Experimental build using webRequest API

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It looks like the webRequest-API is not experimental anymore in the recent dev-builds of Chrome. AdBlock+ already has a experimental build that uses the new API. One Ghostery blog post stated that you are already prepared for the API - why don't share a similar experimental build? :)

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Alexei December 08, 2011 16:29

Hi Sven,

According to http://code.google.com/p/chromium/iss... , webRequest is slated for Chrome 17, which is soon!

We don't have a webRequest-enabled build all ready to go just yet. I'll update this and all related threads as soon as we have something new.

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Hi Sven, According to http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=60101 , webRequest is slated for Chrome 17, which is soon! We don't have a webRequest-enabled build all ready to go just yet. I'll update this and all related threads as soon as we have something new.

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Mike West December 11, 2011 17:05

Hi Alexei,

I'm on the Chrome team, so I can tell you with some authority that WebRequest made the branch for Chrome 17's beta. If it hasn't already hit the beta channel, it will shortly.

I can also say that we'd love you to implement webRequest, for a wide variety of reasons. Drop me a line if you have questions or find bugs: mkwst@chromium.org. I'd be happy to help or triage bugs into the right queues.

Thanks!

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- Alexei December 11, 2011 18:02
  
  Hi Mike,
  
  Thanks for reaching out! I'll let you know if anything comes up.
  
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- Mike West December 11, 2011 18:11
  
  We've gotten some good feedback from the AdBlock/AdBlock Plus developers, collected here: http://crbug.com/92761 (that's not all WebRequest, of course...). If you folks have specific concerns, WebRequest or otherwise, let me know. The privacy team very much wants extensions like Ghostery to be available and effective.
  
  One of the WebRequest engineers sits right behind me. I will happily poke him in the head for you if something's not working correctly. :) Also, depending on how you're blocking resources, the ContentSettings API (which went stable in M15 or 16...) might be relevant to your interests.
  
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- Eric P. Scott January 07, 2012 00:41
  Chrome 17 is in the beta channel now.
  
  http://googlechromereleases.blogspot....
  
  Does this mean we should expect a stable 17 on the 17th (of February)?
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- Mike West January 07, 2012 06:21
  
  Chrome, generally speaking, is on a 6 week cycle. It's reasonable to expect that 17 will go stable sometime in February, depending on how things go in beta.
  
  WebRequest did make the cut, however, so when Chrome 17 goes stable, WebRequest will be right there with it.
  
  -Mike
  
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Hi Alexei, I'm on the Chrome team, so I can tell you with some authority that WebRequest made the branch for Chrome 17's beta. If it hasn't already hit the beta channel, it will shortly. I can also say that we'd love you to implement webRequest, for a wide variety of reasons. Drop me a line if you have questions or find bugs: mkwst@chromium.org. I'd be happy to help or triage bugs into the right queues. Thanks! -Mike

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Sven Grunewaldt February 24, 2012 14:28

Anything new on this? Chrome 17 is stable now and Adblock even dropped support for blocking mechanisms other than webrequest in their development builds: https://hg.adblockplus.org/adblockplu...

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Anything new on this? Chrome 17 is stable now and Adblock even dropped support for blocking mechanisms other than webrequest in their development builds: https://hg.adblockplus.org/adblockpluschrome/rev/58fccb57e62d

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Alexei February 24, 2012 14:38

Our update is in testing. ETA is a week or two. I will update all relevant threads when it's out.

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Our update is in testing. ETA is a week or two. I will update all relevant threads when it's out.

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Sven Grunewaldt February 24, 2012 15:20

Thanks! Sorry for bugging you! :)

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- Alexei February 24, 2012 15:35
  
  It's very good to know people are looking forward to the update. Send an e-mail to alexei at ghostery dot com if you'd like a preview build.
  
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Thanks! Sorry for bugging you! :)

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Alexei March 08, 2012 23:54

Ghostery 3.0.0 is here! We've implemented Chrome's new detection/blocking technology and it looks great!

Chrome 17 and up required; Chrome 18 and up recommended.

See http://purplebox.ghostery.com/?p=1016... for more information.

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Ghostery 3.0.0 is here! We've implemented Chrome's new detection/blocking technology and it looks great! Chrome 17 and up required; Chrome 18 and up recommended. See http://purplebox.ghostery.com/?p=1016022281 for more information.

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Mike Welch March 09, 2012 13:59

You guys are great -- thanks so much for the new version! Any chance we'll see the "block new bugs by default" option any time soon? Thanks again!

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You guys are great -- thanks so much for the new version! Any chance we'll see the "block new bugs by default" option any time soon? Thanks again!

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Alexei March 09, 2012 14:12

Thanks, Mike!

Yeah, definitely. We plan on bringing over the new Categories UI options page from Firefox (along with the "block new trackers by default" setting) to Chrome in the next few updates.

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Thanks, Mike! Yeah, definitely. We plan on bringing over the new Categories UI options page from Firefox (along with the "block new trackers by default" setting) to Chrome in the next few updates.

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Alexei August 21, 2012 16:48

Ghostery 4.0.0 for Chrome, released today, comes with a block-by-default toggle, found under the Advanced tab on Ghostery's options page.

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