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uBlock Origin 1.53

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Re: uBlock Origin 1.53

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Post by freedomben »

brigandish wrote: post #42
venatiodecorus wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I used to use uMatrix before it ceased development, but eventually switched over to only uBlock advanced mode. Do you find it still works fine? What cases do you keep uMatrix around for?

The UI is superior, in my opinion. Better colours; much clearer about which connections are made or attempted; less interaction with typing out rules or looking at such rules. If I could get the uMatrix "skin" on top of uBlock Origin that would be great.

Yep, and uBO is low resolution compared to uMatrix. I rejoice in being able to decide whether CSS, XHR, scripts, etc should be allowed on each domain. uBO doesn't get that fine grained even in advanced mode

Re: uBlock Origin 1.53

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Post by ls612 »

saos wrote: post #111
iza wrote: post #50

Is there something significant about this release? I read the changelog but nothing really stands out to me.

Wondering the same. Will it bypass YouTube latest efforts

I think they made it a lot easier for people to keep up to date with the YT fixes. They added a feature for clicking a specially crafted URL to update a specific filter list. That will allow them to tell people who get the YT popup to “just click this link”.

Re: uBlock Origin 1.53

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Post by freedomben »

The one killer feature I hope for is feature parity with uMatrix. If advanced mode had the ability to filter based on type (CSS, XHR, script, cookie, image, media, other) it would be a glorious day!

uMatrix has completely changed how I use and experience the web, and going away from it (even to uBO) is such a big downgrade that I don't know what I'll do on the day it stops working D-:

Re: uBlock Origin 1.53

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Post by tanjtanjtanj »

SmarsJerry wrote: post #226
bluish29 wrote: post #196

Earlier quoted context omitted.

From the app store ads mainly. Omitting this fact is dishonest at best.

I think they are requiring apps on their store use ads provided by their store as well though.

They are not, as far as I can tell (as someone who is breaking this rule were it to exist)

Re: uBlock Origin 1.53

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Post by totallyhuman »

cornedor wrote: post #100
jchook wrote: post #55

Google's Chrome browser now aggressively thwarts uBlock on YouTube.com. Since Firefox is not owned by Google, uBlock still works.

Isn't this just asking for an antitrust case? There is no way I implement this for my own site.

There's already an ongoing antitrust case against Google, so they could be banking on the fact that if it fails there likely won't be enough political capital to go after them again.

Re: uBlock Origin 1.53

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Post by manonthewall »

qwertox wrote: post #179
codeflo wrote: post #48

From the “uBO works best in Firefox” page, I found this gem: > Firefox will wait for uBO to be ready before sending network requests from already opened tab(s) at browser launch. > In Chromium-based browsers, this is not the case. Tracker/advertisement payloads may find their way into already opened tabs before uBO is ready, while Firefox will properly filter these. That’s a hell of a “bug” in Chromium, that blocker…

Thanks. Good to know. Solidifies my belief that additionally using Pi-Hole can only improve things.

It helps, but it also misses a lot, it's really better to use multiple layers

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Post by fuzztester »

fuzztester wrote: post #185
flakes wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

One thing which seriously improves my experience is using the "Block element" feature on non-ads as well. Suggested videos, youtube shorts, banners, etc, all get blocked. Leaves the site much more lean and leaves less distracting visual clutter. I use this strategy on a lot of sites (which sadly includes stackoverflow lately).

How do you use the Block element feature? I looked in the uBO menu but cannot find how to do it. Can you give an overview, please?

Thanks to all who replied. I will check the suggestions out.
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