[Handycam]

Ad Blocking is broken using beta 3.

This is from http://popoholic.com , but several sites do the same thing. Ads that used to not show up at all, now show these gray boxes.

Here's a screenie with beta 2:




And the same site in beta 3:



So I have had to fall back to beta 2 for now.

[Forrest]

does it have anything to do with "Blocked Plug-ins now have a clickable placeholder image." ?

[Handycam]

Don't think so. Clicking those gray areas does nothing.

Also see http://engadget.com

The banner ad at the top appears. In beta 2, it does not (with my same blocking rules).

[Handycam]

Other things that were blocked are now not blocked. See below, the GIF ad at the top of the right column. There are many other examples.

In some cases, the new placeholders do show up. I preferred the collapsing content of beta 2, actually. I may have to to switch back to Safari for superior ad-blocking display. See these 3 examples, which looks cleanest?

Here's beta 2:



and beta 3. Look at that ad appearing for no reason:



and here's the page in Safari, using Safariblock:

[Forrest]

As far as looking the "cleanest," that's a whole different conversation. The goal of 5.5 is to work the same as 5.1 but with the new webkit.

That said, the placeholders still don't seem to be working right/as expected.

[troyb]

I wouldn't mind having a way to collapse blocked ads, it would make for a much cleaner appearance on many pages. We're trying to get back to the 5.1.3 way at the moment but we'll see what can be done here.

[gumby]

I can confirm that many ads that once were blocked no longer are in b3. Wow, what a pain!!

[Handycam]

Originally Posted by gumby

I can confirm that many ads that once were blocked no longer are in b3. Wow, what a pain!!

Yes, setting aside the discussion on how the blocked ads will appear, why are previously blocked ads appearing in beta 3?

[troyb]

I've been running around with a blocked urls list lately that is blocking pretty much everything so please, if you have example ads that aren't getting blocked please share.

[Jasko]

Where would I be able to download prior versions of OW? (ie: OW Beta2)