Block Yourself from Analytics - Change Log for Chrome
- Improved Google Analytics script detection
- Improved extension icon and tooltip handling
- Added CSP for better security
- Fixed issue with website importer not checking if domain attribute exists
- small improvement for options page
- fixed a known issue with websites that use service workers
- updated minimum requirements to Chrome v63 (technical reasons)
- support for ga-lite (Google Analytics Lite)
- support for Beacon API
- fixed issue with tab switching in extension options
- code cleanup
- updated minimum requirements to Chrome v29
- fixed an issue where options page would not work if opened before extension has been initialised
- improved logger script
- extension icon will now behave a bit differently, it will not be disabled for "system" pages so you will still be able to access extension's popup menu
- moved localStorage to storage API (rewrite of extension's storage)
- changed default message for extension's icon tooltip to avoid confusion
- enabled chrome_style for options, this should make sure options have more consistent UI with Chrome
- added error logger (this will help me catch errors sooner)
- other small fixes
- minimum browser requirement is now Chrome v22
- new: added blocking for Global site tag (gtag.js)
- fix: blocked more versions of analytics java scripts
- fix: "Close" menu item wasn't being shown regardless of the settings
- updated icons
- code rewrite
- improved blocking on websites with CloudFlare's implementation of Google Analytics
- import and export functionality
- improved detection and blocking of custom or minified Analytics scripts
- tiny CSS adjustment for options page
- new: support for blocking latest Google Analytics tracking code "analytics.js", this tracking code is currently in public beta
- now blocks alternative doubleclick tracker
- fix: popup menu checkbox wasn't visible on Windows XP
- code cleanup
- new: option to always show extension icon in address bar, this will make it easier to access extension options; red block sign in icons bottom left corner will show when Analytics is blocked
- some minor UI changes in options
- added "Apply" button in options
- internal code improvements
- implemented Analytics script blocking via web request API (new in Chrome v17)
- development suspended until Chrome implements synchronous message API for content scripts
- improvement: minor HTML changes
- new: added popup with various options
- website List will from now accept:
- domain names in form: test.com or www.test.com
- domain names with * wildcard, example: *test.com will block analytics from test.com and all its subdomains
- and RegEx syntax by checking "Use RegEx" when adding website in the list, this was kept only for compatibility reasons
This change was made because old system with only RegEx syntax was too complicated for users.
- new: auto RegEx option to also include https url
- new: option "Show icon in address bar when analytics is blocked"
- new: auto escape RegEx strings