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patrick

01 Oct, 2017 09:16 AM

Hi - Kind of a "first time user" as I've just gotten by 1.67GHz PowerBook down from the attic after a long hiatus :) This is therefore a newbie question - I apologise in advance :)

I've just installed PR3, but when I tried to install AdBlock Plus (the latest build, adblock_plus-2.9.1-an+fx+sm+tb.xpi), I'm getting the message "Adblock Plus is incompatible with TenFourFox 45.12.0". I don't have to run Adblock Plus - just wanting an adblocker that works well working under Adblock Plus.

Any suggestions would be welcome :)

Thank you, Patrick

1. Support Staff 1 Posted by Chris (chtrusch... on 01 Oct, 2017 03:37 PM

   

   Congrats to your new top-of-the-line PowerBook :-)

   Go to
   https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/adblock-plus/

   Then scroll down to the Version Information, click "see complete version history" and install an earlier version of the add-on, e.g. v2.8.2.

   Or you could pretend to be on Firefox 52 (Preferences>TenFourFox>User Agent) and see if it installs (may not work).

   BTW I use uBlock, it's considerably more light-weight than Adblock Plus, but not as easy to use.
   https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ublock-origin/

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2. 2 Posted by patrick on 01 Oct, 2017 08:33 PM

   

   Hi Chris,

   Thank you very much – will try this when I’m back home ☺.

   With Thanks,

   Patrick

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3. 3 Posted by gforwardjr on 24 Mar, 2018 02:16 PM

   

   In October 2017, Chris mentioned adblockPlus v2.8.2
   Is this still the best version for the current TFF release FPR6 (SPR 1) ?

   Chris also mentioned uBlock; Do you know which version?

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4. Support Staff 4 Posted by Chris (chtrusch... on 24 Mar, 2018 03:28 PM

   

   AdblockPlus Version 2.8.2 is the last (therefore likely best) version compatible with TenFourFox. I strongly recommend uBlock Origin over Adblock Plus, though, as it's a lot faster. Version 1.13.8 is the final version compatible with TenFourfox:

   https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ublock-origin/versions/?page=1#version-1.13.8

   Note that the upcoming version of TenFourFox will have a basic adblocker built-in so you may not even need an additional add-on for blocking ads, even though you can still use one.

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5. 5 Posted by gforwardjr on 26 Mar, 2018 11:55 AM

   

   Chris,

   I installed the uBlock Origin 1.13.8 and all is well.
   Tons of thanks for specifying the right version.

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6. 6 Posted by Andreas on 26 Dec, 2018 12:14 AM

   

   Hey Chris,

   just searched for a suitable ad-blocker for TFF FPR11 - very hard to find! Even the above mentioned uBlock 1.13.8 seems to be gone... any ideas where to get it?

   Thanks!
   Andreas

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7. Support Staff 7 Posted by Chris (chtrusch... on 26 Dec, 2018 09:39 AM

   

   Mozilla is in the process of removing all old versions of add-ons from its servers (or the links leading to them).

   You can download uBlock Origin from the developer's repository:
   https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/releases?after=1.16.16
   The last version that works with TFF is "firefox-legacy-1.16.4.4"

   We also have an archive for compatible add-ons (not quite up-to-date right now):
   https://sourceforge.net/projects/tenfourfox/files/addons/archive/

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8. 8 Posted by Andreas Kopp on 26 Dec, 2018 03:45 PM

   

   Oh, okay, so it's already a some versions later after 1.3.8, which is compatible with TFF FPR11! Nice!
   Thanks a lot!
   Andreas

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