Tip: Firefox 3 and Adblock

I know it’s been a long time since the last post, but I want to fix that.  This may not be the traditional style of post that we aim to provide, but based on my recent frustration I feel its something important to share.

If you are running Firefox 3 and Adblock and have noticed the occational flash object not working anymore – Its not Firefox’s fault!  Well, not specifically at least.  Adblock on Firefox 3 is the one breaking some flash content.

Ever since Firefox 3 was released I noticed a few of the websites I frequent stopped working, and always assumed it was at the fault of 3.0 because my 2.0 worked just fine.  Testing those sites on a fresh install of FF3 had them working perfectly, though.  Switching to Adblock Plus has solved this issue.

Some of the websites that were broken…
Xbox.com – the entire front-page is flash based and none of it worked.
TWiT – the flash players didn’t show up.
Picnik – the entire app doesn’t load when Adblock is enabled.