBlock options page
  • Added a request for feedback on the AdBlock Options page for MyAdBlock users
  • Update Translations

New in AdBlock for Chrome 3.53.0 (Aug 25, 2019)

  • Updated to ABP Core 3.6.3

New in AdBlock for Chrome 3.52.1 (Aug 16, 2019)

  • Updated Translations
  • Added the Acceptable Ads Privacy filter list
  • Fixed a security issue in the 'bandaid' processing on getadblock.com
  • Fixed an issue on the Customize tab of the AdBlock Options page
  • Further improvements to the 'MyAdBlock' image replacement functionality

New in AdBlock for Chrome 3.51.1 (Aug 8, 2019)

  • Fixed a few issues in the 'MyAdBlock' image replacement functionality
  • Fixed an issue on the AdBlock Option page not showing the translation credits widget
  • Added a new data sync feature for MyAdBlock users
  • Updated translations

New in AdBlock for Chrome 3.50.1 (Jul 31, 2019)

  • Improved the 'MyAdBlock' image replacement functionality
  • Refactored the call to the `getSettings` function
  • Added a new option to hide ads on Twitch
  • Improved / refactored the blacklist / hiding wizard to show correctly on all web sites, removed jQuery UI
  • Updated translations

New in AdBlock for Chrome 3.49.1 (Jul 8, 2019)

  • Improved / modified the AdBlock options page
  • Added new themes for the AdBlock menu

New in AdBlock for Chrome 3.49.0 (Jul 6, 2019)

  • Updated translations
  • Removed the functionality to open the /update page
  • Updated the Norwegian filter list URL
  • Improved (Refactored) the whitelist wizard to show correctly on all web sites

New in AdBlock for Chrome 3.48.0 (May 28, 2019)

  • Update translations
  • Fixed an issue with the AdBlock tab in the Chrome developer tools
  • Added Edge detection logic to the telemetry data
  • Updated the icons, including the inclusion of the material design icons
  • Changed the tab functionality on the AdBlock Options page to a menu style layout
  • Fixed a JavaScript error in the user enabled filter list data collection processing

New in AdBlock for Chrome 3.47.0 (May 21, 2019)

  • Removed unused files from the build
  • Updated the ping processing to include parameters as to which Theme the user has enabled
  • Removed duplicate log server messages
  • Updated the 'MyAdBlock' message in the popup menu
  • Update translations

New in AdBlock for Chrome 3.38.0 (Jan 29, 2019)

  • Updated to ABP Core 3.4.3
  • Fixed an issue when starting AdBlock and AdBlock had been paused when the browser was closed.

New in AdBlock for Chrome 3.37.0 (Jan 29, 2019)

  • Updated translations
  • Updated YouTube Channel whitelisting feature so that the content script no longer make direct requests to the YT API as described here:
  • https://sites.google.com/a/chromium.org/dev/Home/chromium-security/extension-content-script-fetches

New in AdBlock for Chrome 3.36.0 (Jan 29, 2019)

  • Updated translations
  • Updated 'bandaids' processing to help block ads on certain web sites.

New in AdBlock for Chrome 3.35.0 (Jan 29, 2019)

  • Updated translations
  • Updated & improved the look of the AdBlock popup menu
  • Changed the AdBlock menu item - "Report an ad on this page" to "Troubleshoot an ad". This menu item now opens a KB article.
  • Updated the AdBlock bug report page to use V2 of the FreshDesk API.
  • Updated the AdBlock logging API to V2
  • The missed local CDN statistics are now only sent when there is something to send
  • Fixed the vertical position of the social links in header on the AdBlock options page
  • Added the Norwegian language filter list
  • Updated the help links of the Swedish and Korean filter lists
  • Changed the URLs of the Finnish, Danish, Romanian and Icelandic language filter lists from HTTP to HTTPS

New in AdBlock for Chrome 3.34.0 (Oct 10, 2018)

  • Updated translations
  • Added a keyboard shortcut for toggling the pause feature. (#323)
  • Added pause / unpause to the AdBlock context menu. (#326)
  • Show the /update page to let users know what features have been updated in the last 6 months. (#325)

New in AdBlock for Chrome 3.33.0 (Sep 15, 2018)

  • Updated translations
  • Updated to ABP Core 3.3.1 (#320)

New in AdBlock for Chrome 3.32.1 (Jul 26, 2018)

  • Updated translations
  • Updated to the full release of ABP Core 3.2

New in AdBlock for Chrome 3.32.0 (Jul 19, 2018)

  • Updated ABP Core 1.12.2

New in AdBlock for Chrome 3.30.1 (May 25, 2018)

  • Updated translations
  • Made minor changes to the style and layout of the AdBlock popup menu.
  • Removed the /update logic.

New in AdBlock for Chrome 3.29.3 (May 25, 2018)

  • Updated the logic for passing messages between AdBlock and getadblock.com.

New in AdBlock for Chrome 3.29.2 (May 25, 2018)

  • Removed the externally_connectable entries from the manifest to reduce the number required permissions for AdBlock.

New in AdBlock for Chrome 3.29.1 (May 25, 2018)

  • Updated translations
  • Added the 'MyAdBlock' image replacement feature. (#285)

New in AdBlock for Chrome 3.28.0 (Apr 20, 2018)

  • Updated translations
  • Added 'Help and Feedback' and remove the 'what's this' link on the AdBlock pop up menu. (#301)
  • Updated the /update logic to only open the new tab for users upgrading from AdBlock versions less than 3.27.0.

New in AdBlock for Chrome 3.27.0 (Mar 6, 2018)

  • Updated translations
  • Show the /update page to let users know what features have been updated in the last 6 months. (#296)

New in AdBlock for Chrome 3.26.1 (Mar 2, 2018)

  • Fixed an issue with missing seperators on the AdBlock popup menu. (#298)

New in AdBlock for Chrome 3.26.0 (Feb 28, 2018)

  • Updated translations
  • Added a new 'Pause on this site' menu item on the AdBlock popup menu. (#293)
  • Updated the Cryptocurrency (Bitcoin) Mining Protection List URL. (#295)
  • Removed obsolete AdBlock popup menu items. (#294)

New in AdBlock for Chrome 3.25.3 (Feb 17, 2018)

  • Updated translations
  • Added the local CDN feature.
  • Improved the performance of a common URL parsing function.

New in AdBlock for Chrome 3.23.0 (Jan 28, 2018)

  • Updated 'bandaids' processing to help block ads on certain web sites. (#286)
  • Updated to ABP Core 1.13.5 (#287)

New in AdBlock for Chrome 3.22.1 (Dec 7, 2017)

  • Added the logging of the opening of AdBlock options page. (#283)

New in AdBlock for Chrome 3.22.0 (Dec 7, 2017)

  • Updated translations
  • Updated the logging of user selections in the AdBlock popup menu. (#282)
  • Updated the CSS style entry for the text elements that are italicized in the white-list and black-list wizards to avoid style issues. (#281)

New in AdBlock for Chrome 3.21.0 (Dec 7, 2017)

  • Removed the menu option for a user survey. (#280)
  • Updated the logic for the optional filter list data collection to include hiding filters. (#279)
  • Updated translations

New in AdBlock for Chrome 3.20.0 (Nov 29, 2017)

  • Removed the menu option for a user survey. (#280)
  • Updated the logic for the optional filter list data collection to include hiding filters. (#279)
  • Updated translations

New in AdBlock for Chrome 3.20.0 (Nov 14, 2017)

  • Updated 'bandaids' processing to help block ads on certain web sites. (#278)
  • Updated translations

New in AdBlock for Chrome 3.19.1 (Nov 9, 2017)

  • Fixed an issue with the 'Enable AdBlock on this page' AdBlock menu item. (#277)

New in AdBlock for Chrome 3.19.0 (Nov 8, 2017)

  • Updated translations
  • Updated to ABP Core 1.13.4 (#275)
  • Added a menu option for a user survey. (#276)

New in AdBlock for Chrome 3.18.0 (Oct 20, 2017)

  • Updated translations
  • Removed /update logic. (#272)
  • Fixed an issue with the pause feature. (#269)
  • Added a new filter list that blocks Crypto-currency mining scripts. (#273)
  • Updated 'bandaids' processing to help block ads on certain web sites. (#274)

New in AdBlock for Chrome 3.17.0 (Oct 4, 2017)

  • Updated translations
  • Show the /update page to non-English users that didn't see the 3.16 update. (#265)
  • Fixed a typo in the unsubscribe warning cookie on the Filter Lists tab of the AdBlock options page. (#267)

New in AdBlock for Chrome 3.16.0 (Sep 18, 2017)

  • Fixed an issue with the 'pause' feature. (#262)
  • Updated translations
  • Updated the success message on the the Bug Report page. (#242)
  • Removed Safari specific messages that are no longer used. (#236)
  • Fixed an issue with some of the language filter list subscriptions that do not use the combined EasyList lists. (#188)
  • Fixed an is use with the "undo my blocks on this domain" menu refreshing the wrong tab. (#243)
  • Updated 'bandaids' processing to help block ads on certain web sites. (#250)
  • Fixed an issue with the YouTube white-list channel feature (#244)
  • Removed unnecessary code on the Customize tab. (#184)
  • Removed the language specific filter list - Liste AR & EasyList, and will use Liste AR + Liste FR + EasyList instead. (#196)
  • Added the locale to the /installed query string to help show the page in the correct language. (#260)
  • Added a warming message to the Filter Lists tab on the Options page when the user un-subscribes to EasyList and / or all filter lists. (#259)
  • Fixed the warming message on the Filter Lists tab on the Options page when the user subscribes to several filter lists. (#259)
  • Changed all hard coded links in AdBlock from HTTP to HTTPS (SSL) (when possible). (#261)
  • Show the /update page to non-English users. (#264)

New in AdBlock for Chrome 3.15.0 (Aug 2, 2017)

  • Updated Translations.
  • Updated 'bandaids' processing to help block ads on certain web sites. (#235)
  • Updated to ABP Core 1.13.3 (#235)
  • Fixed the link to our documentation about block counts. (#235)
  • Removed an obsolete test module. (#235)
  • Removed obsolete code related to version check. (#235)
  • Fixed an issue with the updated localized messages on the 'Report an Ad' page. (#235)

New in AdBlock for Chrome 3.14.0 (Jul 20, 2017)

  • Updated Translations.
  • Updated 'bandaids' processing to help block ads on certain web sites. (#237)
  • Added the injection of the AdBlock unique id into JavaScript memory space on getadblock.com sites. (#237)

New in AdBlock for Chrome 3.13.0 (Jun 27, 2017)

  • Updated Translations.
  • Removed HTML tags from all locale files.

New in AdBlock for Chrome 3.12.0 (Jun 23, 2017)

  • Modified the data collection process to not collect data when AdBlock is paused.
  • Modified the data collection process to only collect data from HTTP(S) URLs.
  • Modified the data collection to include an indicator that the user has custom filters.
  • Updated the opt in data collection process to version 3.

New in AdBlock for Chrome 3.11.2 (Jun 17, 2017)

  • Moved the new 'data collection' option up on the Options page.

New in AdBlock for Chrome 3.11.1 (Jun 15, 2017)

  • Changed the method of sending the filter list data to a post. (##230)

New in AdBlock for Chrome 3.11.0 (Jun 15, 2017)

  • Fixed an issue on the 'Report an Ad' page when AdBlock attempts to automatically reload the page.
  • Updated the opt in data collection process to version 2. (##229)

New in AdBlock for Chrome 3.10.0 (Jun 15, 2017)

  • Updated to ABP Core 1.13.2

New in AdBlock for Chrome 3.9.3 (Jun 15, 2017)

  • Fixed a bug in user surveys.

New in AdBlock for Chrome 3.9.2 (Apr 8, 2017)

  • Re-added code to enable user survey's. (#224)
  • Updated Translations.

New in AdBlock for Chrome 3.9.1 (Mar 31, 2017)

  • Updated 'bandaids' processing to help block ads on certain web sites. (#217)

New in AdBlock for Chrome 3.9.0 (Mar 29, 2017)

  • Updated translations.
  • Updated to ABP Core 1.12.4 (#192)

New in AdBlock for Chrome 3.8.8 (Feb 25, 2017)

  • Updated translations.
  • Updated 'bandaids' processing to help block ads on certain web sites. (#216)

New in AdBlock for Chrome 3.8.7 (Feb 18, 2017)

  • Updated translations.
  • Updated 'bandaids' processing to help block ads on certain web sites. (#215)
  • Added pause state information to debug data. (#214)

New in AdBlock for Chrome 3.8.6 (Jan 31, 2017)

  • Updated translations.
  • Updated 'bandaids' processing to help block ads on certain web sites. (#210)

New in AdBlock for Chrome 3.8.5 (Jan 31, 2017)

  • Updated translations.
  • Fixed text display issue on AdBlock menu. (#209)

New in AdBlock for Chrome 3.8.4 (Jan 31, 2017)

  • Updated translations.
  • Updated 'bandaids' processing to help block ads on certain web sites. (#205)

New in AdBlock for Chrome 3.8.2 (Dec 21, 2016)

  • Updated the donate to us link on the AdBlock menu.

New in AdBlock for Chrome 3.8.1 (Dec 17, 2016)

  • Added a check for the browser state to the user surveys. (#202)
  • 3.8.0: Updated translations.
  • Fixed an issue with passing of custom filters to our support site on the 'Report an Ad' page, and the 'Report a Bug' page. (# 198)
  • Added rich notifications as a user survey type. (# 195)

New in AdBlock for Chrome 3.7.0 (Dec 12, 2016)

  • Changed the 'Spread the word' link on the AdBlock menu to 'Donate to help support AdBlock!', and added message logging when the AdBlock popup menu is opened. (#190)
  • Updated Translations.

New in AdBlock for Chrome 3.6.0 (Dec 2, 2016)

  • Changed the 'Spread the word' link on the AdBlock menu to 'Donate to help support AdBlock!', and added message logging when the AdBlock popup menu is opened. (#190)

New in AdBlock for Chrome 3.5.0 (Nov 11, 2016)

  • Fixed an issue with the YouTube channel white-list feature. AdBlock now correctly handles YouTube channel names with special characters such as '#".
  • Fixed an issue on the black list wizard. The black list wizard now shows an error message when a user creates invalid filter list rule.
  • Updated the 'stats' processing to store and retrieve the next ping time, ping count, and unique identifier to two different persisted storage areas.

New in AdBlock for Chrome 3.4.0 (Oct 21, 2016)

  • Fixed an issue with the lower section of the AdBlock Options page being hidden behind the footer.
  • Improved the security for the 'bandaids' processing on the getadblock.com/installed page by improving the host name check, and adding a check to click event for isTrusted.
  • Updated the 'stats' processing to store the next ping time, ping count, and unique identifier to two different persisted storage areas.

New in AdBlock for Chrome 3.3.2 (Oct 17, 2016)

  • Removed all debug logging from the ping process

New in AdBlock for Chrome 3.3.1 (Oct 8, 2016)

  • Removed debug logging from the ping process.

New in AdBlock for Chrome 3.3.0 (Oct 8, 2016)

  • Added all unique messages in the locale message files from the three variations of AdBlock (Chrome, Safari, Edge), so the locale files can be shared, and re-used by all of the various versions of AdBlock. (#145)
  • Fixed the text description for the "Show All Request" AdBlock menu item. (#137)
  • Added logic to create and save the 'blockage_stats' object during installation. (#141)
  • Removed extra 'descriptions' in the locale message. (#148)
  • The extension will now recognize and process multiple links on our site (getadblock.com/installed) that can be used to disable Acceptable Ads. (#159)
  • Added debug logic to the ping process to help diagnosis issues with the ping processing. (#150)
  • A GNU version 3 license file is included with the extension. (#140)
  • Added an option on the General tab of AdBlock options to enable / disable the AdBlock devtools panel. (#142)

New in AdBlock for Chrome 3.2.1 (Sep 21, 2016)

  • Fixed issue with AdBlock icon display.

New in AdBlock for Chrome 3.2.0 (Sep 17, 2016)

  • Updated ABP Core 1.12.2

New in AdBlock for Chrome 3.1.1 (Aug 24, 2016)

  • Added a link to the Privacy Policy on the Options page.

New in AdBlock for Chrome 3.1 (Aug 24, 2016)

  • Updated to ABP Core

New in AdBlock for Chrome 3.0.8 (Jul 6, 2016)

  • Fixed a bug on the 'Options' page, 'Filter List' tab. All of the checkboxes would be inadvertently checked when a user clicked the 'Update Now' button, or other similar actions.
  • Added any remaining localStorage keys to the debug data, to help resolve any data migration issues.
  • Fixed a bug with the ping processing incorrectly sending the wrong value for the aa

New in AdBlock for Chrome 3.0.7 (Jun 30, 2016)

  • Fixed a bug on the 'Options' page. Under certain circumstances the "Allow some non-intrusive advertising" option on the General tab was not being saved.
  • Added a check for data on the error object in the Error Reporting logic.

New in AdBlock for Chrome 3.0.4 (Jun 22, 2016)

  • Fixed a bug on 'Options' page when the page was openned prior to the background page being initialized.
  • Fixed a bug when the AdBlock context menu option was enabled / disabled on the Options page.
  • Fixed a bug on 'Report an Ad' page for non-English users reporting an ad on English site.
  • Updated the descriptions for certain language specific filter lists to include 'EasyList'.

New in AdBlock for Chrome 3.0.3 (Jun 14, 2016)

  • Fixed a bug in the data migration logic.

New in AdBlock for Chrome 3.0.2 (Jun 10, 2016)

  • Fixed the 'bug report' link on the Support tab for non-English users.

New in AdBlock for Chrome 3.0.1 (Jun 9, 2016)

  • Added missing message entries, and removed obsolete entries.

New in AdBlock for Chrome 3.0 (Jun 8, 2016)

  • Migrated AdBlock to use Adblock Plus (ABP)'s open-source core

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.59 (Jun 2, 2016)

  • Updated the logging messages on the "Report an Ad" page to help understand usage.
  • Updated the z-Index of the white-list wizard to make it visible on as many sites as possible.

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.58 (May 27, 2016)

  • Updated the logging messages on the "Report an Ad" page to help understand usage

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.57 (May 17, 2016)

  • Added logging to the "Report an Ad" page to help understand usage.
  • Fixed a JavaScript error on the AdBlock Options page.
  • For Chrome users, updated the "hide this button" text on AdBlock popup menu.
  • Added a minimum delay of 10 seconds between ping intervals.

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.56 (Apr 16, 2016)

  • Updated Translations
  • For Safari users, when AdBlock is paused, the content script "adblock_safari_beforeload" is now removed from all tabs.

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.55 (Apr 13, 2016)

  • Updated Translations.
  • Updated Latvian filter list URL.
  • Added throttle logic to the ping processing.

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.54 (Mar 18, 2016)

  • Fixed a bug in the adblock_start_safari.js file that was introduced in #698. (#704)
  • Corrected the version number in the Safari Info.plist file. (#703)

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.53 (Mar 17, 2016)

  • Removed the code related to World Day Against Cyber Censorship. (#698)
  • Added 'isTrusted' check to the click event handler for ABP link subscriptions. (#701)

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.52 (Mar 15, 2016)

  • Modified the 'Show Resources' page to use the translate() function instead of HTML tags. (#689)
  • Added Spanish as a new option for language specific filter lists. (#695)
  • Changed the description of 'Fanboy's Annoyances list'. (#687)
  • Fixed a bug in the 'try_to_unwhitelist' function. It will no longer remove all other custom filters when a user has a blacklist domains entry: @@*$document,domain=. (#690)
  • Updated the language list contact information on the 'Report an Ad' page. (#685)
  • Removed the Beta DropBox synchronize feature. (#696)

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.51.2 (Mar 11, 2016)

  • Updated Translations:
  • Added Arabic as a supported language for the links about World Day Against Cyber Censorship

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.51.1 (Mar 10, 2016)

  • Updated Translations.
  • Added support for World Day Against Cyber Censorship

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.50 (Feb 15, 2016)

  • Updated Translations.
  • Fixed incorrect URLs / links on the Support tab of the Options page (#683).
  • Changed the Malware filter list URL to download from ABP URL. Also added Malware blocked count to the ping data (#680).
  • Refactored the YouTube Channel whitelist feature (#599).

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.49 (Feb 5, 2016)

  • Updated Translations.
  • Removed old code that is no longer needed with migration to the new AdBlock help / support site (#684).
  • Fixed the AdBlock logo image on the "Show all requests" page (#678).
  • Added a check for the tab 'id' property in the AdBlock popup (#674).
  • Refactored the logic on the AdBlock Options page. Also, for Safari users, added a message that Acceptable Ads and Content blocking are mutual exclusive (#682)

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.48 (Jan 28, 2016)

  • Updated Translations.
  • Updated the placehodler text in the "Show ads on web page or domain" example URL (#669).
  • Removed duplicate logic on the General tab of the AdBlock Options page (#671).
  • Migrated links to the new AdBlock help site (#632).
  • Updated the "Report an Ad" and "Bug Report" pages to use the new AdBlock help site (#632)

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.47 (Jan 19, 2016)

  • Updated Translations
  • Removed duplicate strings from the translation (message) files (#666).
  • Added a timestamp query string to the Malware URL to prevent caching by the browser (#668).
  • For Safari users, content blocking will not be enabled by default (#665).
  • Updated the Polish filter list URL (#651).
  • Updated the Acceptable Ads un-subscribe message on Options page, General tab (#657).
  • Updated the AdBlock image files (#654)

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.46 (Jan 6, 2016)

  • Fixed a typo in the description of the AdBlock Warning Removal list, it should be a lowercased 'b' (#658).
  • Added a new parameter to the ping data to indicate if the advance setting is enabled (#660).
  • Fixed an issue with the blocking assistant on some sites (#644).
  • For Chrome users, modified the "/installed" logic to use the Chrome specific chrome.runtime.onInstalled API (#656).
  • For Safari users, AdBlock will now use the WebKit content blocking feature on new installations. (#619).
  • For Safari users, fix a bug with the "Undo my blocks on this domain" feature (#570)

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.45 (Dec 3, 2015)

  • Added a new, advanced feature to view all HTTP Requests for a tab (#653)

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.44 (Nov 24, 2015)

  • Updated the URL of filter lists hosted on AdBlock's servers.
  • Updated translations

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.43 (Nov 16, 2015)

  • Removed Michael's message.
  • Added logic to the 'Report an Ad' page to check if Acceptable Ads is enabled.
  • Added language specific filter lists for Arabic, Estonian, Icelandic and Lithuanian.

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.42.1 (Nov 4, 2015)

  • Modified the block image logic to not redirect any images, but rather cancel the request.

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.42 (Oct 13, 2015)

  • Modified the block image logic to not redirect certain images, but rather cancel the request. (#638)
  • Added logic to log a message when user clicks the disable acceptable ads link on the '/installed'. (#639)

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.41.3 (Oct 7, 2015)

  • Added required property for Safari 9 to info.plist file.

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.41.2 (Oct 5, 2015)

  • Updated the style attributes of the Acceptable Ads message to better fit the page / tab. (#635)
  • Updated the ping data to send a 'u' when the Acceptable Ads is undefined. (#635)
  • Added missing image file for Safari.
  • Added Acceptable Ads filter list.

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.41.1 (Oct 2, 2015)

  • 2.41.1: Added missing image file for Safari.

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.41 (Oct 2, 2015)

  • Added Acceptable Ads filter list. (#627)

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.40.1 (Sep 25, 2015)

  • Remove the timestamp query string from the Malware filter list URL

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.40 (Sep 25, 2015)

  • Updated Translations
  • Updated Malware filter list URL
  • For Safari users, the 'Author' field was changed from Michael Gundlach to BetaFish, Inc

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.39 Beta (Sep 3, 2015)

  • Updated the AdBlock custom filter list URL.
  • Update translations, remove unused entries.

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.38 (Aug 25, 2015)

  • Made a runtime performance improvement for users subscribed to the Malware filter list.
  • Removed some temporary, cleanup code related to old filter lists.
  • Added the total block count and the AdBlock custom filter list update timestamp to the un-install URL to help determine why users are un-installing after just a few minutes of use.
  • Added the ping count to the ping data.
  • Removed the 'View the Resource' page.
  • Added formatting lines for the debug informating for Tender support tickets.
  • Removed a site specific 'bandaid' for 'thepiratebay'.

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.37.3 (Aug 19, 2015)

  • Updated the Safari description and website information.

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.37.2 (Aug 12, 2015)

  • Reverted the change that replaced 'Help Spread the Word' link in the AdBlock popup with an Amazon affiliate link.

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.37.1 (Aug 10, 2015)

  • To help with debugging AdBlock, the length of the error string sent to the getadblock.com server has been increased.

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.37 Beta (Aug 5, 2015)

  • Added an user enabled option to anonymously send filter list usage metrics to us to help improvement the functionality and performance of AdBlock. (#610)
  • For new installation, users will be subscribed to the malware filter list. (#606)
  • For users that have a locale of 'en-us', the 'Help Spread the Word' link in the AdBlock popup has been replace with an Amazon affiliate link. (#604)
  • Updated the malware notification text. (#598)
  • Removed old log messages. (#589)
  • Fixed a bug - Unicode domains in filter lists are now correctly processed. (#588)
  • Changed the CSS rules from 'visibility: none' to 'visibility: hidden'. (#585)
  • Fixed an issue with the AdBlock white-list and black-list wizards not appearing on certain sites. (#582)

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.36 Beta (Jul 8, 2015)

  • Added an if check to verify that domain is not undefined when processing URLs.
  • Changed the order of evaluation in the Survey processing.
  • Update the JavaScript error processing to include the stack trace information if it doesn't include an HTTP URL.
  • Updated the white-list filters for showing ads on Google Search when the 'show Google ads' option is enabled.
  • Removed Disconnect search code from AdBlock.
  • Update the height of the Subscribe popup.

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.35 Beta (Jun 10, 2015)

  • For Safari users, AdBlock will now block popups on Safari.
  • For Safari users, the deleting of cached resource data when a tab or window is closed has been simplified and improved.
  • For Chrome users, AdBlock will ping upon browser startup when the installation type is 'admin'.
  • For Chrome users, AdBlock will retry to open the 'getadblock.com/installed' page when it fails to open initially.
  • Modified the translation of the DropBox error message to be easier for the translation team.

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.34 Beta (May 22, 2015)

  • On the 'Report an Ad' page, the support / forum URLs for three filter lists (Korean, Sweden, Turkish) were updated. (#560)
  • In Chrome, removed the normalizing of the type on URL requests for fonts since it is not needed. (#553)
  • On the Custom tab, under AdBlock options, added the display of error messages when an invalid filter is found during a save of custom filters. (#545)
  • Added the ability to whitelist frames. (#521 & #518)
  • Improved the YouTube channel whitelist feature, so that a YouTube page is only reloaded when required. (#504)
  • In Chrome, the 'number of ads blocked' counter is incremented when a popup is blocked. (#497)
  • In Chrome, on the 'Report an Ad' page, an option was added to enable and disable other extensions to help find the source of an ad. Also, The debug information from the 'Report an Ad' page, and the Support tab, will include other extension information (if allowed by the user) to help us better resolve issues. (#462)

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.33 Beta (May 15, 2015)

  • Removed the retry logic when the "/installed" page open on getadblock.com.

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.32 Beta (May 13, 2015)

  • Fixed a bug in the retry logic when trying to open the "/installed" page on getadblock.com.
  • Added retry logic when the user is the "/question" page on getadblock.com.
  • Added the filter text to the JavaScript exception message when an invalid option is found in a filter.
  • Fixed the logic for creating a YouTube whitelist channel filter to avoid white-listing other channels.
  • Fixed an issue with the whitelist / blacklist wizards not being displayed correctly on certain sites.
  • Added support for Internationalized domains (IDN) throughout AdBlock.
  • Updated Translations

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.31 (May 5, 2015)

  • New language: Gujarati

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.30 (May 5, 2015)

  • Name change to back to "AdBlock"
  • Updated Translations

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.29 (Apr 22, 2015)

  • Name change to "BetaFish Adblocker" (temporary)

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.28 (Apr 21, 2015)

  • For Chrome, added installation type to the ping data.

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.27 Beta (Apr 18, 2015)

  • For Chrome, added retry logic when the '/installed' page fails to open. (#525)
  • For Chrome, added a message to include installation type, when AdBlock is installed. (#526)

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.26 (Apr 17, 2015)

  • Added the extension Id to the data included with the JavaScript error message.
  • For Chrome only, improved / fixed the logic that is checking if the '/installed' page is opened correctly.
  • For Chrome only, added the approximate installation duration to the uninstall URL.

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.25 Beta (Apr 14, 2015)

  • Fixed an issue with the DropBox sync processing duplicating filters during browser start. (#442)
  • Added a message to the options page when the DropBox sync processing failed due to a large number of custom filters. (#474)
  • Updated Translations

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.24 Beta (Apr 8, 2015)

  • Fixed JavaScript stack exception processing. (#515)
  • Modified the new install check logic to only send a message when first run is true. (#513)
  • Modified the survey acknowledgement processing to log the 'message' property of chrome.runtime.lastError (if it exists). (#516)

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.23 Beta (Apr 6, 2015)

  • Added browser and os version information to ping data (#510)
  • Added validation logic to help detect an invalid installation state (#510)
  • Added acknowledgement processing from overlay surveys (#510)
  • Added 'stringify' to the AdBlock settings in the debug data (#512)
  • Added a style tag of 'display:none' to Beta div tag in the AdBlock pop up menu. (#508)

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.22 Beta (Mar 24, 2015)

  • enhanced survey processing (#453)

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.21 (Mar 23, 2015)

  • Removed the Norwegian filter list since it is no longer active. (#489)
  • For each subscribe filter list, added the last update timestamp to debug data. (#482)
  • Added the malware notification setting to debug data. (#458)
  • Added additional CSS to whitelist/blacklist dialogs to avoid display issues on some websites. (#460)
  • Removed an unnecessary call to sendResponse. (#484)
  • Added a user confirmation prompt when subscribing to a new filter lists using the ABP syntax. (#486)
  • Fixed an issue when the request URL didn't contain a '.' (#500)
  • Updated the Chrome web store description.(#501)

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.20.1 (Mar 23, 2015)

  • Updated Translations
  • In Chrome, added an uninstall URL (#493)

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.19 (Mar 12, 2015)

  • Updated Translations
  • Fixed a small memory leak
  • Added the extension installation Date to ping data
  • Fixed a JavaScript error in Chrome when updating badge text
  • Updated the workaround logic to Chrome's reporting fonts as "other" types

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.18.1 (Feb 27, 2015)

  • Updated Translations
  • Remove unnecessary code from ping processing.

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.18 (Feb 6, 2015)

  • Fixed an issue when syncing custom filters using DropBox. (#413)
  • Fixed an issue with the number of blocked ads on single page sites. (#414)
  • Fixed an issue with the URL of Malware filter lists on the AdBlock Options page - Filter List tab. (#436)
  • Added an new Malware Notification option when users are subscribed to the Malware filter list. (#435)

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.17 (Jan 24, 2015)

  • Updated the Israel/Hebrew filter list forum link on 'Report an Ad'.
  • Updated the style of the AdBlock popup menu for Chrome Beta users.
  • Added the list of hiding rules to the AdBlock 'Show the Resources list' page for Safari users.

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.16.3 (Jan 13, 2015)

  • Added the saving of the malware filter list (same as other filter lists), so that we won't need to do a request when the browser starts up

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.16 Beta (Jan 3, 2015)

  • AdBlock now uses the YouTube API to retreive the channel name when users have the Whitelist a YouTube Channel feature enabled.
  • The 'Filter syntax tutorial' link on the AdBlock options / Customize tab now checks if the generated URL is valid.
  • Added a check for chrome.runtime.onMessage API, since it isn't available in Chrome 25 and older versions.
  • Added an option to the General options tab to not display the ads block counter on the AdBlock popup menu.
  • The option to display the # of ads block was moved from the AdBlock popup menu to the General tab as well.
  • Added logic to set focus on new tabs open by AdBlock (for example, the options pages), when the Chrome is running in incognito mode.
  • On the 'Report an Ad' page, all of the questions are now bolded.
  • Reformated the text and fixed typos in the change log.
  • Modified several JavaScript throws statements to now use an Error object.

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.15 Beta (Dec 10, 2014)

  • Improved performace of extension when using the Malware filter list
  • Added the 'show the resource list' page to the Safari version of the extension
  • Added a timestamp to the JavaScript error text that is save in local storage
  • Added logic to determine the correct URL for the Filter list syntax link on the Custom tab based on the user's language
  • Updated the Japaneese filter list URL

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.14.4 (Dec 2, 2014)

  • Removed unnecessary backup directory that was included in the zip and extz files.

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.14.1 (Dec 2, 2014)

  • Removed invalid character from the french message.json file

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.14 (Nov 25, 2014)

  • Removed the Spanish filter list from the options since it is no longer being supported.
  • Updated translation texts
  • Update the version numbers (added 39 and 40) for a Chrome bug workaround

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.13.1 (Nov 11, 2014)

  • Modified the YouTube specific logic to use ABP approach
  • Corrected the logging of JavaScript errors in the Chrome Beta version

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.13 (Nov 1, 2014)

  • Added the ability to exclude / disable filter list entries
  • Fixed an issue with a missing click handler on the popup menu
  • Remove confusing message on popup menu
  • Fixed an Javascript error on the background page in Safari when several tabs
  • are closed while still being renderred.
  • Added a user message that is displayed when the white list and black list
  • wizard can't run on older sites with framesets.
  • Added a 'reload page' option to the white list wizard.

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.12.1 (Oct 28, 2014)

  • Fixed an issue with the back button in YouTube

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.12 Beta (Oct 23, 2014)

  • Fixed an issue with the back button in Safari & YouTube.
  • Fixed an issue in the Chrome Beta version if the report an issue link in the popup menu.
  • In Chrome, improved the cleanup of old data when tabs are closed.
  • Fixed an issue with Whitelist wizard not being displayed on certain sites.
  • Fixed an issue with the AdBlock icon in Safari 5.0
  • Added a work around to a Chrome bug for incorrectly reporting the type of a URL request.
  • On the AdBlock options page, Filter Lists tab, add the title of custom filters lists the users is subscribed to (if there is a title for the filter list).

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.11 Beta (Oct 14, 2014)

  • In the 'Report an Ad' feature, the extension will now perform a check for known malware domains in the list of resources. If resources from a known malware site are found, the users is notified, and the a link with more information is provided. If no malware resources are found, the page continues to work as before. (#315)

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.10.3 (Oct 14, 2014)

  • Added a work around to a Chrome bug which incorrectly sets the element type
  • Added the column number to the information sent when a JavaScript exception is caught

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.10 (Oct 14, 2014)

  • Improved the Safari AdBlock menu (#291)
  • Fixed JavaScript error and ads showing on YouTube.com (#332)
  • Removed retry logic on ping failures (#331)
  • Modified text in buttons to black (#329)
  • Added logic to determine the AdBlock version to help with support tickets (#328)
  • Removed survey opt out option (#326)

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.9.4 (Oct 14, 2014)

  • Updated Translastions

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.9.3 (Oct 14, 2014)

  • Fixed an issue with DropBox sync process (#325)
  • Fixed an memory leak issue in Chrome where prerenderred tab information was not removed
  • when the tab id was changed. (#324)
  • Modified the 'Help Spread the Word' link in the popup menu to open a new tab instead of
  • being loaded in the menu (#318)
  • Fixed an issue in Safari with un-whitelisting a site (blacklisting it)(#317)
  • Improved the string processing of debug information when users report an issue or ad to
  • the AdBlock support site (#307)

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.9.2 (Oct 14, 2014)

  • Fixed a JavaScript error in DropBox sync logic
  • Added the new option 'show survey' to the options that are sync'd using Dropbox

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.9.1 (Oct 14, 2014)

  • Fixed a style issue on the whitelist and blacklist wizards

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.9 (Oct 14, 2014)

  • Added a feature to allow users to synchronize their settings using DropBox
  • Added an option to allow users to opt out of AdBlock user surveys
  • Added logic to not log Javascript error if they contain URL information
  • Updated the version of jQuery and jQuery UI (2.1.1 and 1.10.3)
  • Fixed an issue when AdBlock is pause but still blocked popup windows

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.8.2 (Oct 14, 2014)

  • Reverted translation because the line length exceeded the 132 character limit

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.8.1 (Oct 14, 2014)

  • Removed externally_connectable permission from manifest.json file to avoid additional permissions needed for Beta version.

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.8 (Oct 14, 2014)

  • Added logic for Chrome beta users only; opening a /beta tab on updates.

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.7.13 (Oct 14, 2014)

  • Added 'AdBlock Warning Removal' Filter list as an option on the Filter Lists option page. (#296)
  • Removed the logic to see if a user should be given a 'golden ticket'. (#298)

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.7.12 (Oct 14, 2014)

  • Fixed an issue with Safari and the new translation process (#292)
  • Added retry logic to the ping process, and enhanced survey processing (#290)

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.7.11 (Oct 14, 2014)

  • Updated translations, and added translation credit file (#272)
  • Default ad reports to private on the support web site, to avoid spam bot issues (#281)
  • Added a link / option to the support page to show users how to report ads (#282)
  • Corrected an issue in Safari with YouTube ads (@284)
  • Removed 'beta' label from the Whitelist YouTube channels option (#288)

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.7.10 (Oct 14, 2014)

  • Corrected issue with 2.7.9 and the Safari / YouTube fix

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.7.9 (Oct 14, 2014)

  • updated logic to correctly block video ads with the HTML 5 player on Safari, on youtube.com (#276)
  • improved the detection of getadblock.com website to ensure any injected extension
  • information only occurs on the correct web site. (#274)
  • include the total number of ads blocked in the weekly ping statistics (#274)

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.7.8 (Oct 14, 2014)

  • added setting information to bug reports (#267)
  • updated Finnish filter list URL (#270)
  • updated hiding style sheet configuration (#266)

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.7.7 (Oct 14, 2014)

  • added support information to bug reports (#265, #263, #231)
  • filter unneccessary whitelist rules (#264)

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.7.6 (Oct 14, 2014)

  • Updated Translations
  • Fixed font display issues in Chrome on certain OS'es (#255)

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.7.5 (Oct 14, 2014)

  • Fixed JavaScript error in search (#251)
  • Performance improvement (#248)
  • Fixed changelog I18N placeholder issue (#253)

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.7.4 (Oct 14, 2014)

  • Added Options to view the changelog on the support page (#244)
  • Corrected issue with Chrome badge counter not being incremted for hidden content (#237)
  • Fix JavaScript error in search (#249)

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.7.3 (Oct 14, 2014)

  • Added Extension version number to Ad Reports
  • Added font support for some specific characters
  • Improved Blacklist support on custom filters
  • Fixed JavaScript error on Chrome pop up menu

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.6.33 (May 13, 2014)

  • Bug fixes

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.6.32 (May 13, 2014)

  • Bug fixes, and URL updates

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.6.31 (May 7, 2014)

  • Bug fixes, and YouTube Channel Whitelisting

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.6.30 (May 7, 2014)

  • removed unneccessary files

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.6.29 (Apr 29, 2014)

  • Bug fixes
  • Uupdated French filter URL

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.6.28 (Apr 22, 2014)

  • Small bugfixes and updated Chinese filter URL

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.6.22 (Feb 18, 2014)

  • Beta tests for survey

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.6.20 (Feb 12, 2014)

  • Second beta

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.6.19 (Feb 12, 2014)

  • Beta test for survey

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.6.18 (Jan 25, 2014)

  • Minor fixes

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.6.17 (Jan 25, 2014)

  • Version bump

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.6.16 (Nov 30, 2013)

  • Migrate from chromeadblock.com to getadblock.com

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.6.15 (Nov 30, 2013)

  • Add Fanboy's annoyances list to the Filter Lists page.

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.6.14 (Nov 30, 2013)

  • Settings measurement

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.6.13 (Nov 6, 2013)

  • Small bugfix for UI and updated Israeli filter URL

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.6.11 (Oct 31, 2013)

  • New language: Catalan
  • Ability to survey small numbers of users about possible developments in AdBlock

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.6.10 (Oct 12, 2013)

  • Bugfix for slow initial filter subscription.

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.6.9 (Oct 12, 2013)

  • Added and updated filter lists based on user's localization, added Malware and Antisocial filter list
  • Added RTL function for Arabic and Hebrew users
  • Added language: Norwegian
  • Bugfix: blocked ad count doesn't carry over into new, blank tabs

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.6.8 (Oct 12, 2013)

  • Removed crowdfunding message from AdBlock button.

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.6.7 (Oct 12, 2013)

  • Update method call that otherwise breaks in Chrome.

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.6.6 (Sep 16, 2013)

  • Add the crowdfunding message in the AdBlock button (Chrome & Opera only)

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.6.4 (Aug 5, 2013)

  • Undo one of the minor bugfixes in 2.6.3 because it itself had a bug breaking AdBlock if you reloaded a page too quickly

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.6.3 (Jul 26, 2013)

  • Minor bugfixes

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.6.2 (Jun 26, 2013)

  • Don't forget user's badge view setting when AdBlock is paused (Pao), style change of block counts in popup (tomasko)

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.6.1 (Jun 25, 2013)

  • Help link explaining new block counts section in popup

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.6.0 (Jun 25, 2013)

  • Simplify Filter Lists options tab (Pao), show blocking stats in toolbar button and popup (Pao)

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.5.65 (Jun 22, 2013)

  • Blacklist wizard never gets hidden by page content (wormboy.d); updated Russian filter URL (tomasko)

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.5.64 (Jun 13, 2013)

  • Ad report wizard makes user disable other extensions (Marcus Jackson); 'Report an ad' available to non-advanced users (tomasko), Follow button added to Share page (tomasko), minor bugfixes

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.5.63 (May 14, 2013)

  • Pressing enter clicks default button in blacklist and whitelist wizards (Pao), lock icon in install URL.

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.5.62 (May 2, 2013)

  • Put sharing link in Chrome toolbar button menu (tomasko), stop using deprecated API (Pao), test lock icon in URL upon install

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.5.61 (Feb 22, 2013)

  • Filter list fetch improvements

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.5.60 (Feb 14, 2013)

  • Point to working EasyList and German URLs

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.5.59 (Feb 13, 2013)

  • Replace outdated Czech list with Czechoslovak list (tomasko)

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.5.58 (Feb 5, 2013)

  • Small UI change, and change French list URL (famlam)

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.5.57 (Feb 5, 2013)

  • Blacklister UI bugfix (John), corner-case Safari background image bugfix (famlam), new Russian+Ukranian URL

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.5.56 (Jan 23, 2013)

  • Minor Resource List bugfix (famlam), other minor bugfixes

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.5.55 (Jan 15, 2013)

  • Minor bugfix (famlam)

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.5.54 (Dec 21, 2012)

  • Disable caching of blockcounts

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.5.53 (Dec 21, 2012)

  • Stop pointing to Amazon S3. Support block counts app.

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.5.52 (Dec 20, 2012)

  • Point to Amazon S3 for a moment

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.5.51 (Dec 18, 2012)

  • onMessageExternal not supported

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.5.50 (Dec 18, 2012)

  • Add block count statistics

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.5.49 (Dec 6, 2012)

  • Fix Hulu ad blocking again, plus minor bugfix

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.5.48 (Nov 30, 2012)

  • Minor bugfixes and UI changes

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.5.47 (Nov 9, 2012)

  • Update Finnish and French filter list URLs (john).
  • Block video ads at Hulu.com again in Chrome.

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.5.46 (Oct 26, 2012)

  • Resource List shows source filter list; filter validation bugfixes; and memory and speed improvements (famlam). Fix broken buttons in Hotmail.

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.5.45 (Oct 26, 2012)

  • Test users delaying payment decision for an hour

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.5.44 (Oct 26, 2012)

  • Fix filter validation bug, compress install package some (famlam)

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.5.43 (Oct 26, 2012)

  • Fix conflict with other extensions, remove dead Polish list, minor changes (famlam)

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.5.42 (Oct 26, 2012)

  • minor changes, bugfixes on NFL.com and hotmail.com (famlam), Undo of blacklist wizard rules available in button and context menus

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.5.41 (Oct 26, 2012)

  • Fix 'Show Google text ads' for Google Instant

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.5.40 (Oct 26, 2012)

  • Add support for selector exception syntax, code refactoring (famlam)

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.5.39 (Oct 26, 2012)

  • Small bugfixes (famlam) and a Retina display icon in Safari (John)

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.5.34 (Jun 4, 2012)

  • Improvements to the Options page (famlam), the Resource List (famlam), the Ad Reporter (john, famlam), the Blacklister (wormboy, famlam), and the Whitelister. Decrease the chance of showing an ad at startup or when AdBlock is updated (famlam).

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.5.33 (Jun 4, 2012)

  • Delete Chrome 16-style blocking code.

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.5.32 (Jun 4, 2012)

  • Get rid of occasional 'error: blocked by 3rd party' iframes in Chrome

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.5.31 (Jun 4, 2012)

  • various parsing bug fixes (famlam)

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.5.30 (Jun 4, 2012)

  • Popup blocking in Chrome (famlam)

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.5.29 (Jun 4, 2012)

  • Small domain parsing change (famlam), stop using beforeload in Chrome 17+, get rid of 'blocked by third party extension' iframes

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.5.28 (Jun 4, 2012)

  • Button popup wasn't showing for Chrome 16 users who hadn't set any settings (jaysoffian)

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.5.27 (Jun 4, 2012)

  • Fix some websites broken by injecting a LINK tag

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.5.26 (Jun 4, 2012)

  • Don't warn RockMelt users of impending upgrade. Work around Japanese filters issue (famlam).

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.5.25 (Jun 4, 2012)

  • Help explain CatBlock to users who missed it on April Fools or who want to know how to get it after 4/4

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.5.9 (Jan 4, 2012)

  • Turn on new webRequest code for all Chrome 17 users

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.5.8 (Jan 4, 2012)

  • Disable popup blocking as adding it disables AdBlock.

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.5.7 (Jan 4, 2012)

  • Popup blocking, speed improvement, remove dead Ukranian list

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.5.6 (Jan 4, 2012)

  • Remove instrumentation

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.5.4 (Jan 4, 2012)

  • Instrumentation to hunt down issue chromium:106913

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.5.3 (Jan 4, 2012)

  • Include stack trace in logs

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.5.2 (Jan 4, 2012)

  • Measure opt-in rate to new-style blocking, so we know when it's been tested enough to enable for everyone

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.5.1 (Jan 4, 2012)

  • Quieter logging

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.5.0 (Jan 4, 2012)

  • All in-video and in-Flash ads are blocked in Chrome if you turn it on under AdBlock Options

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.4.34 (Jan 4, 2012)

  • Don't break the toolbar button

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.4.32 (Jan 4, 2012)

  • Fix critical bug breaking Safari after Private Browsing, remove dead Norwegian list, new jQuery version

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.4.31 (Jan 4, 2012)

  • Small changes (famlam), fix bug in waiting for idle

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.4.0 (May 5, 2011)

  • Fix bug related to clicking malformed filter list subscription links.
  • Also fix a leaking variable

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.3.31 (Apr 26, 2011)

  • Fix blacklister bug for Chinese users (famlam)

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.3.30 (Apr 21, 2011)

  • AdBlock Options in Safari now accessible through Extensions|Preferences. Subscribe legacy users to language-specific filter lists if they've never set up their own lists.

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.3.29 (Apr 21, 2011)

  • Don't run bandaids on most pages

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.3.28 (Apr 21, 2011)

  • Fix incognito app behavior.
  • Fix manual filters paste bug.
  • Blacklist wizard bugfix

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.3.27 (Apr 1, 2011)

  • Test a new way to remove ads, which keeps some websites from breaking

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.3.26 (Apr 1, 2011)

  • Change app shipping

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.3.25 (Mar 28, 2011)

  • Remove dead log message

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.3.24 (Mar 28, 2011)

  • Fix blacklisting wizard manual editing bug

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.3.23 (Mar 26, 2011)

  • Text change

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.3.20 (Mar 26, 2011)

  • Fix app description in manifest

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.3.18 (Mar 24, 2011)

  • Fix broken signup for subscriptions

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.3.17 (Mar 24, 2011)

  • Internal code shufflins

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.3.16 (Mar 23, 2011)

  • Fix opt-in to Google search ads when using Google Instant

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.3.15 (Mar 22, 2011)

  • Speed and code improvements, and don't let the blacklist and whitelist wizards be open at the same time

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.3.14 (Mar 17, 2011)

  • General cleanup and refactoring of helper functions

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.3.13 (Mar 17, 2011)

  • Make toolbar button tab-specific, so it looks right when multiple windows are open

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.3.12 (Mar 17, 2011)

  • Fix "Block an ad on this page" from toolbar immediately after right clicking page

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.3.11 (Mar 14, 2011)

  • Filter updates

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.3.10 (Mar 10, 2011)

  • Don't show context menu in Chrome Extension Gallery

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.3.9 (Mar 5, 2011)

  • Some resourceblock.html improvements and minor bugfixes

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.3.8 (Mar 2, 2011)

  • Highlight the element you're about to click in the blacklist wizard (wormboy.d)

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.3.7 (Mar 2, 2011)

  • jQuery and jQuery UI refresh

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.3.6 (Feb 22, 2011)

  • New advanced url-blocking wizard linked off of existing hiding wizard

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.3.4 (Feb 22, 2011)

  • Fix a bug: whitelisting a page wasn't updating the toolbar icon immediately

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.3.3 (Feb 22, 2011)

  • Show hide button message on install page too

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.3.2 (Feb 22, 2011)

  • Fix positioning of blacklist wizard. Fix hide button message bug on mac.

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.3.0 (Feb 11, 2011)

  • Add a toolbar button again, retiring the Browser Button For AdBlock extension.

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.2.32 (Feb 10, 2011)

  • Bugfix: new installation page was showing checked 'Show a toolbar button' checkbox

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.2.31 (Feb 10, 2011)

  • Bugfix on ad report page and more thorough validation of custom blacklist entries

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.2.30 (Feb 9, 2011)

  • Support opt-in to Google ads when not subscribed to EasyList

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.2.29 (Feb 9, 2011)

  • Localization updates, correct a URL scheme bug, and remove dead code

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.2.28 (Jan 21, 2011)

  • Support $document filter syntax, allowing individual pages to be whitelisted. Also added $elemhide support.

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.2.27 (Jan 15, 2011)

  • Ignore filters if they contain unknown options (famlam)

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.2.26 (Jan 12, 2011)

  • Support requiresLocation in abp:subscribe links (famlam)

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.2.25 (Jan 12, 2011)

  • Handle new EasyPrivacy filter that was breaking many websites

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.2.24 (Jan 7, 2011)

  • See which filter lists should be added to or removed from the options page

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.2.23 (Dec 28, 2010)

  • In Chrome, reduce overall browser RAM usage by up to 30%, and decrease AdBlock run time by about 50%

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.2.22 (Dec 25, 2010)

  • Validate filters on download instead of when inputting into filter engine, because we input into filter engine on every page load. Saves 50ms per frame.

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.2.21 (Dec 23, 2010)

  • New and improved Youtube ad blocking (famlam)

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.2.20 (Dec 21, 2010)

  • L10n typo

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.2.20 (Dec 21, 2010)

  • L10n typo

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.2.19 (Dec 16, 2010)

  • Change donation request to mention that this is now my full time job.

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.2.18 (Dec 9, 2010)

  • Bugfix for new frame blocking code

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.2.17 (Dec 9, 2010)

  • Keep youtube user-channel videos from autoplaying incorrectly (drewish). Support frame,audio,video, and input type=image blocking (famlam).

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.2.16 (Dec 8, 2010)

  • Fixed typo

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.2.15 (Dec 8, 2010)

  • Updated text description for web store launch

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.2.14 (Dec 8, 2010)

  • Fix broken Spanish translation.
  • jQuery-1.4.4 for speed improvements.
  • Small bugfixes and improvements.

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.2.13 (Dec 8, 2010)

  • Subscribe non-English-speakers to an appropriate Easylist sublist

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.2.12 (Nov 22, 2010)

  • Roll back chrome.tabs.insertCSS() work while we figure out how to make it run earlier and how to be specific for different iframes on a page.

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.2.11 (Nov 22, 2010)

  • Fix tagging typo

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.2.10 (Nov 22, 2010)

  • Use Chrome API for CSS hiding which should improve RAM and speed in Chrome.

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.2.9 (Nov 22, 2010)

  • Work around Chrome bugs related to chrome.tabs and SVG images. 'background' type now deprecated in filter lists.
  • Special cases for hotmail.com and hk-pub.com.
  • Add note to ad reporter about video ads not being blockable yet except in Youtube.
  • Speed up ad blocking in Chrome by removing a redundant regex parse.

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.2.8 (Nov 22, 2010)

  • Use less memory in Chrome

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.2.7 (Nov 5, 2010)

  • Vastly simplified mechanism for dealing with ads in Chrome that load before the filter engine is in place (famlam).
  • We're now at 18 languages

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.2.6 (Nov 5, 2010)

  • Memory and speed improvements (famlam)

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.2.5 (Oct 8, 2010)

  • Don't let users try to block the BODY tag

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.1.15 (Sep 27, 2010)

  • Add indonesian translation, and improve memory usage in Safari.

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.1.14 (Sep 27, 2010)

  • Block background images even when they are specified in stylesheets (famlam). Touchups to the UI for manual blacklist editing. Fix typos in last release.

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.1.13 (Sep 27, 2010)

  • Warning popup to Chrome users that next week AdBlock will be disabled as a necessary part of an upgrade, with instructions for re-enabling it.

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.1.12 (Sep 24, 2010)

  • Localized right-click menu text (famlam)

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.1.11 (Sep 24, 2010)

  • Memory savings in Chrome and probably some in Safari (famlam)

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.1.10 (Sep 24, 2010)

  • Revert to old Easylist and Easylist German URLs, per Wladimir Palant's (author of Adblock Plus) request

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.1.9 (Sep 7, 2010)

  • Safari users also lose the context menus if they choose to via the Options page

New in AdBlock for Chrome 2.1.8 (Sep 7, 2010)

  • Quick patch to allow optional right click menus and to force Chrome 6 or higher, to get rid of permission error messages for Chrome 5 users.