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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 [...]
November 2nd, 2009 | Posted in facebook, facebook purity, firefox, google chrome, greasemonkey, programming | No Comments
Announcing the release of v2.0 of the facebook purity script.
October 31st, 2009 | Posted in facebook, facebook purity, firefox, google chrome, greasemonkey, programming | No Comments
I created a fan page for “facebook purity”, please join, for up to the minute news on releases and the very latest info, cheers. You can become a fan just by clicking the “Become a fan” button below, or you can visit the Facebook Purity fan page here: The Facebook Purity Page on Facebook
The annoying thing [...]
October 29th, 2009 | Posted in facebook, facebook purity | No Comments
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 [...]
October 28th, 2009 | Posted in facebook, facebook purity, firefox, google chrome, greasemonkey, programming | No Comments
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” [...]
October 26th, 2009 | Posted in facebook, facebook purity, firefox, google chrome, greasemonkey | 1 Comment
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 [...]
October 23rd, 2009 | Posted in facebook, firefox, greasemonkey, programming | No Comments
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 [...]
October 22nd, 2009 | Posted in facebook, greasemonkey, programming | No Comments
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 [...]
October 14th, 2009 | Posted in facebook, firefox, google chrome, greasemonkey, programming | 1 Comment
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 [...]
September 4th, 2009 | Posted in facebook, facebook purity, firefox, google chrome, greasemonkey, programming | 14 Comments
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, [...]
August 26th, 2009 | Posted in facebook, facebook purity, firefox, greasemonkey, programming | 4 Comments