I tend to associate the tweaks on the site with Tampermonkey and not uBlock Origin.
My uBlock Origin filters to remove distractions
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Re: My uBlock Origin filters to remove distractions
#92If you use uBlock Origin, did you try to submit these filters to the uBlock Annoyances[1] or EasyList Annoyances lists before starting up this project? That would help far more people that starting up yet another Annoyances list. 1. https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uAssets
These aren't just annoyances, they are core features of the sites.
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Re: My uBlock Origin filters to remove distractions
#93Arc has native support for cosmetic improvements. Those are called Boosts and you can interactively create your owns in just a few clicks, and also add custom CSS/JS if needed. I use this extensively to declutter/dedistract most websites I visit: Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, Medium, Gmail, YouTube, and so on. It's a real life-changer! See the Boosts shared by other users here: https://arc.net/boosts
I really like the vertical tabs of Arc. I have actually used Firefox vertical tabs with nested tabs in the past and I loved the worflow.
Being able to have the rabbit whole of tabs when you are going deep on some topic very self contained is awesome. When I am finish, closing the group would clean all my tabs except the ones I wanted in the first place. I miss that.
I do not use it right now because it took me some time to setup, and there was no easy way of making it declarative (as code) for sharing across devices and keeping the config for future use. I might try it again if I find a way.
In regards to Arc, I gave it a go, but I dislike some things:
- It is not open source, neither the boosts, as it appears.
- It is Chromium based. I want Firefox or others to keep having a share in the market. I don't dislike or hate google, but I do not want a company to dominate the web (might be too late?).
- Only available in macOS, iOS ?! Not sure if it is still the case.
Re: My uBlock Origin filters to remove distractions
#94If you go to Options > Filter Lists > Annoyances and check mark the following items: "AdGuard – Annoyances" "EasyList – Annoyances" "uBlock filters – Annoyances" You will get rid of 99.9% of website annoyances without affecting any main functionality of websites. I've been doing this on every fresh install of Chrome for years. Works wonders.
There really are two different version of the internet, and which one you use depends on how how well your ad blockers are configured. I was using my mom's laptop over the holidays, and it took me a minute to realize why every site I visited looked so _different_. What I quickly realised is almost every site I visited was wallpapered in ads: banners between every paragraph, sidebars full of ads, and background images…
The ads covering the whole background of some websites websites are the most outrageous thing I had the pleasure to discover recently after so much time of ad blocking. They are absolutely aggressive to your very soul.
Re: My uBlock Origin filters to remove distractions
#95Here's my filters in ublock origin for Hacker News: news.ycombinator.com##.comment:style(max-width: 70ch !important; overflow: hidden !important;) news.ycombinator.com##.c00:style(color: #3f3f3f !important;) news.ycombinator.com##.comhead:style(background: #e6e6df; font-weight: italic; color: #686868 !important;) news.ycombinator.com##.hnuser:style(background: #e6e6df; font-style: italic; color: #575757 !important;)…
I don't know you can add styles with uBlock filters. I probably still prefer to just use Stylus for better readability/debuggability, but it's good to know. Edit: BTW I think `font-weight: italic;` is a typo.
whoops! Thank you for spotting that. :)
Re: My uBlock Origin filters to remove distractions
#96If you go to Options > Filter Lists > Annoyances and check mark the following items: "AdGuard – Annoyances" "EasyList – Annoyances" "uBlock filters – Annoyances" You will get rid of 99.9% of website annoyances without affecting any main functionality of websites. I've been doing this on every fresh install of Chrome for years. Works wonders.
There really are two different version of the internet, and which one you use depends on how how well your ad blockers are configured. I was using my mom's laptop over the holidays, and it took me a minute to realize why every site I visited looked so _different_. What I quickly realised is almost every site I visited was wallpapered in ads: banners between every paragraph, sidebars full of ads, and background images…
What are people using on their phones these days for ad blocking? (iphone specifically). I absolutely cannot stand any mobile website ever- it's insanity.
Re: My uBlock Origin filters to remove distractions
#97Earlier quoted context omitted.
There really are two different version of the internet, and which one you use depends on how how well your ad blockers are configured. I was using my mom's laptop over the holidays, and it took me a minute to realize why every site I visited looked so _different_. What I quickly realised is almost every site I visited was wallpapered in ads: banners between every paragraph, sidebars full of ads, and background images…
What are people using on their phones these days for ad blocking? (iphone specifically). I absolutely cannot stand any mobile website ever- it's insanity.
I like 1Blocker [1] and Hush [2].
[1] https://apps.apple.com/us/app/1blocker-ad-blocker/id13655310...
[2] https://apps.apple.com/us/app/hush-nag-blocker/id1544743900
Re: My uBlock Origin filters to remove distractions
#98Earlier quoted context omitted.
There really are two different version of the internet, and which one you use depends on how how well your ad blockers are configured. I was using my mom's laptop over the holidays, and it took me a minute to realize why every site I visited looked so _different_. What I quickly realised is almost every site I visited was wallpapered in ads: banners between every paragraph, sidebars full of ads, and background images…
What are people using on their phones these days for ad blocking? (iphone specifically). I absolutely cannot stand any mobile website ever- it's insanity.
1Blocker has been solid for me for a couple of years now. I use it on my i-devices and Macs.
Re: My uBlock Origin filters to remove distractions
#99Arc has native support for cosmetic improvements. Those are called Boosts and you can interactively create your owns in just a few clicks, and also add custom CSS/JS if needed. I use this extensively to declutter/dedistract most websites I visit: Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, Medium, Gmail, YouTube, and so on. It's a real life-changer! See the Boosts shared by other users here: https://arc.net/boosts
Arc is the best browser UI thus far. Everything else is still stuck in the late 2000s essentially
Arc's pretty great, but I wish it had nested vertical tabs a la Orion.
Re: My uBlock Origin filters to remove distractions
#100If you go to Options > Filter Lists > Annoyances and check mark the following items: "AdGuard – Annoyances" "EasyList – Annoyances" "uBlock filters – Annoyances" You will get rid of 99.9% of website annoyances without affecting any main functionality of websites. I've been doing this on every fresh install of Chrome for years. Works wonders.
Is AdGuard better than easylist?