Ghosty wins, of course. In the latest release of Ghostery for Firefox we fixed a bug that created “zombie compartments” for the last site Ghostery scanned for trackers. We also updated Ghostery’s options and options walkthrough pages to be a little bit easier to understand. If you used the cookie blocker alongside
certain other add-ons, there was an infrequent bug in which the two could sometimes collide, so we added a notice for this and functionality that automatically turns the blocker off. Also, a bunch of our users mentioned our hanging library update bubble as being kind of annoying, so we put a toggle for it in Ghostery’s options. Finally, in addition to other small bug fixes, we made our library update pages secure.
Another thing: we’re nearing our “1,000th tracker in the library” milestone and we’d like to tack on a quick thanks to everyone in the Ghostery community that’s submitted page elements for us to add to it.
We definitely couldn’t have found them without you!
Tracker total: 831
New features and changes:
- New options and walk through wizard pages for easier understanding and consumption
- Application and company info built into Ghostery options
- General file, defaults and variable cleanup
- Secure library update pages have been enabled
- Library update notification toggles
- Miscellaneous bug fixes
Bug fixes:
- Resolved a bug that created a zombie compartment for the last scanned site
- Ghostery shortcut has been changed to CTRL + ALT + G
- Resolved an issue with the popup auto-closing on Linux machines
- Added warning and cookie blocker disabling when a colliding addon is present
- Ghostery will now remove blocked elements from DOM
- Miscellaneous UI and bug fixes.
You should change the way you reference versions. To newbies, “Ghostery for Firefox v2.7.2″ makes it look like it’s for Firefox 2.7.2. Consider calling it “Ghostery v2.7.2 for Firefox.”
Yep I agree it does make it look this way.
I concur 100% with Peter (April 12, 2012).
I am an IT professional and my first reaction was “what, for that age old FF version?”.
PLEASE make this change soon.
Ghostery for Firefox v2.7.2
Ghostery v2.7.2 for Firefox
– Peter on April 12, 2012 at 1:05 pm
I’ll second Peter’s request. Having used Firefox for some years, I had heard of Ghostery, but was content with using Adblock Plus and NoScript to control the clutter and gunk which Firefox sucks into its innards, having only recently started to get a handle on the cookie issue. However, I thought I’d surf across on Firefox 12.0 and have a look around. Catching sight of “Ghostery for Firefox v2.7.2″ suggested exactly what Peter declares. Firefox v2.7.2 in May 2012! Ye gods! What’s this? Something for the sandbox or virtual machine? Nude Firefox; no add-ons. Bet that would get your anti-virus to throw up some pop-ups!