Release notes for new versions of Ghostery for Firefox
Hey Ghosterians, We’re currently beta testing Ghostery for Firefox 2.4! There was an issue with sites like Google Images lagging when Ghostery performed its scan that we believed we had found a fix for, but we want to make sure. So if you’ve got this problem or any other problems with Ghostery lagging in...
In a recent Ghostery version, we introduced an options walk-through with the hopes of giving users some more context around how Ghostery could be configured. Unfortunately, we missed a glitch that launched the walk-through over and over, and we didn’t give users the opportunity to skip it. Both were pretty dumb mistakes – we...
Howdy Ghosterians, We’re pleased to announce a new version of Ghostery for Firefox. It includes: A Japanese language translation (thanks pul) A configuration wizard to help introduce users to options that might not be familiar An update to blocking behavior – if all bugs are selected, then new bugs added in updates are blocked...
Hello Ghosterians, We’re excited to announce the release of Ghostery for Firefox v2.2.1. Get it here! Some improvements of note: added ability to whitelist local files per this suggestion Ghostery now recognizes frame-in-frame scripts added support for Firefox 4 betas added support for SeaMonkey 2.0 and 2.1 Also, the list of web bugs, trackers, widgets,...
Ghostery V.2.2 for Firefox is now ready for download and comes fully loaded with bug fixes, and exciting new features to improve your user experience. Bug Fixes - iGoogle page breaks with blocking on has been resolved. - Scripts interfering with Facebook operation while Facebook Connect is blocked have been resolved. This extends to...
The evolution of Ghostery under Better Advertising’s ownership over the last few months has been fast paced. The Ghostery team’s goal has been to bolster your capacity for bug free web browsing, which brings us to V.2.1 of Ghostery. New in V.2.1: Refreshing your browser to implement option updates is no longer necessary –...
Our development team began work on the next Ghostery release as soon as v2.03 was out of the gate. We have packed in some significant, new features and are now ready to widen the circle of test users. Included in our beta version of v2.1: Detection of web bugs embedded in iFrame page elements...
We’re excited to release Ghostery version 2.0.3. Notes on what’s in this release, including a fix for the bug that was preventing Firefox from exiting gracefully, are below. We also want to share some details about our new home as part of Better Advertising, in case you missed the announcement a few weeks ago. All...
Quick update: I uploaded version 2.0.2 to the Firefox site today. It’s currently in the sandbox awaiting review by the Mozilla editors. If you would like to download it now, go here and select Version 2.0.2. Here’s what’s new in v2.0.2: Added support for Firefox 3.6 Added strikethroughs to make it more intuitive as...
Quick update: I uploaded version 2.0.1 to the Firefox site last week. It’s currently in the sandbox awaiting review by the Mozilla editors before it’s released. If you’d like to upgrade now you can download it here. Here’s what’s new in v2.0.1: Count of blocked trackers is now displayed in the status bar if...
