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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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).

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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.

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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

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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.

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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.

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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)

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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

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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)

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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

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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

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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)

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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

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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

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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

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