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Ghostery for Firefox Changelog

What's new in Ghostery for Firefox 8.5.8

July 1, 2021
  • Fixes panel header alignment in Chrome (#713)
  • Adds cross-extension messaging for Ghostery Search (#712)

New in Ghostery for Firefox 8.5.7 (June 24, 2021)

  • Remove promo modals for Insights and Midnight (#706)
  • Allow host name fuzzy matching for Compatibility URLs (#680)
  • Add subscription status to CMP fetch URL (#694)
  • Avoid possible race condition in ABTest & CMP on Dawn (#687)
  • Updates to intro hub (#711, #710, #708)

New in Ghostery for Firefox 8.5.5 (February 19, 2021)

  • Integrate new v4 tracker databases (#616)
  • Pull tracker meta data from whotracks.me (#616)
  • Migrate from Cliqz browser-core to ghostery-common (#644)
  • Allow user to disable automatic updates for Anti-Tracking and Ad-Blocker (#646, #561)
  • New on-boarding hub for Ghostery Browser (#665)

New in Ghostery for Firefox 8.5.4 (November 20, 2020)

  • Adds support for Ghostery Browser (#621, #622)
  • Remove Ghostery Rewards (#630)
  • Updated feature names (#613, #626, #627)
  • Shortened metrics uninstall URL (#615)
  • Fixes bug with initial account settings sync (#629)
  • Bug fixes (#617, #624, #625, #628)
  • Updated translations

New in Ghostery for Firefox 8.5.3 (October 8, 2020)

  • Updated Firefox Android extension panel UI and mobile optimizations (#587)
  • New console debugging interface for user troubleshooting (#568)
  • Display error message after too many failed login attempts (#577)
  • Add opt-out for AB Tests (#608)
  • Added product id parameter to extension pings (#574)
  • Detect Ghostery Desktop Browser (#602)
  • Remove broken page pings (#609)
  • On-boarding AB Tests (#603)
  • Updated translations

New in Ghostery for Firefox 8.5.2 (July 30, 2020)

  • Fixes bug where Ghostery icon could be grayed out on restricted sites (#564)
  • Clean up lint suppression rules. Remove React UNSAFE events. (#559, #566)
  • Fixes bug where themes were not unlocked on upgrade (#555)
  • Add upgrade promotion to Intro Hub (#551)
  • Adds options for yearly subscription plans (#567)
  • Rate limit password reset attempts (#548)
  • Add A/B testing support to promo modals (#583)
  • Updates to account creation panel messaging (#541)
  • Slimmer Human Web modules for Android browsers (#569)
  • Remove Spring promo modal (#571)
  • Search for missing language tokens (#563)
  • Updated campaign metrics (#576)
  • Update dependencies
  • Bump minimum versions for Firefox, Chrome and Opera

New in Ghostery for Firefox 8.5.1 (June 3, 2020)

  • Unlock Plus features for Ghostery Midnight users (#546)
  • Update Ghostery Plus feature list in subscription panel (#540)
  • Remove hard-coded subscription pricing (#547)

New in Ghostery for Firefox 8.5.0 (May 6, 2020)

  • New Spring themes for Plus subscribers (#525)
  • New settings option to select Ad-Blocker lists (#527)
  • Add password reset link to Intro Hub (#507)
  • Updated in-app promo modals (#509)
  • Fixes bug in site-specific tracker white-listing (#522, Fixes #519)
  • Improved Click2Play Script Injection (#528)
  • Standardize all Ghostery staging and production global URLs (#511)
  • Updated Rewards UI (#521)
  • Update legacy unit tests (#526)
  • Updated translations

New in Ghostery for Firefox 8.4.9 (April 9, 2020)

  • Better handling of semantic version comparison (#524)
  • Updates to AMO build script (#524)

New in Ghostery for Firefox 8.4.8 (March 30, 2020)

  • Fixes issue that could intermittently cause some cookies to be reset (Fixes #514)
  • Handle legacy opt-in settings for Firefox (#518)

New in Ghostery for Firefox 8.4.7 (March 9, 2020)

  • Migrate to the new Chromium-based Edge browser (#492)
  • Disable Purplebox on Firefox Android (#494)
  • Allow white-listing of wildcard domains (#501)
  • Allow site-specific white-listing of Unknown Trackers caught by Ad-Blocker (#503)
  • Fixes issue when adding localhost to Trusted Sites with port value (Fixes #470)
  • Add locale-appropriate formatting to historical stats numbers (#498)
  • Remove email opt-in from account creation in panel and hub (#495)
  • More aggressive cookie-blocking via Anti-Tracking (#490)

New in Ghostery for Firefox 8.4.6 (December 22, 2019)

  • Modularize Rewards code (#462)
  • Updated promo modals for Ghostery Midnight (#485, #486)
  • Disabled Rewards for Edge (#483)
  • Updated translations

New in Ghostery for Firefox 8.4.5 (November 19, 2019)

  • Remove unused telemetry from promo modals (#474)
  • Update Rewards opt-in setting for Firefox

New in Ghostery for Firefox 8.4.4 (November 11, 2019)

  • New upgrade modals for Ghostery Plus & Ghostery Insights (#458,#460,#463,#464,#467,#468)
  • Improves context-detection of WebRequests, particularly for pages using service workers (#461)
  • Fixes some cases where cookies were blocked for first parties because anti-tracking thought they were third (#461)
  • Updates Ad Blocker version. We now support HTML filters on Firefox (#461)
  • Human Web cleanup and refactor (#461)
  • Updated telemetry (#466)
  • Updated translations
  • Language string cleanup

New in Ghostery for Firefox 8.4.3 (October 1, 2019)

  • Fixes issue where Detail View is blank when there are only Unknown trackers found (#446)
  • New opt-in flow for Ghostery Rewards (#444)
  • Uncheck email promotions options for create account view (#446)
  • Revert Rewards opt-in setting for Firefox (#446)
  • Compatibility fixes for Cliqz browser (#450, #452, #455)
  • Fixes issue where Ghostery on-boarding Hub appeared on each browser launch (Fixes #456)
  • Fixes issue where site-specific blocking settings did not persist for some users
  • Fixes for AMO build script
  • Update project dependencies
  • Updated translations

New in Ghostery for Firefox 8.4.2 (August 28, 2019)

  • Fix slow memory leak in Firefox (#434)
  • Fix error message on Forgot Password panel (#440)
  • Update Intro Hub copy for Firefox (#436)
  • Change Rewards opt-in setting for Firefox (#437)
  • Adds Cliqz anti-ad-blocker circumvention rules (#443)
  • Package build script for AMO review (#441)
  • Updated translations

New in Ghostery for Firefox 8.4.1 (August 13, 2019)

  • Add new Unknown tracker category in detail view with anti-tracking whitelist (#417, #433)
  • Fixes broken target=_blank links in Opera (#426)
  • Fixes error Uncaught TypeError: c.querySelectorAll (#406)
  • Show ad-blocking icons in detail view tracker list (#411)
  • Add new terms and conditions acknowledgment to account creation(#414)
  • Implement new Cliqz url parser (#410)
  • Fix donut tooltip (#409)
  • Fix bug in collapsed Summary view on un-scanned pages (#404)
  • Improved broken page metrics (#418)
  • Update all project dependencies to satisfy security alerts (#405)
  • Updated translations (#402)

New in Ghostery for Firefox 8.4.0 (June 25, 2019)

  • Add new counter for Requests Modified by Anti-Tracking (#392)
  • Show fingerprint, cookie and advertisement icons in Detail View tracker list (#394)
  • Improved Anti-Tracking integration (#377)
  • Integrate Click2Play into SmartBlocking (#388)
  • Respect pause state before displaying CMP and Rewards windows (Fies #389)
  • Performance improvements (Fies #12)
  • Improved Ad-Blocker filter rule injection (Fies #381)
  • Updated translations (#397, #400)

New in Ghostery for Firefox 8.3.4 (May 9, 2019)

  • Fixes bug in Click2Play redirect blocking

New in Ghostery for Firefox 8.3.3 (April 25, 2019)

  • Fixes bug where Ad-Blocker/Anti-Tracking modules did not respect whitelist settings
  • Fixes bug in category description names

New in Ghostery for Firefox 8.3.2 (April 17, 2019)

  • Ghostery tracker panel now updates dynamically in real time!
  • Remove unsupported file types for Opera automated-review
  • Removed unnecessary files for slimmer production build
  • Sync account creation UI between intro hub, panel and auth-web
  • Performance improvements when browsing certain Google sites (gmail, maps)
  • Feature parity for Edge browser (Human Web, Rewards)
  • Clean up various errors thrown by content scripts and message handlers
  • Updated Readme (team members and open-source projects)
  • Minor UI tweaks

New in Ghostery for Firefox 8.3.1 (January 31, 2019)

  • Add options_ui support for Intro Hub
  • Add Ghostery Plus support for Opera and Edge
  • Fixes issue where page load speed value could be negative
  • Fixes "Report a Broken Page" link
  • Multiple translation fixes
  • Minor bug fixes

New in Ghostery for Firefox 8.3.0 (January 16, 2019)

  • New Ghostery Plus features - Historical Stats, Midnight Theme
  • New intro hub with streamlined setup and tutorial
  • Improved UI for Firefox Android
  • Integration with Ghostery Tab extension for Chrome
  • Improved anti-tracking whitelist logic
  • Improved anti-ad-blocker circumvention
  • Bug fixes and updated translations

New in Ghostery for Firefox 8.2.6 (December 5, 2018)

  • Remove WebSocket permissions and filter support for Firefox
  • Minor UI tweaks

New in Ghostery for Firefox 8.2.5 (November 21, 2018)

  • Multiple UI fixes for Rewards panel
  • Bump minimum Chrome version to 58+, Opera to 45+
  • Added support for web socket request filtering
  • Minor UI tweaks and bug fixes

New in Ghostery for Firefox 8.2.4 (August 17, 2018)

  • Fixes Firefox account logout issues
  • Fixes several UI-related Rewards bugs
  • Fixes broken settings export feature from panel
  • Delay tracker database update to 1 hour
  • Improved AUTH error messaging

New in Ghostery for Firefox 8.2.3 (August 8, 2018)

  • Fix Rewards campaign names that include a '%' issue, which caused a blank panel
  • Fix login and register forms on setup page being called twice on submit, which triggered misleading callout messages
  • Fix several login/logout issues for existing users on startup

New in Ghostery for Firefox 8.2.2 (August 7, 2018)

  • Complete rewrite of account logic to support v2 AUTH API
  • Fixes issue where some users did not remain logged in after browser restart
  • Improved error messaging related to user accounts
  • Login state now syncs between extension and account.ghostery.com
  • Rewards UI improvements
  • Fixes Anti-tracking login issue with microsoft.com and salesforce.com
  • Fixes issue where Ghostery was breaking web requests from other extensions

New in Ghostery for Firefox 8.2.1 (July 16, 2018)

  • Ghostery tracker counter and badge icon now includes block counts from Anti-Tracking and Ad-Blocker
  • Fixes issue where settings menu does not close
  • Remove redundant opt-in for Rewards
  • Improved translations for German and Russian languages
  • Styling adjustments and improvements for Edge
  • Various bug fixes and improvements for Rewards

New in Ghostery for Firefox 8.2.0 (July 2, 2018)

  • Improved simple-view and detail-view UI
  • Ghostery Rewards integration
  • Fixes for Ad-Blocker cosmetic filters on Chrome
  • Move dependency manager to Yarn
  • Performance improvements and bug fixes

New in Ghostery for Firefox 8.1.2 (April 20, 2018)

  • Remove WebSocket filter scheme support for older versions of Chrome and FF
  • Fix Human Web endpoint URLs

New in Ghostery for Firefox 8.1.1 (April 18, 2018)

  • New surrogate for 'NetRatings SiteCensus' tracker that locks up Chrome when blocked (Issue #11)
  • Site-specific tracker allow now bypasses Anti-Tracking
  • Adds Cliqz browser compatability
  • Improved German language translations for better UI
  • Fixes inconsistency in install_compelte metric
  • Removed scroll bar in Simple View
  • Updated CONTRIBUTING (Issue #6)

New in Ghostery for Firefox 8.1.0 (March 8, 2018)

  • Ghostery is now open source!!
  • Changed license to MPL-2.0
  • Updated README, CONTRIBUTING, CODE-OF-CONDUCT
  • All files now support JSDoc. Build docs with `npm run docs`
  • Fixed issue when selecting Block All/None in setup flow custom blocking
  • Updated language translations

New in Ghostery for Firefox 8.0.9.7 (March 1, 2018)

  • Improved responsiveness of setup app
  • Fix layout issues on FF Android
  • Fix FOUC on certain sites while running Ghostery
  • Updated translations

New in Ghostery for Firefox 8.0.8.1 (February 21, 2018)

  • Bug fixes
  • Firefox 52 is now the minimum supported version

New in Ghostery for Firefox 8.0.7.1 (February 16, 2018)

  • Final release for FF v48-51

New in Ghostery for Firefox 8.0.5.1 (February 2, 2018)

  • Performance improvements

New in Ghostery for Firefox 8.0.3.1 (January 10, 2018)

  • Fixes issue with smart-block where slow trackers were not being blocked

New in Ghostery for Firefox 8.0.1.2 (December 14, 2017)

  • Updated Smart Blocking logic to allow site-specific blocking and un-blocking
  • UI fixes in the setup flow
  • Various bug fixes

New in Ghostery for Firefox 8.0.0.34 (December 6, 2017)

  • Enhanced Antitracking
  • Enhanced Adblocking
  • Smart Blocking
  • Simplified Setup
  • Simple View
  • New Default Settings
  • Expanded Detail View
  • Snooze feature for Pause
  • New Dashboards (coming soon)

New in Ghostery for Firefox 7.4.2.5 (November 29, 2017)

  • Bug fixes and performance improvements

New in Ghostery for Firefox 7.4.1.4 (October 30, 2017)

  • Bug fixes.

New in Ghostery for Firefox 7.4.0.5 (October 25, 2017)

  • New Features:
  • Implemented Firefox for Android compatibility for Ghostery 7
  • Implemented backend improvements
  • Fixed Bugs:
  • Fixed click-2-play typo-
  • Fixed reported console log syntax error

New in Ghostery for Firefox 7.3.3.7 (September 1, 2017)

  • Fixes an issue where Ghostery displayed a blank panel if localStorage and indexedDB are disabled
  • Fixes slow startup in Firefox 55
  • Minor bug fixes

New in Ghostery for Firefox 7.3.1.12 (August 3, 2017)

  • Fixes issue that prevented Ghostery from loading in Firefox v48
  • Minor bug fix to improve performance while blocking

New in Ghostery for Firefox 7.3.1 (July 27, 2017)

  • New Features & Improvements:
  • Improved block-and-filter functionality in advanced settings
  • Improvements to usage analytics
  • Rewards experiment (Germany Only)
  • Fixed Bugs:
  • Tracker descriptions are now displaying properly
  • The click-2-play redirect from Google shopping links now works properly

New in Ghostery for Firefox 7.2.2 (June 3, 2017)

  • Minor bug fixes and updated translations.

New in Ghostery for Firefox 7.2.0.25 (May 5, 2017)

  • New Features:
  • Human Web implementation
  • Page Speed Indicator
  • A/B testing capabilities
  • Click-2-Play button for Hubspot forms
  • Product Improvements:
  • Changed URL for "Map these Trackers"
  • Updated copy translations
  • Removed account requirement for advanced features
  • Improved performance and reduced CPU usage
  • Fixed Bugs:
  • Fixed weird symbols mixed in with copy
  • Fixed link to the proper blog post for the update notification
  • Fixed version number in Ghostery control center
  • Fixed issue causing FF version 52 to feeze

New in Ghostery for Firefox 7.1.3.1 (February 13, 2017)

  • This hotfix addresses a critical defect across all browsers that has been logging users out of their accounts. This release also addresses some additional minor defects as well as a Firefox-specific defect that was causing a blank panel when users disabled third-party cookies.

New in Ghostery for Firefox 7.1.1.5 (January 13, 2017)

  • This is a general maintenance hotfix with a few user-facing improvements and updates. First and foremost, we made performance improvements across all browsers by updating how we handle internationalization, which should reduce load time when a user first opens his browser. Second, we removed the ability to collapse the main panel, as this feature was proving to be buggy and problematic. Third, we resolved a number of backend defects and added some broken-page fixes.

New in Ghostery for Firefox 7.0.1.4 (January 13, 2017)

  • This is a hotfix intended to fix a number of issues we discovered in the Ghostery 7 release, including upgrade issues in certain languages on Firefox, a CSS conflict with Ghostery's site notice, and other back-end defects.
  • scroll bar for upgrade modal on Firefox to prevent primary CTA from being pushed off the screen.
  • some broken links in the Help panel
  • Back-end defect fixes

New in Ghostery for Firefox 7.0.0.113 (January 13, 2017)

  • Restructured extension panel that is larger and collapsible
  • Cleaner, simpler, easier-to-understand UI
  • More compact tracker list
  • Filterable tracker categories
  • Alerts for broken page, and slow or non-secure trackers
  • Collapsable purple box with refined UI
  • Local settings located in the extension itself
  • Tracker URLs
  • Sneak peek at Ghostery Trackermap
  • Condensed setup flow with
  • Opt-in & account modals
  • Start tour banner

New in Ghostery for Firefox 6.3.2 (January 13, 2017)

  • This hotfix is intended to make the local settings compatible with the updated WebKit codebase that Ghostery will be transitioning to in future release.

New in Ghostery for Firefox 6.3.1 (January 13, 2017)

  • This hotfix addresses some issues we were having with uninstall functionality, links in the user notification pop-ups, and some back-end errors we were experiencing.

New in Ghostery for Firefox 6.3.0 (January 13, 2017)

  • Simplified and improved blocking UI (Extension & Web)
  • Refined purple box UI/UX
  • Improved Firefox for Android menu options
  • Defects Summary
  • Several broken page fixes (surrogates)
  • Firefox for Android menu settings clarification
  • Minor translation issues
  • Minor save state UI issues
  • GBE 6.3.0 Product Designs

New in Ghostery for Firefox 6.2.0 (January 13, 2017)

  • New Features Summary:
  • Firefox for Android compatibility
  • Persistent Tracker Settings panel view
  • Submit new tracker menu button + form
  • Report broken page menu button + generated email
  • User signed-in indicator
  • Updated My Ghostery footer to include Support link
  • Improved timestamp for tracker library updates
  • Defects Summary:
  • the blank panel issue when a user clicks on a 2nd monitor and clicks back
  • the translation issue that was occurring when the tracker library updates
  • Clicking on “Norsk” no longer defaults translations to English
  • Improvements to first-party exceptions for trackers that show up on their owners’ domains

New in Ghostery for Firefox 6.1.0 (January 13, 2017)

  • Ghostery 6.1 for Firefox includes the following new major features:
  • Pause button on Summary Panel - temporarily pause and resume blocking on any page.
  • Updated the category “Adult Content” to “Adult Advertising” to more accurately reflect the trackers in this category.
  • Copy and internationalization updates
  • Ghostery 6.1 for Firefox includes the following major defect fixes:
  • The Ghostery summary panel is no longer broken when you close and reopen Firefox with Ghostery paused.
  • Tooltips for Trust Site & Restrict Site no longer persist when you hover away from them.
  • Corrections and improvements to internal analytics.

New in Ghostery for Firefox 6.0.3 (January 13, 2017)

  • The 6.0.3 hofix fixes an issue that our users have been seeing when trying to sync their settings with the new Firefox v45.0 as well as a minor issue related to fonts:
  • Syncing Ghostery Browser Extension settings in Firefox 45.0 no longer crashes the browser.
  • Fixes an issue with the purplebox font to prevent a console error.

New in Ghostery for Firefox 6.0.2 (January 13, 2017)

  • New Features Summary:
  • Ghostery 6.0 for Firefox includes the following new major features:
  • Improved setup UI/UX for users setting up 6.0 with pre-existing settings.
  • Updated copy.
  • Updated FAQ link.
  • Updated release notifications link.
  • Improvements to the accuracy of our opt-in data sharing.
  • Improvements to internal product analytics.
  • Ghostery 6.0 for Firefox includes the following major defect fixes:
  • Fixes issue with email validation for account creation and login within the extension.
  • Fixes issue with user sign in / sign out, ensuring that users can stay signed in without being prematurely signed out.
  • Fixes issue with tracker alert bubble (purple box) so that it stays open when you open it and closed when - you close it, even when navigating from page to page.
  • Fixes issues related to extension UI interface, including defects related to overlapping text misplaced - scroll bars, and missing dismiss “x” from upgrade notification.
  • Fixes issues related to to language recognition upon install for our 22 supported languages.
  • Fixes issues related to Facebook social share where the Ghostery image was cropped incorrectly.
  • Improves the UI on the Tracker Settings Panel when a user goes to a site that can’t be scanned or that doesn’t have any trackers.

New in Ghostery for Firefox 5.4.10 (December 30, 2015)

  • Fixes issues where the options page is blank in the old Ghostery panel
  • Firefox E10S updates
  • Fixes trc.taboola.com tracker issue
  • Fixes conflict with AdBlockPlus in Firefox 43

New in Ghostery for Firefox 5.4.9 (November 10, 2015)

  • Fixes issues related to Firefox 42.

New in Ghostery for Firefox 5.4.8 (September 16, 2015)

  • Fixed bugs:
  • Fixed large icon issue happening on Firefox 40+
  • Fixed feedly.com conflict
  • Fixed FAQ link
  • New features:
  • Updated initial walkthrough

New in Ghostery for Firefox 5.4.7 (August 29, 2015)

  • Added new surrogates.
  • Fixed bugs.

New in Ghostery for Firefox 5.4.6.1 (August 18, 2015)

  • Fixes compatibility issue with other extensions

New in Ghostery for Firefox 5.4.6 (July 22, 2015)

  • Internal updates.
  • Updated copyright.

New in Ghostery for Firefox 5.4.5 (July 14, 2015)

  • Fixes issue where Ghostery would not run on Firefox for Android.

New in Ghostery for Firefox 5.4.4 (April 23, 2015)

  • Fixed bugs:
  • Reimplemented button UI to solve several toolbar button related issues.

New in Ghostery for Firefox 5.4.3 (March 5, 2015)

  • Bugs fixed:
  • Adobe Typekit surrogate

New in Ghostery for Firefox 5.4.2 (February 24, 2015)

  • New Features:
  • Add SeaMonkey support
  • INFOLine surrogate
  • Redesigned surrogate method to improve success rate
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Old Panel in Firefox translation keys
  • Fixed blocking HookLogic on Walmart.com

New in Ghostery for Firefox 5.4.2 Beta 3 (February 24, 2015)

  • Bug Fixes:
  • Settings not persisting related issues
  • XUL Panel in Firefox has wrong translation keys

New in Ghostery for Firefox 5.4.2 Beta 2 (February 24, 2015)

  • New Features:
  • SeaMonkey 2.32+ support!
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed settings getting erased on startup
  • Fixed XUL panel strings

New in Ghostery for Firefox 5.4.1 (October 17, 2014)

  • Bugs fixed:
  • Alert Bubble not displaying tracker name on some websites.
  • Ghostery icon displays in the middle of the page on some websites on Firefox for Android.
  • Ghosty size reduced when footer options present on Firefox for Android.
  • Tag filter message does not close, blocks other tag filters on Firefox for Android.

New in Ghostery for Firefox 5.4.0 (September 18, 2014)

  • New Features:
  • Rename Support and Feedback buttons
  • Add Ghostery blocking toggles on the apps pages
  • Add 9 more languages to Ghostery (Czech, Danish, Finnish, Greek, Hungarian, Norwegian, Portuguese Brazilian, Swedish, Turkish
  • Replace parseUri lib with our own processUrl everywhere
  • Changes links to gcache pages to HTTPS
  • Update firefox code signing cert to reflect rebrand
  • Ping server on install and upgrades
  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Tag selector breaks after manual db update
  • Tags do not update in browser on manual library update
  • URL parsing fails when user:password@host is present
  • Scrollbars are visible in the app browser
  • Font size using 'em' causing display issues with accessibility
  • Link to new trackers in options page does not work

New in Ghostery for Firefox 5.3.2 (July 9, 2014)

  • Fixed bug where options page would not save on Android.

New in Ghostery for Firefox 5.3.1 (June 10, 2014)

  • App tags are now part of the database
  • Ghostery now supports cross-browser settings backup
  • Better handling of first-party trackers on their "home" domains
  • More text/content attributed for click-2-play overlays
  • Databases update from CDN now
  • Tweaking the purple box text colors for improved readability
  • Improvements in Android rendering of icon and panel
  • Panel bug fix to support Firefox 31+
  • Miscellaneous changes and bug fixes

New in Ghostery for Firefox 5.3 (June 3, 2014)

  • Library totals:
  • Bugs: 1948
  • Cookies/LSOs: 743
  • New features and bug fixes:
  • App tags are now part of the database

New in Ghostery for Firefox 5.3 Beta 1 (June 3, 2014)

  • Library totals
  • Bugs: 1933
  • Cookies/LSOs: 742
  • New features and bug fixes :
  • Ghostery now supports cross-browser setting backup and exchange
  • Better handling of first-party trackers on their "home" domains
  • More text/content attributed for click-2-play overlays
  • Databases update from CDN now
  • Tweaking the purple box text colors for improved readability
  • Improvements in Android rendering for icon and panel
  • Panel bug fix to support Firefox 31+
  • Miscellaneous changes

New in Ghostery for Firefox 5.2.1 (April 28, 2014)

  • New features and bug fixes:
  • Brand new Ghosty
  • Resolved issue with top level redirects
  • Minor translation and bug fixes

New in Ghostery for Firefox 5.2.0 (April 28, 2014)

  • New features and bug fixes:
  • Tracker library updates are now on by default
  • Purple box is now in bottom right corner by default
  • Adding easier control of purple box
  • Improved exception notifications for whitelisting and pausing buttons
  • Click-to-play adjustments so it does not remove valid content
  • Improved options and walk-through for mobile devices
  • Android, Australis and SeaMonkey compatibility improvements
  • Bug fixes

New in Ghostery for Firefox 5.1.2 (March 5, 2014)

  • When switching languages the panel now displays previous findings
  • Retina images
  • XUL panel title

New in Ghostery for Firefox 5.1.1 (February 13, 2014)

  • Updated databases

New in Ghostery for Firefox 5.1.0 (January 14, 2014)

  • Translations for 11 new languages
  • Added experimental SeaMonkey support
  • Final switch over to support timestamps in library upgrade checks
  • Added hi-res images for Ghosty
  • Added "remove badge" setting
  • Re-wrote button display module
  • Bug fixes

New in Ghostery for Firefox 5.0.6 (November 28, 2013)

  • Improving page response time after page load
  • Applying whitelisting to cookies when a whitelisted site is loaded
  • Fixed a bug with Ghostery catching and blocking more than it should have

New in Ghostery for Firefox 5.0.5 (October 19, 2013)

  • Bug fixes in 5.0.5:
  • introducing a much faster matching engine
  • improved surrogate system
  • fixed tab positions in wizard and options pages
  • fixed the issues with Ghostery icon staying put on the toolbars
  • fixed Ghostery closing browser when options is saved and no pages are open
  • re-added original Ghostery shortcut (ALT + CTRL + G)
  • removed extra dot in the wizard for Firefox on Android
  • removed a bug on Android that forced re-opening of the wizard
  • correct reporting of the pages that modify hash to navigate contents

New in Ghostery for Firefox 5.0.4 (September 2, 2013)

  • Fixed errors with some of the console.log calls left in the code
  • Added access key to the walkthrough in Ghostery tools sub-menu
  • Better notification on the options page when the current tracker list is already up to date
  • Fixed non cached calls from options page to list updates
  • Updates to the older XUL based panel: wording, styling, and added site specific unblock option
  • Fixed an issue on some pages where Ghostery would cause an infinite reload
  • Adding a manual simple-storage recording
  • Different cookie starter that should resolve some bug report where Ghostery requests an addon to be disabled but continues to complain that its still there for cookie protection
  • Fixed an issue with new trackers notification where Ghostery forgets to toggle to show new trackers

New in Ghostery for Firefox 5.0.3 (August 28, 2013)

  • New features and bug fixes:
  • Issue with CPU at 100% is resolved
  • Built using addon-sdk
  • Bug fixes, UI update and performance improvements

New in Ghostery for Firefox 5.0.0 (August 3, 2013)

  • New features:
  • This and all future releases will be based on the Addon SDK (Jetpack)
  • Ghostery is now restartless
  • Ghostery (Beta) is now available for Firefox on Android
  • UI enhancements:
  • Performance improvements

New in Ghostery for Firefox 2.9.6 (July 1, 2013)

  • Supports new and old API for private browsing mode respecting its setting for GhostRank submissions
  • Options and set-up wizard language updates
  • Added support for new type of remotely supplied bug lists

New in Ghostery for Firefox 2.9.4 (April 18, 2013)

  • Corrected query string removal for tracker detection within content policy. This addresses common video players like Bloomberg's.
  • Added frame results reset. This caused a memory leak over extended periods of time.
  • GhostRank changes to make it less chatty.

New in Ghostery for Firefox 2.9.3 (March 21, 2013)

  • Ghostery prevented some links (especially from emails) from opening in Firefox without proper notification. This release addresses this issue by allowing all first party requests to complete as expected
  • Supported browsers versions bump

New in Ghostery for Firefox 2.9.2 Beta 1 (March 2, 2013)

  • Ghostery erroneously allowed certain type of content through the content policy such as CSS. This version fixes this issue.

New in Ghostery for Firefox 2.9.1 (March 2, 2013)

  • Added restart confirmation when switching to the new or old panel since its required
  • Fixed corrupted database file

New in Ghostery for Firefox 2.9.0 Beta 4 (March 2, 2013)

  • Massively improved Ghostery panel
  • More ignored schemes for faster blocking (no longer checks data, chrome, or resource URIs)
  • Miscellaneous bug fixes

New in Ghostery for Firefox 2.8.4 (January 14, 2013)

  • Fixed an issue that prevented Ghostery from operating normally in the latest Nighlies (v20+) releases of Firefox

New in Ghostery for Firefox 2.8.3 (January 14, 2013)

  • Fixed an issue in which Ghostery removed too many elements in sub-frames
  • Fixed an issue where Ghostery CSS would overwrite OS specific Firefox styles

New in Ghostery for Firefox 2.8.2 (January 14, 2013)

  • New panel UI for Ghostery
  • Fixed issue with reappearing toolbar Ghostery icon
  • Click-to-play optimization: inline replacement of common scripts like Twitter Button, Facebook Like, etc
  • Click-to-play, purple box and UI box all show the correct tracker that was acted on
  • Click-to-play now toggles cookies as well as trackers when allowing through click-to-play UI
  • Removed DOM mutation scanning

New in Ghostery for Firefox 2.8.0.2 (September 4, 2012)

  • Bug fixes in 2.8.0.2
  • Fixed an issue where Ghostery would remove extra buttons and other stuff from iframes
  • Addressed an intermittent "Unresponsive Scripts" that were triggered when Firefox would wake up from prolonged non-use.

New in Ghostery for Firefox 2.8 (September 4, 2012)

  • New features and changes in v2.8:
  • Content policy and dom scanner now comprise a single "true" reporting engine. What that means in practice is that Ghostery will attempt to produce best possible list results by combining what content policy "saw" pass through it and what dom scanner "sees" on any given page. This will also prevent failure of either part (content policy or dom scanner) from completely shutting down Ghostery.
  • Tracker priority is now in place, meaning that some of the tracker entries will now have elevated or lowered priority, with vast majority remaining "regular". The priority matters in cases where have generic matching for example: DART or OpenX and the places where a tracker is sub-tracker, for example, any privacy entry.
  • Click-to-play overlays have been introduced for Brightcove, Disqus, Intense Debate, and several social buttons
  • wizard has been modified slightly: now with arrows
  • options/wizard have indeterminate boxes for categories that are partly selected
  • Ghosty on the nav bar now behaves like Chrome release: if for any reason, the page is "unblocked" it will be gray instead of blue
  • Miscellaneous bug fixes

New in Ghostery for Firefox 2.7.2 (September 4, 2012)

  • Bug fixes in v2.7.2:
  • Resolved a bug that created a zombie compartment
  • 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.

New in Ghostery for Firefox 2.7.1 (September 4, 2012)

  • Bug fixes in v2.7.1:
  • Resolved an issue new options and walk-through not translating properly in some cases

New in Ghostery for Firefox 2.7 (September 4, 2012)

  • 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

New in Ghostery for Firefox 2.6.2 (November 29, 2011)

  • Added full German and French translations.
  • Cookie and LSO blocking selections were not being applied correctly in previous 2.6 releases.
  • Added error messages to indicate bug library manual update failures (on Ghostery's options page).
  • Blocked bugs were not shown as crossed-out in the purple alert bubble in certain cases.
  • Several bugs in the library were not getting blocked by Ghostery when they were supposed to.
  • Closing Ghostery's options page will no longer close Firefox when no other windows are open.
  • Updated file permissions for user preferences and bug lists to read/write instead of read/write/execute.
  • Fixed purple alert bubble flickering.

New in Ghostery for Firefox 2.6.0.1 (September 21, 2011)

  • Resolved an issue with tracker reset during a list update

New in Ghostery for Firefox 2.6 (September 21, 2011)

  • Added several new surrogate scripts that will be used when an original payload is blocked -- this should resolve issues with sites that appear not to work. Now providing dummy scripts for Google Analytics, Yahoo Web Analytics, Comscore, ShareThis, AddThis, Facebook Connect, Webtrends, and Omniture
  • Added company affiliations and affiliation filtering to options
  • Fixed issues with cookie monster throwing errors
  • Purple box now only loads in the tab the user is looking over
  • Whitelisting has been changed to allow Ghostery to run detection but skip blocking on a whitelisted page

New in Ghostery for Firefox 2.5.3 (September 21, 2011)

  • Added Firefox 4 customized button that could be dragged into any of the available toolbars.
  • Fixed opening Ghostery Options page from Addon Manager.
  • The number counts in all places (toolbar, options page, and update pages) is now based on the same number -- number of tracked applications.
  • Applied same auto-update behavior to cookie lists as the bug lists -- if everything is selected for blocking, all new cookies will be blocked as well.
  • Added upgrade migration script for 2.4+ upgrade to 2.5.3.
  • Uninstall of Ghostery will now remove Ghostery folder artifacts from profile directory (unless user.db file had data).

New in Ghostery for Firefox 2.5.2 (September 21, 2011)

  • Blocking layer is now optimized to use simple string matching instead of regex when possible resulting in a faster blocking operation. This resolves issues with script not responding on larger pages.
  • Re-introduced the Performance Options. While everything is on by default, user has ability to turn some of the more advanced features off speeding up Ghostery.
  • Upgrade script from 2.4 branch to v2.5 for selected trackers.
  • UI updates.

New in Ghostery for Firefox 2.5.1 (September 21, 2011)

  • Translation layer added in Ghostery v2.5 has caused some visual errors in the new options and blocking pages. This issue has been solved.

New in Ghostery for Firefox 2.5 (September 21, 2011)

  • Added cookie protection that looks for cookie transactions (add & edit) and then compares it to the LSO domain list. If a protected LSO is encountered, Ghostery will deny any change and remove the cookie. This is added through a new "experimental" cookie protection checkbox in Ghostery Options. Denied cookies are listed in the block log.
  • Options and blocking pages have been updated to use HTML instead of Firefox UI components (XUL) -- this gives us a more consistent look and feel across Firefox, Safari and Chrome. Additionally, this resolves the issue with displays being too small to see Save and Cancel buttons in Options.
  • Added redirection tracking and blocking. This resolves some of the trackers from slipping in when a page issues a 3XX redirect.
  • Added support for examining Flash (and other) sub-object requests. This allows the requests blocked but not found in DOM to be correctly reported.
  • Whitelisting has been improved to include any potential frames of a whitelisted parent site. Relaxed whitelisting to be less strict: for example, whitelisting ghostery.com will be applied to www.ghostery.com and apps.ghostery.com.
  • Groundwork was laid in for user created/maintained tracker lists. There is no UI yet as of 2.5.
  • Groundwork is laid in for user created/maintained tracker lists. This functionality is included in v2.5 branch, tho the UI hasn't been implemented yet

New in Ghostery for Firefox 2.4.2 (September 21, 2011)

  • Whitelisting for HTTPS (secure HTTP) sites has been fixed.

New in Ghostery for Firefox 2.4.1 (September 21, 2011)

  • Support for Firefox 4 includes blocking via component factory as outlined for Gecko v2 engine. This update is only necessary if you are running Firefox 4 Beta.

New in Ghostery for Firefox 2.4 (September 21, 2011)

  • Ghostery scanner has been redeveloped using DOM Worker API for a non-blocking scanning methodology. This should resolve any script unresponsive issues encountered on Ajax heavy sites like Google Images;
  • Added scanning and blocking of other embedded elements such as and
  • After an upgrade, the default bug list will be replaced with the newest one from the update package;
  • Added accessibility support for JAWS and other screen readers. Added a keyboard shortcut: Alt + G;
  • Minor styling and scripting fixes for the purple notification box;

New in Ghostery for Firefox 1.5.1 (June 11, 2009)

  • Bug Fix: Fix missing icon files

New in Ghostery for Firefox 1.5.0 (June 11, 2009)

  • Add brand new menu notification system that is activated when you click on the statusbar icon
  • Add new Ghostery menu under Tools menu.
  • Modified or added definitions for Yahoo Web Analytics, Tynt Tracer, i-stats, Snoobi, Rocket Fuel, ShinyStat, VisiStat, NedStat, Acerno, Mindset Media, GoDaddy Site Analytics', AdNexus, AlmondNet, Collective Media, eXelate, Fox Audience Network, interCLICK, NextAction, Traffic Marketplace, Turn, Real Media, etracker, Comscore VoiceFive, AddThis and Bizo.
  • Add ability to view the source of the bugs you find.
  • Remove deprecated "Suspend Ghostery" feature
  • Fixed problem with German and Spanish translations not working properly.
  • Add "Share Ghostery" to statusbar menu

New in Ghostery for Firefox 1.4.0 (May 15, 2009)

  • Extension is now code signed with author's certificate.
  • Add definitions for CoreMetrics, Magnify360, Fathom, SEO, Eloqua, PercentMobile, NetMonitor, Marketo, Demandbase, Fetchback, Lyris ClickTracks, Enquisite, eXTReme Tracker, Microsoft Analytics, Sweepery, Tell-a-Friend, Trafic (Romanian Service), SilverPop EngageB2B, Nuconomy, Bluelithium and Glam Media.
  • Add locales for German and Spanish translations.
  • Increase maxVersion supported to 3.5.*
  • Add fix for bubble not showing up if "show bubble disabled" and user clicks (left mouse button) on the status bar icon.

New in Ghostery for Firefox 1.3.9 (March 7, 2009)

  • Big performance improvement on sites with many web bugs.
  • Changed width of preference window from 400 to 450 pixels.
  • Added or refined definitions for:
  • BlogRollr
  • Casale Media
  • BlogCounter
  • WidgetBucks
  • Nooked
  • JS-Kit
  • Bzzster
  • LeadLander
  • NebuAd
  • Burst Media
  • Zango
  • FunctionalTrends
  • Media6 Degrees
  • AdKnowledge
  • Cubics
  • Mint
  • OthersOnline
  • Mediaplex
  • Twitter Badge

New in Ghostery for Firefox 1.3.1 (December 18, 2008)

  • Changed logo in about dialog to match current version.
  • Added or revised definitions for the following:
  • Kontera ContentLink
  • AdBrite
  • AdultAdWorld
  • Gunggo
  • AdultAdWorld
  • DoublePimp
  • OpenAds
  • SexInYourCity
  • Clicksor
  • HubSpot WebsiteGrader
  • Quigo AdSonar
  • Feedjit
  • BlogCatalog
  • AddThis
  • Technorati Widget
  • Alexa Traffic Rank
  • Tribal Fusion
  • Disqus
  • Six Apart Advertising
  • BlogHer Ads
  • Amazon Associates
  • Advertising.com
  • LeadBack
  • * Omniture
  • * DiggThis
  • * DoubleClick Spotlight
  • * RightMedia
  • * Yahoo Overture

New in Ghostery for Firefox 1.3 (December 11, 2008)

  • Fixed bug that caused a user not to reenable the extension after disabling it.
  • Now clicking on the status bar icon with the left mouse button allows you to toggle the extension (enabled/disabled).
  • Fixed and modified many existing definitions
  • Added definitions for Google Custom Search Engine, Google AJAX Search API, Kontera ContentLink, Skribit, SidebarAds, Rubicon, ConversionRuler, Salesforce, Sphere, Criteo, Cubics, InfoLinks, Statisfy, MSN Ads, DoubleClick, Outbrain, Google FriendConnect, Google AdSense, SpecificClick, Revenue Science, Microsoft Atlas, Dynamic Logic and Omniture.

New in Ghostery for Firefox 1.2 (December 8, 2008)

  • Add new definitions for Clicky, Dynamic Logic, Revenue Science, ShareThis, Tacoda, ChartBeat and PointRoll.
  • Refined matches for Google Analytics, Lijit, MyBlogLog, Statcounter and AddtoAny.