FB Purity v26.1.2 is out now. Lets you view videos in the newsfeed without video ads

FB Purity v26 now lets you bypass Facebook video ads

Whats new in F.B. Purity Version 26.1.2

F.B. Purity, the safe, free and top rated browser extension lets you clean up and customize Faceobok.

• New FBP now automatically adds a “Watch vid (no ads)” link above videos in the Newsfeed that FBP has identified as containing “interstitial” ads. Clicking the red link lets you opens the video in a new tab and plays without any interruptions by interstitial video ads. Below is a screenshot showing an example video with the “Watch vid (no ads)” link inserted.
  

  Screenshot showing FBP’s new “Watch vid (no ads)” link that shows above videos that contain interstitial ads

• Fixed hiding “Sponsored posts” and also fixed hiding “Paid Partnership” ads
• Updated the “Normalize Colored / Big Font Statuses” option
• Added “Posted a Job” newsfeed story type to the “Hide sponsored box/posts” option
• Fixed Made showing the “Set as Background” button (that appears on image pages) optional (under the “Font, Colour & Design” heading) so it can be turned on or off. It is now turned off by default as people were sometimes clicking it by accident when they wanted to click the “Share” button.
• Added “Top Picks in Marketplace” box to the hide “Marketplace” left column link option (located under the “Left Column Links” heading on the FBP options screen.
• New hide left column link option “2018 Election“
• Added hiding old “Friend Requests” and “Friend Suggestions” that started showing in the Newsfeed as newsfeed posts, to the hide “People You May Know” option.
• Fixed hide “Graphical Smileys / Emoticons” option
• Fixed hidden “wrote on wall” triangle when the hide “Graphical Smileys / Emoticons” option was turned on
• New Automatically strips out “?fbclid” tracking parameter that facebook wrong headedly adds to external links
• Fixed FBP filtering on “facebook.com/seen/” page.
• Fixed Profile images on peoples Timelines were displaying circular again despite the “Bring back square profile pics” option being turned on. This should be fixed now.
• New Some people are getting a horrendous emoji/emoticons popup above comment boxes. If you tick the hide “Graphical Smileys / Emoticons” option, as well as hiding all smileys it should also hide that bar. If you dont want to hide all smileys, but just want that bar gone, there is CSS code to hide it on the FBP CSS page
• Renamed “On This Day” hide left column link option to “Memories” as Facebook have renamed it.

Known Issue:

If you have the hide “Stories” right column link option turned on, for some people it is hiding the “Newsfeed” option instead of the “Your Story” option in the Status Update box, that lets you choose either making a post to the Newsfeed or posting as a “Story”. If this is affecting you, turn off the hide “Stories” option (located under the “Hide Right Column Links” heading on the FBP options screen. The reason this issue is occuring is because facebook is displaying the options in reverse order for some people and not others. There is a manual CSS fix for this here.

Important information regarding the “Most Recent” Feed and F.B. Purity

A lot of people have been complaining about Facebook’s Most Recent feed and FBP’s option to keep you on the “Most Recent” feed permanently, saying that the Most Recent feed is not in chronological order. This is because Facebook have attempted to redefine what “Most Recent” actually means, and to Facebook unfortunately it no longer means Chronological order. All that the FBP option “News Sort: Most Recent” does is automatically switch you back to “Most Recent” if it detects Facebook has switched your Newsfeed to “Top Stories”. FBP does have functionality for sorting the feed Chronologically, but it is not automatic, and only runs if you press the “R” key on your keyboard (R for Re-Sort), this function when initiated will sort the currently loaded posts in the Newsfeed into chronological order, if any posts load after the feed has been sorted, for instance if you scroll the page down further, then those new posts will not be in the correct order, and you will need to press the “R” key again. Other possible options for viewing posts chronologically are to try viewing the “Friends Feed”, “Friends List” feeds, and also viewing individual “Timeline” pages, as they should be sorted chronologically.

Important Information for Chrome Users of F.B. Purity

Once you have installed FB Purity for Chrome, you should from then on receive automatic updates (Chrome checks for extension updates once every 5 hours). If you don’t want to wait, and know an update is available you can force an update by turning on “Developer Mode” on the Chrome extensions management page, then clicking the “Update” button at the top of the page (make sure you don’t have any facebook tabs open, so Chrome can unload the existing version first).

 To let other Google Chrome users know that FBP is safe and a great way to clean up Facebook Please leave a 5* review for F.B. Purity in the Google Chrome Webstore

Important information for Firefox users of F.B. Purity

Firefox users who are getting the “Connection Failure” error when trying to install FBP, I have discovered the reason why this is happening. It is a known bug 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 also prevents Firefox from automatically updating FBP when new versions are released.

Important Information for Microsft Edge users of F.B. Purity

FB Purity is now available as an official Microsoft Edge extension obtainable directly from the Microsoft Edge store  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.

 To let other Microsoft Edge users know that FBP is safe and a great way to clean up Facebook Please leave a 5* review for F.B. Purity in the Microsoft Edge Store

Important Information for Opera users of F.B. Purity

The FB Purity extension for Opera is now initially installed from this site via the “Inline” install method which actually sideloads the extension from the official Opera extensions website. Once it has been installed in that manner or via the Opera extensions site itself, 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 “Update Extensions Now” button on the Opera extensions management page.

Important Information for users of the Brave Browser

FB Purity can now be easily installed in the latest release of  the Brave browser by going to the FB Purity Chrome Webstore page and clicking the “Add to Chrome” button.

All other  FBP users can update to the latest version of FB Purity by clicking the green “Install F.B. Purity” button on the FB Purity Install page on FBPURITY.COM and then following the on screen instructions.

Get FB Purity here: https://fbpurity.com

If you have any problems with or questions about FBP, please use the available help resources on this website, including the FBP User Guide, and FBP FAQ page which includes a comprehensive Troubleshooting Guide that you should follow if you have any problems.

If you wish to support FB Purity, please Donate to ensure the continuation of this project. Many heartfelt thanks to those who have generously donated! :)

Please also tell all your Facebook friends and family about FBP too, cheers!

Thanks,

Steve

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FB Purity Overview:

For those who don’t already know, FB Purity is a safe, free and top rated web browser extension for Google Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Safari and Opera . It lets you clean up the junk and customize Facebook the way you want it to be. It has many cool features, such as hiding all the ads, alerting you when friends un-friend you, letting you change the site’s colours, fonts and background image,  it lets you stay on the “Most Recent” feed permanently and lots more. FB Purity has been reviewed and highly recommended in many places including the Washington Post, CNET, PCWorld, MacWorld, GetConnected etc and has over 444,000 users worldwide.