• YouTube Picture-in-Picture: Fixed the alignment of the Picture-in-Picture button • Custom JavaScript: Reduced memory usage in the web browser • Bypass link shorteners: Fixed a bug where App Rules were not applied before loading the URL • Fixed a bug in the macOS Safari extension popup window where the lists in the Buttons, Hidden, and Trackers tabs were no longer filtered by the search field after deleting an item from the list • Input maxlength warning: Added this option to the Firefox extension

• Stop link trackers: Fixed an incompatibility with the Litterbox extension on some sites • Stop link trackers: Fixed broken X web intent links • Stop link trackers: Remove share_id parameter on Reddit URLs • Bypass link shorteners: Bypass goo.gle links • Stop autoplaying audio and video: Ignore clicks on “Accept” buttons and top-level HTML div elements • Show native video controls: Improved on Google Photos • Hide some banners: Hide “It's better in the app” on Google Photos

• Bypass link shorteners: Added a new option “Include unclicked links” that checks all links on the page for known link shorteners, regardless of whether you click the links. This is useful in Google Search results, for example. • Bypass link shorteners: Bypass goto?url= on Google Search. • Show native video controls: Fixed on IMDb. • Show native video controls: Fixed an issue where the Substack sign-in dialog was hidden behind a video. • Show stopped window URL: If there’s no URL, show a confirmation dialog to allow or cancel window.open(). • Protect navigation: Moved the toggle to the Dangerous Options in the extension popup window.

• Bypass link shorteners: Fixed a bug introduced in version 27.1 where the destination URL failed to load if you have no redirect rules • Stop link trackers: Remove additional parameters from Amazon URLs • Stop link trackers: Fixed removal of the "si" parameter from YouTube playlist URLs

• Fixed an issue where the buttons at the top of the extension popup window were not enabled or disabled correctly after some changes • Show native video controls: Uncover the top area of the native video controls on Instagram • Show native video controls: Fixed the missing header on the apple.com iOS preview page • Stop video pausing: Renamed to “Stop media pausing” and added audio support to handle the Dithering podcast • Show stopped window URL: Show a brief popover when no URL is passed to window.open • Autoclick buttons: Fixed an issue on YouTube where a button in a same-origin iframe could get autoclicked after the specified timeout • Autoclick buttons: Fixed an issue on CNN where the bottom subscription banner close button did not get clicked • Bypass link shorteners: Fixed with maps.app.goo.gl links • Firefox: Fixed the release notes opt-out in the extension popup window

• Added a one-click command to exempt the current website from StopTheMadness Pro • App rules: Added missing support for URL port numbers • Removed “None” from the platforms popup menu of site-specific options, because it was very confusing • Bypass link shorteners: Added https://e.daily.comms.yahoo.net/click • Show native video controls: Uncover the Share sheet on YouTube • Stop autoplaying audio and video: Improved when clicking on non-video page elements • Stop video pausing: Allow the play-pause function key on the keyboard to pause the video • Stop link trackers: Removes the new "is" tracking parameter from YouTube links • Stop link trackers: Removes tracking parameters from yahoo.com links • Fixed a bug in Chrome and Firefox where the platform of site-specific options could not be edited when the platform was unknown

• Autoclick buttons: Use the Frame Domain about:blank for about:blank iframes • Autoclick buttons: No longer clicks hidden buttons on macOS • Override built-in functions: Fixed some breakage introduced in StopTheMadness Pro version 26.1 • Protect navigation: This option is now disabled by default on macOS, because it breaks scroll position restoration when navigating back on Reddit • Stop autoplaying audio and video: Improved on apnews.com on macOS

• Autoclick buttons: Fixed autoclick of buttons in same-origin iframes, such as YouTube live chat • Autoclick buttons: Include aria-label in the button selector • Autoclick buttons: Fixed a bug where Autoclick Button was not disabled in the Chrome and Firefox extension popup when the extension was disabled • Override built-in functions: Improved on CNN

• New feature: Autoclick buttons! Specify a button on a website to be clicked automatically. For example, agree to terms and conditions, reject cookies, or close a popup. • Font replacements: New option “Warn of blocked replacement.” This option, enabled by default, displays a warning when the Content Security Policy of the web page blocks your font replacement. • Font replacements: Fixed “Unset all of the website's fonts” in the Shadow DOM. • Shadow DOM: Fixed an incompatibility with the Noir extension on Cloudflare challenges. • Show native video controls: Fixed Vimeo embeds. • Stop autoplaying audio and video: Fixed a display issue on thehill.com when scrolling down the page. • Input maxlength warning: Fixed an issue where autofill could produce multiple warnings. • Stop link trackers: Remove the cvid and ocid tracking parameters from msn.com URLs. • Force popups into tabs: Fixed a bug where noopener and noreferrer could be lost. • Override built-in functions: Fixed an incompatibility with the qBittorrent WebUI. • StopTheMadness Pro now requires macOS 14 or later.

• Max volume on first video play: Improved on Instagram • Force same-site links into the same tab: Undid the fix on MSN introduced in version 25.5, because it broke the chats popup on Reddit

• Protect text selection: Fixed a YouTube issue where clicking a video could double the speed when text is selected on the page • Show native video controls: Fixed a hang on hhpanda.st • Show native video controls and Max volume on first video play: Fixed on Instagram • Show native video controls and Include loop videos: Fixed a Slack issue where the video container covered clickable buttons and links • Show native video controls and Include loop videos: Make the transparent video opaque on megamac.com • Force same-site links into the same tab: Fixed on MSN • Protect multi-line text editing: The option is now listed in alphabetical order again after the rename from Protect textareas in StopTheMadness Pro 25.4

• Renamed “Protect textareas” to “Protect multi-line text editing” • Protect text selection: Fixed an issue on YouTube with releasing the video timeline slider • Protect text selection and Show native video controls: Fixed some issues on unchained.com • Media Highlight on Page: Prevent CSS transform from hiding video controls • Protect history: Apply only to the main frame, not to iframes, which fixes an incompatibility with Cloudflare challenges • Protect vertical scrollbar: Fixed an issue on MyChart where a dialog could appear too far down the page

• Hide YouTube Shorts: Fixed on the Subscriptions page • Protect tab closing and visibility: Fixed an issue with video playback on aniwatchtv.to introduced in version 25.1 • Stop scroll to top: Minor implementation improvement • Hide Page Element and JavaScript Snippets: Fixed an issue where x.com could prevent the escape key from closing the dialog • Safari web apps: Fixed an issue where the extension popup was scrolled down when opened • Safari web apps: Fixed an issue where some error messages were not displayed in the extension popup • Open URL with: Added tooltips to the popup menu items to show the bundle identifiers of the apps

• Override built-in functions: Fixed an incompatibility with the FancyZoom image viewer on Daring Fireball • Declarative Shadow DOM: Fixed an issue with ESPN videos introduced in StopTheMadness Pro 25.1 • Stop link trackers: Handle newsletter.smartbrief.com redirects • Bypass link shorteners: Bypass r.smartbrief.com redirects

• Protect tab closing and visibility: Fixed on YouTube • The Hidden Elements and Tracking Parameters sections now have search fields • Declarative Shadow DOM: Fixed on nytimes.com • Stop video pausing: Fixed on nytimes.com • Show native video controls: Hides the non-native buttons on nytimes.com • Show native video controls: Fixed on ABC News • Stop autoplaying audio and video: Hides sticky videos on thehill.com • Hide some banners: Hides notification requests on Lifehacker

• Hide Page Element: The extension popup window now closes automatically when you toggle the button on • Hide Page Element: The “Hide” button is no longer disabled when the “Enter page domain or URL” field is empty • Protect text selection: Fixed nonfunctional Google Sheets menu items in non-Safari web browsers • Stop autoplaying audio and video: Hide fixed-position videos on abcnews.com and sfgate.com • Show native video controls: Stop ESPN from muting videos on play • Show native audio controls: Fixed an incompatibility with smzdm.com • Hide some banners: Hide subscribers.com and webpush.js notification requests • Added a warning about importing large user-installed font replacement files • Font replacements: Optimize memory usage of user-installed font replacement files

Show native video controls: Fixed a bug introduced in StopTheMadness Pro version 24.2

• Stop autoplaying audio and video: Stop autoplay after pressing the instagram.com home button • Stop autoplaying audio and video: Hide fixed-position videos on abcnews.go.com, hollywoodreporter.com, and lifehacker.com • Stop autoplaying audio and video and Show native video controls: Fixed a bug introduced in StopTheMadness Pro 22.3 where fixed-position videos were no longer hidden on deadline.com • Show native audio controls: Fixed an incompatibility with the naver.com login form • Bypass link shorteners: Handle https://www.google.com/share.google?q= links • Stop link trackers: Automatically remove the wt_mc URL tracking parameter • Fixed a bug where the StopTheMadness Scripts contextual menu item would not appear when all other custom contextual menu items were disabled • Firefox: Installing the native messaging host file automatically creates the Mozilla folder in Application Support if missing

• YouTube options: Fixed some options in macOS Safari after recent YouTube changes • Protect text selection: Fixed Google Sheets in Chrome and Firefox • Show native audio controls and Stop autoplaying audio and video: Fixed an incompatibility with the Mastodon audio player

• New website option: Stop scroll to top, which stops websites from using JavaScript to scroll the page to the top • New website option: Protect selection indicators, which along with Protect text selection stops websites from making your text selection invisible • Protect text selection: Fixed incompatibilities with selection in Bluesky, Google Maps, Google Sheets, drag in Google Calendar, and shift-click in Autodesk Tinkercad • Stop autoplaying audio and video: Stop text selection from triggering autoplay • Stop autoplaying audio and Show native audio controls: Output a console warning when AudioNode connect is invisibly stopped • Show native video controls: Fixed slideshow buttons on keurig.ca • JavaScript Snippets: Moved the Run Snippets button above the snippet selector in the HTML extension window, because the button was too close to the Remove button • Show stopped window URL: Fixed the Watch on YouTube button in YouTube embeds • Hide some banners: Fixed an issue where page elements could not be clicked behind some hidden “Sign in with Google” and “Use Google Maps in Chrome” banners • Hide some banners: Hide “Stay organized with Google Calendar in Chrome” • Copy on hover shows popover: Reworded the message to clarify which website option triggered the popover • Improved handling of migration of the Mac app from another Mac

• Show native video controls: Fixed a YouTube issue where the video was draggable • Show native video controls: Prevent YouTube from changing the volume • Show native video controls: Fixed an issue with multiple videos stacked in a tablist • Protect text selection: Protect selection mouseup events • Protect text selection and Show native video controls: Fixed an incompatibility with reveryburlingame.com • Stop autoplaying audio and video: Possible improvement when Show native video controls is enabled • Bypass link shorteners: Fixed same-site Bing and Substack redirects • Stop link trackers: Remove the rcm tracking parameters from LinkedIn URLs • Hide some banners: Hide Notix notification requests • Hover keyboard shortcuts: Fixed with elements in the Shadow DOM • In the add website sheet, changed the popup label "Enabled on platforms" to "Customize on platforms", because "Enabled" caused confusion about the purpose of the popup • Changed the website options button label "Rename" to "Edit" and switched the button order with "Remove"

• Hide page element: Improved handling of iframes • Hide some banners: Hide "Use Google Sheets in Chrome" on docs.google.com • Hide some banners: Hide push notification requests from moengage and pushnami • Hide some banners: Hide newsletter signup requests from hellobar • Reload in minutes: The timer is restarted when you interact with the web page • YouTube skip video ads: Fixed an issue where the sort comments popup would not appear • Bypass link shorteners: Fixed Substack redirects • Protect mouse movement: Disable the protection temporarily while holding the option key

• Redirects: Fixed issues in Safari introduced in versions 22.2 and 22.3 • Bypass link shorteners: Bypass AMP URLs on macOS • Hide some banners: Hide subscription notifications banners from iZooto • Show native audio controls: Fixed on sfgate.com and wmmr.com • Show native video controls: Fixed on threads.com • Stop autoplaying audio and video: Prevent close buttons from triggering playback on even more websites • YouTube video quality: Labeled the 5K option as obsolete

• Redirects: Fixed an issue in Safari introduced in version 22.2 where the tab could close with Preload Top Hit in the background • Bypass link shorteners: Bypass AMP URLs on macOS • Hide some banners: Hide subscription notifications banners from iZooto • Show native audio controls: Fixed on sfgate.com and wmmr.com • Show native video controls: Fixed on threads.com • Stop autoplaying audio and video: Prevent close buttons from triggering playback on even more websites • YouTube video quality: Labeled the 5K option as obsolete

• Redirects: Fixed redirects to custom URL schemes broken in version 22.1 • Stop autoplaying audio and video: Prevent close buttons from triggering playback • Stop link trackers: Remove dib, dib_tag and sr parameters from Amazon URLs