Gibt es Gründe nicht von Safari zu Firefox zu switchen? Mindestens einen: PithHelmet (2 Cent). Diesen kleine, genial Werbeblocker möchte ich nicht mehr missen. So herrlich aufgeräumt präsentieren sich beispielsweise die Seiten des Spiegel.de.

PithHelmet gibt es jetzt in der neuen Version 2.2 (kostenloses Update für alle registrierten User, was mit den anderen ist, weiss ich nicht, aber da die Software ja eh keinen wirklichen Schutz hat, wird es wohl auch für die gelten) mit dem folgenden Änderungen:

* matching engine 35% faster
* content collapsing up to is 2-40x faster (that is not a typo)
* animated image preferences no longer add any overhead - fixes high CPU usage on sites using GIFs
* automatic version checking
* search filter in the cookie editor
* proper sorting for cookies (groups by domain)
* rule list supports find-as-you-type
* allow custom "onLoad" javascript per site
* menubar icon indicates enabled/disabled status
* better validation in the Rule Editor prevents bad settings
* custom css/javascript can be used to "theme" a web site with attached images
* automatically resolves file urls with ~ (useful for theme images)
* machete scripts now alert on incorrect file permissions
* localized for French, German and Italian
* new, optimized rule set (should be much better for users in Europe)
* fixed: focus/rename issues in the rule list
* fixed: rules were not saved properly on quit
* fixed: custom css was not applied 100% of the time
* fixed: Java/Javascript preferences were not saved reliably
* fixed: rule tester crashed on malformed url
* fixed: block referer did not work in certain cases
* fixed: occasional appearances of the "spinning pinwheel of death"