Archive for July, 2012

Minor Update: Ghostery for Firefox v2.8.0.2

Minor Update: Ghostery for Firefox v2.8.0.2

Hey everyone, we made an update to Ghostery 2.8: It looked like Ghosty was acting a little bit too overzealous sometimes when it came to certain content and would block extra stuff in iFrames. That doesn’t happen anymore. Also, some users were having issues with frequent unresponsive scripts if they left Firefox unused for...

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Ghostery Usage Tip: Keeping Ghosty Quiet

Ghostery Usage Tip:     Keeping Ghosty Quiet

Hello to all on the inter webs! Pete here from Ghostery Product Support. I’m going to start blogging to you all a few times a month about some common topics I get through the support channels. The past few weeks, users have been asking how to turn off the alert bubble, but to continue...

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If you see a tracker…

If you see a tracker…

…report a tracker! Hey Ghost people. We just want to remind you that if you see a tracker that you think isn’t in our (1,000+ !!) tracker library, you can always let us know about it and we’ll put it in for you, assuming it meets the criteria. All you have to do is...

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Introducing Click-to-Play: Ghostery for Firefox v2.8 is Out

Introducing Click-to-Play: Ghostery for Firefox v2.8 is Out

We’re really excited for this version of Ghostery for Firefox. Why? Because for one of our biggest questions from Ghostery users has always been, “Why can’t I see the comments/videos/social buttons on www.insertwebsitehere.com?” This release answers that question with a simple feature: Click-to-play content replacement. Now, if you find you are missing elements on...

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