{"id":2241,"date":"2019-05-24T22:30:25","date_gmt":"2019-05-24T22:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fbpurity.com\/news\/?p=2241"},"modified":"2019-05-29T11:34:45","modified_gmt":"2019-05-29T11:34:45","slug":"fbp-v29-0-0-is-out-now-with-new-newsfeed-video-player-option-many-fixes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fbpurity.com\/news\/fbp-v29-0-0-is-out-now-with-new-newsfeed-video-player-option-many-fixes\/","title":{"rendered":"FBP v29.0.0 is out now with new Newsfeed Video Player option + many fixes"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>FBP v29.0.0 is out now with new Newsfeed Video Player option<\/h1>\n<div id=\"attachment_1791\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1791\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1791\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fbpurity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/fbp-adblocker-promo-image-300x300.png\" alt=\"F.B. Purity lets you clean up Facebook, by hiding all the ads and other junk you dont want to see.\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fbpurity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/fbp-adblocker-promo-image-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.fbpurity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/fbp-adblocker-promo-image-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.fbpurity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/fbp-adblocker-promo-image-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.fbpurity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/fbp-adblocker-promo-image.png 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1791\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">F.B. Purity lets you clean up Facebook, by hiding all the ads and other junk you dont want to see.<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>Changes in F.B. Purity v29.0.0<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong>New<\/strong> option titled &#8220;<strong>Show FBP Video Player Link<\/strong>&#8221; that adds a link to view videos in the Newsfeed via the FBP video viewer in new tab. If you are using Chrome it also adds a link to let you watch the video full screen with a single click. (This single click feature is unfortunately not available on Firefox due to a restrictive browser API) The FBP video viewer, which was previously only available for videos that contained ads, now loads much faster, and also now gives you the ability to slow down or speed up the video, and you can also choose the size of the video player. Using FBP&#8217;s video player means you can bypass the video &#8220;light box&#8221; and you will no longer get all the &#8220;Up Next&#8221; videos and other suggested videos, and the hassle of the video moving to the top right corner of the page when you scroll the page down, then going mute when you move it from the top right back to its normal postition, it also means you can keep a video playing in a background tab, while you scroll your newsfeed. Please note that in order to get this functionality working, FBP has to load a lower resolution version of the Facebook video, so some videos may appear quite blocky when viewed full screen in this manner.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Moved<\/strong> the Hide &#8220;<strong>Marketplace<\/strong>&#8221; option to the &#8220;<strong>Hide Right Column Links<\/strong>&#8221; section of the FBP options screen, as that is where the majority of Marketplace stuff is now shown.<\/li>\n<li><strong>New<\/strong> option: &#8220;<strong>Hide Animated Gifs<\/strong>&#8220;, Hides animated Gifs in comments (leaves a blank square behind where the gif would have been). Option is located in the &#8220;<strong>Font, Colour &amp; Design<\/strong>&#8221; section of the FBP options screen.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fixed<\/strong> adding &#8220;<strong>X<\/strong>&#8221; button to the &#8220;<strong>Stories<\/strong>&#8221; box when it appears in the middle column, to make it easier and more intuitive to hide.\n<p><div style=\"width: 617px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/NYDhMq3.png\" alt=\"FB Purity lets you easily hide the Facebook Stories box\" width=\"607\" height=\"423\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">FB Purity lets you easily hide the Facebook Stories box. Just click the &#8220;X&#8221; at the top right corner of the Stories box, as shown in this screenshot.<\/p><\/div><\/li>\n<li><strong>Moved: <\/strong>FBP&#8217;s existing option to hide the &#8220;<strong>Stories<\/strong>&#8221; box, has now moved\u00a0to a more prominent position below the &#8220;<strong>More Options<\/strong>&#8221; heading on the FBP options screen. This option will hide the &#8220;<strong>Stories<\/strong>&#8221; box whether its located in the central or right hand column.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fixed<\/strong> the &#8220;<strong>Hide Advertisers<\/strong>&#8221; buttons functionality on Facebook&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ads\/preferences\/?entry_product=ad_settings_screen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8220;Ad Preferences&#8221;<\/a> screen<\/li>\n<li><strong>Moved<\/strong> the &#8220;<strong>Hide Graphical Smileys \/ Emoticons<\/strong>&#8221; option to the &#8220;<strong>Font, Colour &amp; Design<\/strong>&#8221; section<\/li>\n<li><strong>Known Issue<\/strong>: The &#8220;<strong>Sort Notifications Chronologically<\/strong>&#8221; option does not work for some people, if its not working for you, for example the notifications are not showing chronologically turn the option off. If the notifications popup goes blank just after you open it, try opening it again, it should go back to normal. If not you can always click the &#8220;See All&#8221; link at the bottom of the popup, to view all your Notifications chronologically.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Reminder:\u00a0<\/strong>If you are using an old out of date browser or Safari, the &#8220;<strong>Hide Sponsored Box \/ Posts<\/strong>&#8221; option may not work for you as that option uses a newer technology that your browser&#8217;s may not support. If you have that option turned on, and <strong>Sponsored posts<\/strong> (ads) are still showing in your Newsfeed, you need to turn on a new option titled: <strong>Hide Posts from Pages that you haven&#8217;t &#8220;Liked&#8221;<\/strong> that is located under the &#8220;<strong>Link \/ Page Posts<\/strong>&#8221; heading on the FBP options screen. To learn more about this option, please read the Release Notes for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fbpurity.com\/news\/fbp-v27-6-0-out-now-adds-a-new-method-for-blocking-sponsored-posts\/\">earlier FBP release<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Important Information for Chrome Users of F.B. Purity<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Recent FBP Chrome news. FB Purity was rather abruptly removed from the Chrome Webstore recently by Google, as they wrongly claimed FBP was violating one of their policies. I and many FBP users protested against this, and we eventually got it re-listed again.<\/p>\n<p>FBP Chrome Update Process: After FB Purity for Chrome is first installed, you should from then on receive automatic updates (Chrome checks for extension updates once every 5 hours). If you don&#8217;t want to wait, and know an update is available you can force an update by turning on \u201c<strong>Developer Mode<\/strong>\u201d on the Chrome extensions management page, then clicking the \u201c<strong>Update<\/strong>\u201d button at the top of the page (make sure you don\u2019t have any facebook tabs open, so Chrome can unload the existing version first).<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0To let other Google Chrome users know that FBP is safe and a great way to clean up Facebook\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/chrome.google.com\/webstore\/detail\/fbfluffbustingpurity\/nmkinhboiljjkhaknpaeaicmdjhagpep\/reviews\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Please leave a 5* review for F.B. Purity in the Google Chrome Webstore<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Important information for Firefox users of F.B. Purity<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Once you have installed the Firefox version of FB Purity, it should auto-update itself when I release new versions. <strong>Firefox<\/strong> users who are getting the &#8220;<strong>Connection Failure<\/strong>&#8221; error when trying to install FBP should know this is a <a href=\"https:\/\/bugzilla.mozilla.org\/show_bug.cgi?id=1308251\">known bug<\/a> in Firefox that occurs if you are using Antivirus software that monitors your web browsing. The work-around, as mentioned in the FAQ is to right click on the install button, then select save, then install the extension by dragging and dropping it on to the Firefox extension management page. This Firefox bug can also prevent Firefox from automatically updating FBP when new versions are released.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Important Information for Microsft Edge users of F.B. Purity<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>FB Purity<\/strong> is now available as an official Microsoft Edge extension obtainable directly from the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/store\/productid\/9MXGZZ40KDLN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Microsoft Edge store<\/a><\/strong> If you install the official Edge FBP extension from the Microsoft Edge store, it should auto-update when new versions are released in future. Be aware however that the Microsoft Store has a slow (manual) approval process for accepting extension updates, so the new version will not show up in the Microsoft Store for a day or two after I release an extension update. Please also note FBP is now also available in the Edge Store for the new development version of Edge that is based on Chromium.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0To let other Microsoft Edge users know that FBP is safe and a great way to clean up Facebook\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/store\/productid\/9MXGZZ40KDLN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Please leave a 5* review for F.B. Purity in the Microsoft Edge Store<br \/>\n<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Important Information for Opera users of F.B. Purity<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The FB Purity extension for Opera needs to be installed via the official Opera Add-ons site, which is where the green Install F.B. Purity button will take you to. Once it has been installed from there, whenever updates to the FBP extension are uploaded and approved on the Opera extensions site (this process can take a few days after I upload an update), the version of FBP in your browser should auto-update at some point. It can sometimes be triggered by closing the browser, waiting a bit and re-opening it, there is also an &#8220;<strong>Update Extensions Now<\/strong>&#8221; button on the Opera extensions management page, which if clicked will update all your Opera extensions to the latest versions. In order for the extension to update you may need to first close any open Facebook tabs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0To let other Opera users know that FBP is safe and a great way to clean up Facebook <a href=\"https:\/\/addons.opera.com\/en\/extensions\/details\/fb-purity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Please leave a 5* review for F.B. Purity on the Opera Extensions Page<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Important Information for users of the Brave Browser<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>FB Purity<\/strong> can now be easily installed in the latest release of\u00a0 the\u00a0<strong>Brave <\/strong>browser by going to the <a href=\"https:\/\/is.gd\/fbpchrome\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">FB Purity Chrome Webstore page<\/a> and clicking the &#8220;<strong>Add to Chrome<\/strong>&#8221; button.<\/p>\n<p><strong>All other \u00a0FBP users<\/strong> can update to the latest version of FB Purity by clicking the green \u201c<strong>Install F.B. Purity<\/strong>\u201d button on the <strong><a href=\"\/\/install.fbpurity.com\/\">FB Purity Install page on FBPURITY.COM<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>and then following the on screen instructions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Get FB Purity here: <a class=\"ot-anchor aaTEdf\" dir=\"ltr\" href=\"https:\/\/fbpurity.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/fbpurity.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>If you have any problems with or questions about FBP, please\u00a0use the available help resources on this website, including the <a href=\"\/\/user-guide.fbpurity.com\/\">FBP User Guide<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/faq.fbpurity.com\/\">FBP FAQ page<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0which includes a comprehensive <strong><a href=\"\/\/www.fbpurity.com\/faq.htm#troubleshooting\">Troubleshooting Guide<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0that you should follow if you have any problems.<\/p>\n<p>If you wish to support <strong>FB Purity<\/strong>, <strong><a title=\"Donate to support the FB Purity project.\" href=\"\/\/donate.fbpurity.com\/\">please Donate<\/a><\/strong> to ensure the continuation of this project. Many heartfelt thanks to those who have generously donated! :)<\/p>\n<p>Please also tell all your Facebook friends and family about <strong>FBP<\/strong> too, cheers!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Steve FBP<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Facebook driving you crazy?\u00a0Don\u2019t get mad, <a href=\"\/\/install.fbpurity.com\/\">Get FB Purity<\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>FB Purity Overview:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For those who don\u2019t already know,\u00a0<strong><a title=\"Install FB Purity and enjoy a cleaner and user customisable Facebook\" href=\"\/\/www.fbpurity.com\/\">FB<\/a><a title=\"Install FB Purity and enjoy a cleaner and user customisable Facebook\" href=\"\/\/www.fbpurity.com\/\"> Purity<\/a><\/strong> is a safe, free and top rated web browser extension for <strong>Google Chrome<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Firefox<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Edge<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Safari, <\/strong><strong>Opera <\/strong>and<strong> Brave<\/strong>. It lets you<strong>\u00a0clean up the junk\u00a0<\/strong>and <strong>customize Facebook <\/strong>the way you want it to be. It has many cool\u00a0features,\u00a0such as <strong>hiding all the ads<\/strong>, alerting you when friends <strong>un-friend\u00a0<\/strong>you, letting you\u00a0change the site\u2019s colours, fonts and background image, \u00a0it lets you stay on the \u201c<strong>Most Recent\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0feed permanently and lots more. <strong>FB Purity<\/strong>\u00a0has been reviewed and highly recommended in many places including\u00a0the <strong>Washington Post, CNET, PCWorld, MacWorld, GetConnected etc\u00a0<\/strong>and <strong>has over 452,000 users worldwide.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FBP v29.0.0 is out now with new Newsfeed Video Player option Changes in F.B. 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