CatBlock v1.5.1

Hello everyone,

Today we are releasing a patch update, with important fixes:

• Block Facebook suggested posts (#120)
• Updated jQuery and jQuery UI (#130)
• Fixed not working "Report an ad" page (#126)
• Fixed not working "Block an ad" wizard (#124)
• Removed eval statements (#119)

CatBlock packages will be updated in the following extension stores soon!

Thanks for your patience :)
Tomáš & Kieran

CatBlock v1.5

Hello everyone,

This is the first release of CatBlock in 2017!

Today's update brings:

1. An overall improved design of Options page
2. CatBlock will now remember, whether it was paused or not after a browser restart
3. some couple of bug-fixes here and there..

Here's the changelog:

• Change chrome.extension.getBackgroundPage to chrome.runtime.getBackgroundPage (#118)
• Remove "Project C.A.T.S." code (#117)
• Get build info from chrome.management API (#113)
• parseURI v2 - use standardized URL constructor (#116)
• Update the i18n for Options page title (#114)
• Options page redesign (#111)
• Update libraries (#110)
• Use ES2015 classes instead of having prototype-based functions (#73)
• Refactor build script (#76)
• Pause state should use localStorage instead of sessionStorage (#100)
• Hide commands when running Setup.cmd (#109)
• All parameters are mandatory in initEvent (#102)

We'd like to remind you, that you can install CatBlock on Chrome, Opera and Firefox just by going to our homepage.

Enjoy CatBlock!
Kieran & Tomáš

CatBlock v1.4.9

Hi everyone,

This is a third build of CatBlock, which we've released today.

This version fixes one issue:

• Fixed initialization of "Project CATS" for existing users (#88, #89)

Hopefully you will enjoy CatBlock!
Tomáš and Kieran

CatBlock v1.4.8

Hello everyone,

This version fixes two Safari-specific issues listed below:

• Include js/cats.js script in BG scripts on Safari (#84, #87)
• Fixed setting width and height of a Safari popup (#85, #86)

CatBlock will be updated in Chrome Web Store, Opera Extensions Store and AMO as soon as possible!

Enjoy CatBlock :)
Tomáš and Kieran

CatBlock v1.4.7

Hello everyone,

Today we are bringing you an update to CatBlock, which contains some important fixes!

Here's the changelog:

• Added "Project CATS" mode for C.A.T.S. backers (#82)
• Enable "Project CATS" only on Chrome, Opera and Firefox (#83)
• Update jQuery to 3.1 (#72)
• Fixed bug, which has resulted in displaying more cats than intended (#37, #79)
• Fixed a regression introduced in 1.4.6, which has resulted in not replacing ads by cats (#77, #78)
• Fixed disabling Flickr channels; they were automatically enabled after a browser restart (#74, #75)
• Fixed building CatBlock for Firefox (#80)

Note: There is no 1.4.7 version of CatBlock for Safari this time, since we've discovered 2 critical issues which will be fixed in the next release.

Tomáš and Kieran

CatBlock v1.4.6

Hey everyone,

For last couple of weeks, we've been working hard making our code style unified across the codebase.

Here's the changelog:

• Name change of popover on Safari from "AdBlock" to "CatBlock" (#59)
• Drop support for Safari 5.x (#61)
• Change references to CatBlock on Safari (#62)
• Unified code style (#63)
• Fixed throwing an error when "getAttribute" property of an element is undefined (#66)
• Updated translations

We will update versions on Chrome Web Store, Opera Extensions Gallery and AMO as soon as possible.

Have a great day!
Tomáš and Kieran

CatBlock v1.4.5

Hello all!

Today we are releasing another update for CatBlock, which contains following:

• Add checks for undefined tabs, while getting info about them (#56)
• Simplified code for getting tab info in popup (#56)
• Show step for disabling extensions on Edge and Firefox (again) (#56)
• Removed function for normalizing requests (#56)
• Check for "message" and "stack" property when an error occurs (#58)

Kieran and Tomáš

CatBlock v1.4.4

Hey all,

Today we are releasing a new update to CatBlock!

This version contains following:

• Adjusted steps for Firefox and Edge on ad-report page (#53)
• Changed name from "AdBlock with CatBlock" to "CatBlock" (#54)
• Adjusted minimum versions of browsers needed for running CatBlock (#54)
• Don't show how-to hide the extension button on Firefox (#53)
• Update description of the extension (#54, #55)
• Updated translations (#53)
• Fixed detection of CatBlock on ad-report page (#53)
• Fixed using chrome.permissions on ad-report page (#53)

Have a good day :)
Kieran and Tomáš

CatBlock v1.4.3

This release contains only one fix, but an important one:

• Fixed injecting YouTube channel logic file (#52)

Have a great day!
Tomáš and Kieran

CatBlock 1.4.2

This release contains further fixes and improvements:

• Switched to asynchronous XHR throughout the code (#46)
• Updated jQuery UI library (#46)
• Fixed injecting of jQuery UI (#46)
• Fixed undoing added hiding filters within popup menu on Firefox (#46)
• Punycode library wasn't defined in Safari (#46)
• Fixed path to bandaids.js (#50)
• Moved inline CSS into .css file for an Adreport page (#48)

Thanks for using CatBlock, you rock!
Kieran and Tomáš