GlimmerBlocker

HTTP based ad blocker for Mac OS X

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GlimmerBlocker is no longer maintained and should no longer be used as web sites have migrated from using plain http to using https (i.e. encrypted) which prohibits modification by a proxy unless you resort to install custom SSL certiticates on the client.

You should use a browser extension instead.

It was made as a hobby project during 2007-2008 by Peter Speck. It features both a custom http server and http client and a Mac OS X control panel.

GlimmerBlocker did not only block requests but also allowed for adding custom css and javascript to the pages. It also allowed for modification of the page html before the browser receives the html, which made some modifications much easier than DOM based modifications.

Minor bug fix and compability improvements.

Download of YouTube movies is now able to handle European/Chinese? characters, e.g. "æblegrød.mp4".

After GlimmerBlocker is enabled (and the proxy is launched), it now waits until the http server responds to avoid having immediately automatic filter updates fail as they can try contact the http server before it's ready. Reported by Steve Lombardi.

Improved compability of URL encoding: Now uses %xx%xx%xx instead of %uXXXX as some sites doesn't support the latter.

Enhanced debug launch mode so it auto-exits the proxy (so users don't have to type ctrl-c) and provides more user-friendly instructions. Includes codesign check in proxy-app debug mode, so it's easier to find out why some users codesign fail.

Version 1.3.4 was released 2009-05-03. List of release notes.