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Facebook Purity v2.1 released today – new and improved! :)

FB Purity Script updated 2nd November 2009
Facebook Purity v2.1 Release Notes

reset show/hide mode to default when user changes facebook filter
added workaround for facebook still showing apps that you have “blocked”, script now “hides” app as well as blocking it, when you click the “block app” link
fixed bug with whitelisted apps being intercepted by the “show [...]

Facebook Purity V2.0 – Updated – Runs Even Better Than Before!

Announcing the release of v2.0 of the facebook purity script.

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The annoying thing [...]

New release of Facebook Purity now blocks friend / event / group and fan messages

I released a new version of my Facebook Purity greasemonkey script today (28th October 2009). It now has a new filter that blocks messages telling you “x became friends with y”, “x is attending an event”, “x joined a group” and “x became a fan of y” it only hides them,  you can easily click [...]

Facebook Purity Update – fixed some bugs

new release of the facebook purity greasemonkey script, for cleaning up your facebook homepage:
1.8e  26th Oct   2009  script now hides certain apps that were getting past the filter, and should also now be restricted to running on the homepage, also the blocked app message counter should work better now.
get it here: http://bit.ly/fbpure
P.S the “block app” [...]

Facebook Purity Script Updated for New version of Facebook

I’ve updated the facebook purity script to work with the latest code change at facebook, you can get the updated version here: http://bit.ly/fbpure
N.B the script seems to be working fine now, but FB seem to be caching old data, as after blocking applications using the new “block app”  function, the apps come back again if [...]

Facebook Purity Update – Added Block Application Functionality

Previously the Facebook Purity  script would just hide the 3rd party application messages from your facebook homepage. Since reading that applications added by your friends can  access your personal information even if you havent installed the app I decided to step up the protection FB Purity provides, it now adds a “Block App” link next [...]

Facebook Purity – Minor Update – Optimised the Script

Ive updated the facebook purity script again, just a minor update. Ive optimised the script a bit, so it should run more efficiently and also added a few more applications to the whitelist  ( tumblr, tweetdeck, digsby and networked blogs) have also removed livingsocial from the whitelist.
N.B If you have edited the whitelist in your [...]

Facebook Purity Update – Allows Iphone app msgs + Whitelist Functionality

A lot of people noticed that FB status updates posted from the new Facebook Iphone application, were getting blocked by the Facebook Purity script, so I’ve updated the script to fix this. At the same time i’ve built in functionality to make it easier to “whitelist” any other third party applications you like.
By default the [...]

Facebook Purity Script Updated – ( 26th August new version = 1.54e )

Guess, what… Facebook have changed their site’s code yet again, they seem to be updating their site nearly every tuesday night/wednesday morning.
I’ve update the facebook purity script to work with their changes. Re-install the script from http://bit.ly/fbpure to get the script working again. If after reinstalling it still doesnt work, try clearing your browser’s cache, [...]