Feed Filter

Facebook has changed the underlying data in the News Feed again, making it impossible for Feed Filter to determine the type of each post. They’ve done this several times in the past, so hopefully they’ll return things to normal soon. In the meantime, some of you may notice posts not being hidden correctly. I’m keeping an eye on it.

Thanks,
Russell

New in this version:

• Major changes to the way Facebook News Feed posts are detected and filtered.
• Added support for Firefox versions through 11.0a2.
• Added support for Songbird versions through 1.10.*.

Install version 2.3.0 here

Facebook has changed the underlying data in the News Feed again, making it impossible for Feed Filter to determine the type of each post. They’ve done this several times in the past, but they’ve always returned things to normal within a day or two. Hopefully the same will happen this time. In the meantime, some of you may notice posts not being hidden correctly.

I’m also looking into all the recent changes Facebook made to the News Feed, for possible changes to Feed Filter. More on that soon…

Thanks,
Russell

New in this version:

• Added a feature to hide “List Suggestions” in the right sidebar when viewing a friend list on the Most Recent news feed.
• Fixed some “was tagged” posts not being hidden because of a Facebook change.
• Added support for Firefox 9.0a1.

New in this version:

• Added a feature to hide the new “Ticker” in the right sidebar.
• Added support for hiding more boxes such as “Find More Friends” and “Deals” in the right sidebar.

New in this version:

• Added support for new Facebook left navigation layout. (again, after more Facebook changes)
  More info on the new navigation here: http://mashable.com/2011/08/17/facebook-left-hand-navigation/
• Added support for Firefox 7.* and 8.0a2.

New in this version:

• Added support for new Facebook left navigation layout. (see: http://mashable.com/2011/08/17/facebook-left-hand-navigation/)
• Added: “Hide is playing app”.
• Added “Hide commented on external page”.
• Added “Hide wrote a recommendation”.
• Added “Hide friends’ posts to groups”.
• Added “Hide friends’ posts to pages”.
• Added “Hide subscribed to”.
• Fixed hiding some “is at a place” posts.
• Fixed hiding “update your email address” box.
• Removed “Move applications to top” feature. (doesn’t work well with new left nav layout)
• Removed “Add helpful links” feature. (Facebook now provides these)
• Removed app links from left navigation. (click the down arrow on the orange Feed Filter toolbar button to access them now)

It looks like Facebook is changing the left navigation again, and this is causing problems for Feed Filter. I’ll look into the changes and release a new version soon.

More info:
http://mashable.com/2011/08/17/facebook-left-hand-navigation/

New in this version:

• Fixed character counter shown while typing a post.
• Fixed Docs section being hidden on group pages.
• Added compatibility with Firefox 5.* and 6.*.

New in this version:

• Fixed the Events page being hidden when events are hidden in the right sidebar.
• Fixed relationship changes not being hidden in the “Most Recent” News Feed.
• Fixed app posts not being hidden from the News Feed when the app is listed on the “Apps to link” tab.