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Re: My uBlock Origin filters to remove distractions

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Post by runjake »

mig4ng wrote: post #22
runjake wrote: post #9

If 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

I didn't know about this. Might add them to my filters, and see if mine apply there too. Thanks.

Some people here bring up some good criticisms of my comment. Perhaps it would be more focused to call your list "Distractions" or some such.

I certainly buy their stance that these are different from what are traditionally on the Annoyances lists.

Re: My uBlock Origin filters to remove distractions

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Post by mig4ng »

tiltowait wrote: post #99
imbnwa wrote: post #76

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

I didn't know Orion existed. Just tried and it is exactly what I want.

Excited to see where it goes. Hope Arc and Orion eventually decide to go open source.

Re: My uBlock Origin filters to remove distractions

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Post by tejtm »

notsylver wrote: post #13
runjake wrote: post #9

If 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.

why not both? the site pushes their features, the user filters their annoyance and we all normalize the wasted resources.

Re: My uBlock Origin filters to remove distractions

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Post by dredmorbius »

perihelions wrote: post #41

Tangentially: after you've blocked a very large number of ads and sidebars, one useful enhancement is to expand whatever text elements remain, to regain use of all that now-empty whitespace. Something like so: :xpath(//main/div):style(min-width: 80% !important) (I've been looking at going a step further for some sites, by annotating a "column-count:" [0] rule and making the screen look like a newspaper. (Narrow colum…

I'm quite the fan of various site restylings, using both uBO and Stylus.

But often just switching to Reader Mode is the faster and preferable option.

(This isn't always an option, but frequently is.)

Re: My uBlock Origin filters to remove distractions

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Post by notpushkin »

ronjouch wrote: post #80
notpushkin wrote: post #77

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Dark Reader extension does basically this (I think they either change colors or add the invert filter depending on what looks better?), but also has builtin CSS override rules for many sites. Love it.

Sure. I prefer to minimize depending on more extensions (for futureproof-ness, performance, security). These days, { uBlock Origin, Vimium } is all I need :)

That's a nice approach! I try to maintain a practical balance here, my extension list is basically: GreaseMonkey, Stylus, uBlock Origin, Consent-o-Matic, Dark Reader and maybe a couple more.

In theory, one can use uBlock0 for everything (with CSS and I think also JS injection), but userstyles and userscripts are way easier to use sometimes. And you can reimplement Dark Reader with userstyles, but you'll have to keep track of various site-specific tweaks to make it look good. (Should be possible though! Might be a cool idea for a pet project.)

But I understand the concerns with having too many extensions from too many different authors, yeah.

Re: My uBlock Origin filters to remove distractions

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Post by latexr »

eatsyourtacos wrote: post #96
robbyking wrote: post #86

Earlier 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 recommend 1Blocker. One feature that is rarely mentioned is they can also block some ads in apps and not just Safari, by using a VPN profile which filters trackers locally.

https://1blocker.com

Re: My uBlock Origin filters to remove distractions

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Post by latexr »

mig4ng wrote: post #122
tiltowait wrote: post #99

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Arc's pretty great, but I wish it had nested vertical tabs a la Orion.

I didn't know Orion existed. Just tried and it is exactly what I want. Excited to see where it goes. Hope Arc and Orion eventually decide to go open source.

> Hope Arc and Orion eventually decide to go open source.

From Orion’s FAQ:

> Is Orion open-source?

> We’re working on it! We’ve begun with some of our components and intend to open more in the future.

> Forking WebKit, porting hundreds of APIs and writing a browser app from scratch has been challenging for our small team. Properly maintaining an open-source project takes time and resources we’re short on at the moment, so if you want to contribute at this time, please consider becoming active on orionfeedback.org.

https://browser.kagi.com/faq.html#oss

Re: My uBlock Origin filters to remove distractions

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Post by kup0 »

mig4ng wrote: post #113
kup0 wrote: post #83

Using rules to completely block shorts from appearing in any YT feeds (and rules to fix the feeds so they don't look broken afterwards) has been great. YT breaks it from time to time with a UI update, but it's something I'll always use. I hate YT Shorts

Share yours on the repo via issue/PR or share them here. Thanks!

I didn't create them myself, to be clear, I originally got them from here and have adjusted over time (some comments on this thread / other similar threads discuss the changes necessary due to breakage): https://www.reddit.com/r/uBlockOrigin/comments/143mdqv/code_...

I'll come back later when at home and post the rules I currently use as I've had to manually block other things (new carousels showing up in recommended, etc)

Re: My uBlock Origin filters to remove distractions

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Post by BitwiseFool »

zo1 wrote: post #118
aendruk wrote: post #71

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I’m not very familiar with YouTube but can’t that enormous list be condensed to youtube.com###related?

Yes, you can replace it with: www.youtube.com###items > .ytd-watch-next-secondary-results-renderer.style-scope:nth-of-type(n+2) This will block the 2nd item and onwards. Note, YT seems to use display:none for behaviour and will fetch up to 160 records for every page, 20items at a time.

Admittedly, I was lazy and didn't bother to play around or experiment after I had copied it. This is a nice update.

Re: My uBlock Origin filters to remove distractions

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Post by poglet »

eatsyourtacos wrote: post #96
robbyking wrote: post #86

Earlier 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.

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