0.8.5.7

[Release notes salvaged from https://github.com/uBlock-LLC/uBlock/releases/tag/0.8.5.7]

Changes:

Local mirroring^[1] has been taken out for the time being. Too many issues which requires non-trivial fixes, while for now I prefer more to spend time on polishing, performance and overall stability.

_{[1] Available when "Experimental features" was enabled.}

Closed as fixed:

• [Firefox] Element picker: pressing escape to exit

0.8.5.6

[Release notes salvaged from https://github.com/uBlock-LLC/uBlock/releases/tag/0.8.5.6]

Closed as fixed

• Images fails to load on solarmovie.so for first time

0.8.5.5

[Release notes salvaged from https://github.com/uBlock-LLC/uBlock/releases/tag/0.8.5.5]

Closed as fixed:

• uBlock doesn't show a blocked request on the request log
  • This was a serious bug: inline script tags could be spuriously disabled for a page. I am completely unsure how much it affected users.
• When downloading a file from any site, uBlock "forgets" the current page
• Safari version publicly available + add developer identifier
• When downloading a file from any site, uBlock "forgets" the current page
• Local mirroring broken
• Remove Chromium-specific language from description
• No indication for locally mirrored resources in the network log

0.8.5.4-beta.0

[Release notes salvaged from https://github.com/uBlock-LLC/uBlock/releases/tag/0.8.5.4-beta.0]

New:

Firefox version.

@Deathamns' notes concerning the Firefox version:

Notes for an official release / things that aren't working well:

For many resources the Firefox version will report double hits on the badge of the toolbar button or in the network log. This is a Firefox thing, and probably this issue is related.

The badge doesn't look good on different systems (OS X for example, see above).
It should look okay for those who use Firefox 36+, but even there moving the toolbar button to the menu-panel may mess it up (both the badge and the menu-panel).

The badge number disappears when navigating through bfcache.

If the current extension ID will not be changed, and custom update URL won't be specified for the pre-release, then once the extension will be sent to AMO, everyone will be automatically updated to that version.

Pop-up blocking is not thoroughly tested. I basically made a few random examples for myself, and only tested those.

I removed my ports/xpi branch, since the code has been pushed to the main project. If you had install scripts, then update their URLs.

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Closed as fixed:

• The blocking of inline javascript does not propagate to frames
• No dir property on the textarea in My Rules tab
• malwaredomains.com
  • µBlock won't fetch the lists from malwaredomains.com, apparently this was causing too high traffic to the server. The lists will be strictly mirrored on Github, and I will update less frequently in order to stay in good standing with Github.
• <style> visibly inserted into XML
• Are you planning on releasing a Firefox port?

0.8.5.3

[Release notes salvaged from https://github.com/uBlock-LLC/uBlock/releases/tag/0.8.5.3]

Closed as fixed:

• Disabling uBlock for this page/site doesn't work anymore
  • µBlock would still apply cosmetic filtering to a whitelisted page

uBlock.chromium_0.8.5.3.zip:

• MD5: 3f1bf48381063476ead9c2c3e09af660
• SHA1: 719e39b9d665f7645e8657d918a137db6d6fc756

0.8.5.2

[Release notes salvaged from https://github.com/uBlock-LLC/uBlock/releases/tag/0.8.5.2]

Changes:

• Pretty much just like 0.8.5.1, but with some more translation work imported from Crowdin.
• This version was submitted to the Opera store.

uBlock.chromium_0.8.5.2.zip:

• MD5: 672ec947747e8ab92aa8cb91ec8bacb2
• SHA1: 33421980accf23a825a7c91cd3dc6c49054e4dbb

0.8.5.1

[Release notes salvaged from https://github.com/uBlock-LLC/uBlock/releases/tag/0.8.5.1]

Closed as fixed:

• Blank domain row in Dynamic Filtering table
• Can't click on some Dynamic Filtering domain rows with Torch browser
  • Thanks to @Deathamns for finding the problem

uBlock.chromium_0.8.5.1.zip:

• MD5: d8d07244424526761ea3d4dc23c3902c
• SHA1: 282fa8c9f1e19fef184e43ba39963d0b75df8802

0.8.5.0

[Release notes salvaged from https://github.com/uBlock-LLC/uBlock/releases/tag/0.8.5.0]

Changes:

• Revamped dynamic filtering -- more power to the user (see some details in #433)
  • Users have the last word over what if blocked/allowed
  • Useful to:
    • Un-break web sites without having to completely turn off µBlock
    • [more examples of useful usage]
• New network request logger
  • Network requests are logged in real-time
  • The network request log is no longer a tab in the dashboard, it is its own browser tab
  • Typically you will want to detach the logger's browser tab in order to get a separate window
  • No more switch to turn on the logging of network requests
    • if a logger is opened, requests will be logged
    • if a logger is closed, requests won't be logged, and whatever was logged is flushed from memory
  • Allows µBlock to use memory more efficiently: network requests are logged if and only if they are being observed, while before they were logged unconditionally for every single tab (when logging was enabled)
  • The network request logger has been written with efficiency in mind: there is very little overhead when using it
• Reorganized dashboard:
  • The Settings tab is now the default one
  • An "I am an advanced user" setting in the Settings tab
  • The Statistics tab is gone
  • A new "My rules" tab, from where you can see/edit your dynamic filtering rules
  • The back up/restore/reset buttons have moved from the About tab to the Settings tab
• Ability to force-refresh the web page through the popup UI
  • Especially useful when using dynamic filtering, as one can check the effect of dynamic filter configuration on a page without having to quit the popup menu
  • This can sort of mitigate Chromium's memory leak since you can now refresh the page without having to quit the popup, and further keep toggling filters to see their effects on the page

Closed as fixed:

• Expand/refactor dynamic filtering
• Unable to copy paste url from statistics window
• Click to unblock temporarily a frame
• A UI to see/edit dynamic filters in the "Your filters" tab in the dashboard
• Dynamic filtering: is the ability to filter 1st-party iframe really needed?
• Support elemhide filter option

Notes:

• Keep in mind that with the new revamped dynamic filtering feature, repeated access to the popup UI of µBlock is more likely than before, and thus this means Chromium issue #441500 is becoming more and more crippling for advanced users of µBlock. Unfortunately, there is really nothing I can do.
  • Starring the issue may help, not sure.

uBlock.chromium_0.8.5.0.zip:

• MD5: 09259708b0ae029b7f0b1733b5afeb45
• SHA1: e9ca222cd3f011db71198f4133e9885a7f90956b

0.8.2.8

[Release notes salvaged from https://github.com/uBlock-LLC/uBlock/releases/tag/0.8.2.8]

Changes:

• New language available: Catalan thanks to bahco on Crowdin
• "Fanboy's Social Blocking List" no longer selected by default for fresh installs
  • It causes too many issues for users who are not accustomed to this filter list (#458, #451, #450, #428, stores' feedback, etc)
  • More experienced users can always easily select it after a fresh install
  • This change does not affect existing installs
• Sorry for the fast pace of updates these last two days, just trying to be sure new users are having a good first experience with the extension

uBlock.chromium_0.8.2.8.zip:

• MD5: 225e7d56cf2da5fb5680708e9fad0111
• SHA1: 169024a2eff9dcf0d26680f79b426bcce2847c2e

0.8.2.7

[Release notes salvaged from https://github.com/uBlock-LLC/uBlock/releases/tag/0.8.2.7]

Closed as fixed:

• Need a stale page store janitor: found entries with no tab counterparts
  • In plain language, fixed potential memory leaks

uBlock.chromium_0.8.2.7.zip:

• MD5: 7b2442bd83f8915c832104b1d06a6003
• SHA1: 7b2990ef8d39dbf2aedfab62185123e24f4b045c