Nimi Web Cleanser 20110808 released.

Aug 8, 2011

Today latest version of Nimi Web Cleanser was released - an revision, now shields based for better adjustment.

User can change which shields should be used by default, but also can adjust those settings per webpage domain.

Some of the available shields:

Blocks check - Pattern checks DIV elements class, name and id. Those can nest other elements.
Anchors check - Pattern checks anchors target addresses.
Images check - Pattern checks images source addresses (only IMG elements). Images can be used for data submission.
Objects check - Pattern checks data information of OBJECT elements (used to embedd plugins, media files and other).
Scripts check - Pattern checks SCRIPT elements source or their content (up to 1024 characters). Those can be used to inject on page content or data submission.
Frames check - Pattern checks source address of IFRAME elements. Those can nest other elements.
Smart check - Enhances previous shields with:
- Size pattern check - for images and IFRAME elements for common sizes.
- Empty parent pattern check - checks if parent is empty after DIV removal.

added default shields configuration to settings
added smart shield, block shield, images shield, script shield, object shield, frame shield
added browserAction indication of running shields
revised code
changed to shields - modules can be toggled individually
changed icon to shield instead of soap
changed popup activation and status indication display method from pageAction to browserAction button
changed - removed domain whitelist from settings - as shields can be toggled individually per domain
changed version incrementation system from 0.0.0 to year.month.day(with optional build after dot)
temporarily removed Italian and German translation
removed detected elements statistics/count
removed detected elements whitelisting

Heuristically filters webpages of advertisements and tracking.

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