Element Hiding Helper for Adblock Plus Version History

25 versions

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Version 1.4 123.1 KiB Works with Firefox 38.0 - 56.*, SeaMonkey 2.35 - *, Thunderbird 38.0 - 57.0

With this release Element Hiding Helper becomes fully compatible with multi-process Firefox. We also fixed a long-standing bug: “View source” command was only showing elements but no text nodes.

Version 1.3.10 117.7 KiB Works with Firefox 38.0 - 56.*, SeaMonkey 2.35 - *, Thunderbird 38.0 - 54.0

This release makes Element Hiding Helper compatible with the just released Adblock Plus 2.8. In addition, it fixes the "View source in a separate window" command which broke in recent Firefox versions and fixes the Element Hiding Helper button in Inspector panel which was no longer working in the Firefox nightly builds.

Version 1.3.9 117.4 KiB Works with Firefox 38.0 - 56.*, SeaMonkey 2.35 - *, Thunderbird 38.0 - 52.0

* Fixed position of the icon in the Inspector panel for Firefox 48 and above.
* Improved quality of that icon on high-resolution screens.

Version 1.3.8 117.3 KiB Works with Firefox 38.0 - 51.0, SeaMonkey 2.35 - 2.48, Thunderbird 38.0 - 51.0

* Fixed potential issues triggered by Element Hiding Helper during browser startup.
* Fixed warnings showing up in Browser Console in newer Firefox versions.

Version 1.3.7 106.3 KiB Works with Firefox 38.0 - 49.0, SeaMonkey 2.35 - 2.46, Thunderbird 38.0 - 49.0

Fixed issue in Firefox 45: switching between Basic and Advanced mode not possible.

Version 1.3.6 106.3 KiB Works with Firefox 38.0 - 48.0, SeaMonkey 2.35 - 2.45, Thunderbird 38.0 - 48.0

This is a minor update, removing non-standard JavaScript syntax, which caused warnings in Firefox Aurora and Nightly builds. It also slightly improves support for multi-process Firefox.

Version 1.3.5 124.8 KiB Works with Firefox 29.0 - 46.0, SeaMonkey 2.26 - 2.42, Thunderbird 29.0 - 46.0

Worked around a critical issue in Firefox nightly builds.

Version 1.3.4 124.8 KiB Works with Firefox 29.0 - 45.0, SeaMonkey 2.26 - 2.41, Thunderbird 29.0 - 45.0

Fixed issue preventing Element Hiding Helper from working in older Firefox releases (regression in Element Hiding Helper 1.3.3).

Version 1.3.3 124.7 KiB Works with Firefox 29.0 - 43.0, SeaMonkey 2.26 - 2.39, Thunderbird 29.0 - 43.0

Made Element Hiding Helper compatible with Firefox 41 and above.

Version 1.3.2.1-signed 121.9 KiB Works with Firefox 22.0 - 42.0, SeaMonkey 2.19 - 2.39, Thunderbird 22.0 - 42.0

Updated extension icon

Version 1.3.1.1-signed 124.5 KiB Works with Firefox 22.0 - 39.0, SeaMonkey 2.19 - 2.36, Thunderbird 22.0 - 39.0

* Made compatible with multiprocess Firefox (currently Firefox nightlies only).
* Fixed: Selection via mouse wheel broken.
* Fixed: Horizontal scrollbar hides element type.
* Fixed tree view in the assistant dialog.

Version 1.3.1-signed 123.2 KiB Works with Firefox 20.0 - 37.0, SeaMonkey 2.17 - 2.34, Thunderbird 20.0 - 37.0

* Fixed: Integration with the Inspector tool broken in current Firefox versions.
* Fixed: Filter Composer suggests empty domain name for host names with a trailing dot.
* Fixed: Element Hiding Helper menu item isn't added in some windows.
* Fixed: Element Hiding Helper menu item doesn't show up if Adblock Plus icon is placed in the Australis panel.
* Fixed: Shortcut key on OS X is Ctrl-Shift-K rather than Cmd-Shift-K.

Version 1.2.3.1-signed 120.0 KiB Works with Firefox 8.0 - 32.0, SeaMonkey 2.5 - 2.29, Thunderbird 8.0 - 32.0

Updated for Inspector changes in Firefox 14

Version 1.2.2.1-signed 119.0 KiB Works with Firefox 8.0 - 16.0a1, SeaMonkey 2.5 - 2.13a1, Thunderbird 8.0 - 16.0a1

* Improved the way Element Hiding Helper attaches itself to browser windows (made sure that no browser windows are skipped any more).
* The hotkey in Firefox 14 is now Ctrl-Shift-F3 (neither Ctrl-Shift-K nor Ctrl-Shift-S are available any more).
* Fixed rule generation for attributes containing backslashes.
* Fixed wrong size calculation for some web pages.
* Removed special About dialog, displaying the default one now.
* Updated to changes in recent Firefox nightlies.

Version 1.2.1.1-signed 147.0 KiB Works with Firefox 8.0 - 14.0a1, SeaMonkey 2.5 - 2.11a1, Thunderbird 8.0 - 14.0a1

* Can be installed/uninstalled/disabled without a browser restart now.
* Added Page Inspector integration (new feature coming up in Firefox 10).
* Stopped warning about missing Adblock Plus installation.
* Fixed: Starting from the Tools Adblock Plus menu is possible now.
* Fixed: Content Security Policy can no longer prevent preview from working on some websites.

Version 1.1.4.1-signed 89.0 KiB Works with Firefox 3.5 - 12.0a1, SeaMonkey 2.0 - 2.9a1, Thunderbird 3.0 - 12.0a1

Fixed critical bug in the previous release.

Version 1.1.2.1-signed 88.0 KiB Works with Firefox 3.5 - 11.0a1, SeaMonkey 2.0 - 2.8a1, Thunderbird 3.0 - 11.0a1

* New icon
* Showing preview is now selected by default
* Improved default attribute selection
* Corrected handling of whitespace at the end of ID attribute
* Removed Lithuanian translation (abandoned and unusable)

Version 1.1.1.1-signed 74.0 KiB Works with Firefox 3.5 - 9.0a1, SeaMonkey 2.0 - 2.6a1, Thunderbird 3.0 - 9.0a1

* Improved escaping of attribute values
* Fixed: Hotkeys in the help tooltip are invisible with some browser themes
* Fixed: Clicking homepage link in About dialog doesn’t do anything
* Fixed: Preview doesn’t work correctly if the rule contains international characters
* Fixed: Broken composer dialog with composer_defaultDomain preference set to 1 or 2 if host name is an IP address

Version 1.1.1-signed 73.0 KiB Works with Firefox 3.5 - 5.*, SeaMonkey 2.0 - 2.1b3, Thunderbird 3.0 - 3.3a3pre

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

Version 1.0.6 43.0 KiB Works with Firefox 3.0 - 4.0b8pre, SeaMonkey 2.0a1 - 2.1b2, Thunderbird 3.0a1 - 3.3a1pre

* New translations: Arabic, Basque, Galician, Armenian, Kazakh, Serbian
* Updated for Adblock Plus 1.1
* Updated compatibility range for various applications
* Generated rules always use raw CSS now, "simplified" syntax is deprecated

Version 1.0.5 39.0 KiB Works with Firefox 1.5 - 3.6a1pre, SeaMonkey 1.0 - 2.0b1, Thunderbird 1.5 - 3.0b2pre

* Marked compatible with Songbird 0.6
* Fixed issue with popups not closing in Firefox 3

Version 1.0.4 39.0 KiB Works with Firefox 1.5 - 3.0.*, SeaMonkey 1.0 - 2.0a1, Thunderbird 1.5 - 3.0a2pre

* Locales added: Catalan, Hebrew, Korean
* Changed keyboard shortcut to Ctrl+Shift+K to avoid conflict in Firefox 3
* Made compatibility info match Adblock Plus again (at least Songbird 0.4 required now, Midbrowser and eMusic Remote are supported)

Version 1.0.2 37.0 KiB Works with Firefox 1.5 - 3.0pre, SeaMonkey 1.0 - 2.0a1, Thunderbird 1.5 - 3.0a1

Adblock Plus 0.7.2.3 or higher required. Included locales: en-US, cs-CZ, da-DK, de-DE, el-GR, en-GB, es-ES, et-EE, fi-FI, fr-FR, hr-HR, hu-HU, it-IT, ja-JP, lt-LT, nb-NO, nl-NL, pl-PL, pt-BR, pt-PT, ro-RO, ru-RU, sk-SK, sq-AL, sv-SE, th-TH, tr-TR, vi-VN, zh-CN, zh-TW

* Compatible with Adblock Plus 0.7.5.2
* Conflict with find-as-you-type fixed
* Installation problems fixed
* Added four new translations

Version 1.0.1 34.0 KiB Works with Firefox 1.5 - 3.0a8, SeaMonkey 1.0 - 2.0a1, Thunderbird 1.5 - 3.0a1

Adblock Plus 0.7.2.3 or higher required. Included locales: en-US, cs-CZ, de-DE, el-GR, es-ES, fi-FI, fr-FR, hr-HR, hu-HU, it-IT, ja-JP, lt-LT, nb-NO, nl-NL, pl-PL, pt-BR, pt-PT, ro-RO, ru-RU, sk-SK, sv-SE, th-TH, tr-TR, vi-VN, zh-CN, zh-TW

* Conflict with find-as-you-type fixed
* Brazilian Portuguese locale added
* Some minor translation issues fixed

Version 1.0 34.0 KiB Works with Firefox 1.5 - 3.0a3, SeaMonkey 1.0 - 1.5a, Thunderbird 1.5 - 3.0a1

Adblock Plus 0.7.2.3 or higher required. Included locales: en-US, cs-CZ, de-DE, el-GR, es-ES, fi-FI, fr-FR, hr-HR, hu-HU, it-IT, ja-JP, lt-LT, nb-NO, nl-NL, pl-PL, pt-PT, ro-RO, ru-RU, sk-SK, sv-SE, th-TH, tr-TR, vi-VN, zh-CN, zh-TW