[Flashblock] Flashblock now with InstaBlock[TM]

[Ted Mielczarek]

It looks ok on Ubuntu, but I haven't used it heavily.  Sounds great, though!

-Ted

On 3/10/07, Philip Chee <philip.chee at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey guys,
>
> I've fixed a long standing bug 12592:
> <http://bugzilla.mozdev.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12592>
>
> As you know we've always needed a short timeout before
> swapping our placeholder in. All previous attempts
> to remove the timeout caused the browser to crash.
> However this timeout allows flash to run briefly and
> this is particularly noticable on slower machines.
> It also allows a class of very small flash that contains
> only a loadURL() command to jump to an interstitial
> advertisement (usually for a gambling or porn site).
>
> I didn't manage to remove the requirement for the
> timeout. However what I did was, as soon as we got
> hold of the flash object/embed, to null out all
> src, data and movie attributes, even before running
> the showPlaceholder() function. And then to swap
> these attributes back in when showing back the
> original flash. According to reports from testers to
> whom I emailed testing versions, this is working
> great guns and everybody is as happy as a bunch of
> clams with this "instant' blocking.
>
> So I plan to release new versions of 1.5 and 1.3 next
> week. But before I do could someone test the latest
> 1.5.unstable on linux platforms? Thanks.
>
> Cheers.
>
> Phil
>