But as with the original version the ads were still able to be downloaded. This version used XBL to hide the ads and with this objects like Flash or Java could also be blocked. Starting with Adblock 0.4, in early 2003, the development of Adblock was taken over by rue. This was also the last stable release of Adblock. Sørensen maintained the open source project until Adblock 0.3 after which the project changed hands. It hid image ads through user-defined filters from the page but did not actually prevent them from being downloaded.
#ADBLOCK PLUS MOBILE SOFTWARE#
The original version of Adblock (0.1) was written as a side project for Firefox by Danish software developer Henrik Aasted Sørensen, a university student at the time, in 2002.
It is developed by developer Wladimir Palant's Eyeo GmbH, a German software company. Preferences dialog box of Adblock Plus showing a group of filtersģ.9.3 / July 22, 2020 19 months ago ( ) Ģ.0.6 / May 13, 2019 2 years ago ( ) ġ.6 / January 3, 2017 5 years ago ( ) ġ.3 / March 3, 2015 6 years ago ( ) ġ.2.0 / March 5, 2019 2 years ago ( ) Īdblock Plus ( ABP) is a free and open-source browser extension for content-filtering and ad blocking.