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Re: µBlock for Firefox

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Post by anon1385 »

Logmix wrote: post #49
misterdai wrote: post #6

The GitHub site also states that it's available for Chrome, Opera and Safari (not yet in the extension gallery). Chrome: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/cjpalhdlnbpafiamej... Opera: https://addons.opera.com/en-gb/extensions/details/ublock/ Safari: https://chrismatic.io/ublock Haven't tried it out myself yet but it's nice to see effort put into lowering the memory & CPU usage of such blockers.

Thanks for those links. While the earlier versions for Safari (like v0.8.2.0, found here https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/issues/117 ) work well on Safari 5, these new versions on your Safari link do not. They crash the browser during installation.

Seems to be this issue: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/issues/547

Re: µBlock for Firefox

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Post by odiroot »

whizzkid wrote: post #5

I have been using µBlock for 3 weeks now.(previously adblock plus). There is one irritating thing it has that almost makes me go back to adblock again. It is often blocking the false positives. So if developer has named one of their assets file with social media names like "twitter/facebook/etc", it blocks the file right away. Since it does not have custom configuration options for each site, you can either disable µ…

Same here. I only use it because it has lower resources consumption but it annoys me when it blocks Disqus even though I have added their domains to the white list.

Re: µBlock for Firefox

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Post by hbbio »

whizzkid wrote: post #5

I have been using µBlock for 3 weeks now.(previously adblock plus). There is one irritating thing it has that almost makes me go back to adblock again. It is often blocking the false positives. So if developer has named one of their assets file with social media names like "twitter/facebook/etc", it blocks the file right away. Since it does not have custom configuration options for each site, you can either disable µ…

Have to downvote.

You have powerful editing rules, so you could certainly tune all rules and lists to your liking: " List of your dynamic filtering rules.

Rule syntax: source destination type action. " followed by a GitHub wiki link to the doc.

Re: µBlock for Firefox

#54

Post by nexxer »

barrkel wrote: post #11

Hopefully at some point someone will do something similar for element-level blocking. A lot of my custom ABP rules are actually blocking dynamic HTML slide-ins, overlays, animated carousels, etc.

Remove it Permanently does this, adding a submenu to right-click: http://rip.mozdev.org/

Re: µBlock for Firefox

#55

Post by __Joker »

jkot wrote: post #47

Use /etc/hosts blocking if you are worried about CPU and memory. It also works on rooted Android devices.

Where do you get the filter list to modify /etc/host ? Or Is there a easier way to get the filter list from ABP or mu-block ?

Re: µBlock for Firefox

#56

Post by Beltiras »

chii wrote: post #40
Beltiras wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There's no law. I work at a newspaper. We are digitally aware and head towards a digital distribution. That means infrastructural changes and that costs money. Those advertisers pay the bills. They provide the means for us to reach you. Subscription models are (currently) not enough. I'm not trying to guilt anyone into anything but this will be a an interesting field to watch in the coming years. How will journalism…

> How will journalism fund itself and maintain some semblance of integrity? i suspect journalists can do that by asking for a larger subscription. If society truly values the work of journalists, instead of it being a conduit for advertising, then it will be paid accordingly. If not, then, yes, it's a shame, but it really means that nobody values the work of a true journalist (especially investigative journalism), an…

I find your fatalism disheartening. Aren't good things worth fighting for? Shouldn't people care?

Re: µBlock for Firefox

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Post by jon-wood »

barrkel wrote: post #11

Hopefully at some point someone will do something similar for element-level blocking. A lot of my custom ABP rules are actually blocking dynamic HTML slide-ins, overlays, animated carousels, etc.

uBlock supports this - you can right click on any element and select "Block element", which then pops up an editor allowing you to refine the CSS selector to only get the bit you want removed.

Re: µBlock for Firefox

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Post by Dosenpfand »

__Joker wrote: post #55
jkot wrote: post #47

Use /etc/hosts blocking if you are worried about CPU and memory. It also works on rooted Android devices.

Where do you get the filter list to modify /etc/host ? Or Is there a easier way to get the filter list from ABP or mu-block ?

I use this list and it works quite well: http://someonewhocares.org/hosts/

Re: µBlock for Firefox

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Post by jarcane »

whizzkid wrote: post #5

I have been using µBlock for 3 weeks now.(previously adblock plus). There is one irritating thing it has that almost makes me go back to adblock again. It is often blocking the false positives. So if developer has named one of their assets file with social media names like "twitter/facebook/etc", it blocks the file right away. Since it does not have custom configuration options for each site, you can either disable µ…

µBlock enables Fanboy's social blocking list by default. If you want your Twitter/FB buttons and so forth back, you can turn it off in the subscription options.

Re: µBlock for Firefox

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Post by james246 »

whizzkid wrote: post #5

I have been using µBlock for 3 weeks now.(previously adblock plus). There is one irritating thing it has that almost makes me go back to adblock again. It is often blocking the false positives. So if developer has named one of their assets file with social media names like "twitter/facebook/etc", it blocks the file right away. Since it does not have custom configuration options for each site, you can either disable µ…

I had this issue on Adblock too. It was down to one of the pre-installed blacklists - I can't remember which one. Try unchecking them one at a time
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