Steven Jay Cohen

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Ad Subtract: or GoodVibrations - The Next Generation

October 3, 2007 - 6:23am -- Steven

I am in the process of reorganizing the code for the CSS ad blocker. When I am finished, there will be 3 files. One will have all of the code additions that have been made over the last few months and it will be optimized for Safari v2 (meaning it will use display: none, block, inline, etc). The second file will have all of the same code additions and it will be optimized for Safari v3 (meaning it will use visibility: hidden, visible exclusively). The third file will be a lot smaller than the other 2. It will only go after truly annoying ads and ones that are easily identified.

Gotta keep those love Good Vibrations happening...

October 1, 2007 - 5:27am -- Steven

Due to differences in behavior between Safari v3 Beta and the Safari (WebKit) Nightly Release, the October release of Good Vibrations is being delayed. I expect that Safari v3 will go final this month once Mac OSX 10.5 is released.Until then, either continue to use last month's release or play with the beta. 

GV becomes a real community effort!

August 31, 2007 - 10:10am -- Steven

GoodVibrations is finally becoming a real community effort. Michele Balistreri and Eric Caldwell have submitted some great fixes, tweaks, and general improvements to the code. I am now hosting it as a Google Docs document. People who have submitted fixes can ask for access to the current source and tweak it directly. Google Docs gives me basic version control.

Spreading the Good Vibrations

August 7, 2007 - 7:27am -- Steven

I am amazed at how quickly GoodVibrations.css has spread. I've been contacted by helpful coders from as far off as Japan and Saudi Arabia with tweaks and fixes for this little ad blocker. This was always meant to be a community effort, and now I think there is enough momentum that it might actually happen.In addition to a few more fixes, the current beta code is being organized to make it easier to find a specific rule.

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