gorhill/uBlock on Hacker News

…It will report everything to the user -- including behind-the-scene network requests [2]. --- [1] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock#philosophy [2] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Behind-the-scene-netw...

comment by gorhill · 2015-05-23 · in Firefox tracking protection decreases page load time by 44%

…content on the internet. I guess you could say the same about Adblock, though, so I guess YMMV. [0] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Dynamic-filtering:-qu...

comment by plorg · 2015-05-23 · in Firefox tracking protection decreases page load time by 44%

…- FIrefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/ublock-origin/ - GitHub: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock It works well on both mobile and desktop Firefox. Less resource-intensive than Adblock Plus. Too bad mobile Chrome doesn't s

comment by yohui · 2015-05-20 · in Adblock Browser for Android

…there is uBlock's dynamic filtering which does essentially the same thing as RequestPolicy: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Dynamic-filtering:-de...

comment by gorhill · 2015-05-17 · in Mozilla's page talking about privacy has Google analytics enabled

…(chrisaljoudi) video response on the issue https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_D1TpddtVUA More here: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/issues/130#

comment by XzetaU8 · 2015-04-28 · in Ghostery and NoScript-like add-ons frequently phone home

The original author now maintains "uBlock Origin" because of this funny business (see https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/ ).

comment by meikj · 2015-04-27 · in Ghostery and NoScript-like add-ons frequently phone home

uBlock₀ uBlock Origin https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock

comment by igravious · 2015-04-27 · in Ghostery and NoScript-like add-ons frequently phone home

…(read original repo) is under active development with official Firefox version coming soon to AMO. https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock

comment by dkns · 2015-04-25 · in Maintainership transfer of uBlock: post mortem

There's always microblock: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock

comment by gamesbrainiac · 2015-03-19 · in Adblock Plus Removed from Google PlayStore (2013)

ublock https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/releases pentadactyl http://5digits.org/nightlies greasemonkey http://www.greasespot.net/ pentadactyl has a bit of learning curve to use it well. But after having using it for many years, it is the…

comment by roopeshv · 2015-03-07 · in Ask HN: What are the most useful Firefox addons?

…of a link by just clicking and dragging, just like all other text. Other addons I use are: uBlock ( https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock#firefox ) imagus ( https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/imagus/ ) self-destructing cookies (…

comment by forgotpasswd3x · 2015-03-06 · in Ask HN: What are the most useful Firefox addons?

…of both noscript and an adblocker in an (IMO) much more effective UI for selective unblocking. [0] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock [1] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Dynamic-filtering:-de...

comment by JeremyNT · 2015-03-04 · in Paul Allen finds long-lost Japanese battleship

…https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7686396 also ublock makes ABP, Ghostery & Disconnect redundant. https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/%C2%B5Block-and-other...

comment by XzetaU8 · 2015-02-24 · in Privacy is at a crossroads. Choose wisely

µBlock vs Adblock Plus vs Ghostery vs Disconnect vs No blocker https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/%C2%B5Block-and-other...

comment by XzetaU8 · 2015-02-24 · in Privacy is at a crossroads. Choose wisely

…try, it seems to use quite a bit less memory. I've also found it to block more ads by default. [1]: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock

comment by bluefinity · 2015-02-20 · in Dell XPS 13 Review

…about tracking and privacy. [1] http://www.extremetech.com/computing/199188-%C2%B5block-aims... [2] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock#philosophy

comment by slasaus · 2015-02-14 · in Fuck It, I'm Going Back to Firefox

…been ported to Firefox [2]. [1] https://blog.mozilla.org/nnethercote/2014/05/14/adblock-plus... [2] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/releases

comment by cpeterso · 2015-02-13 · in Fuck It, I'm Going Back to Firefox

If you use AdBlockPlus, you can switch to uBlock ( https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock ) to achieve better memory performance.

comment by kenrick95 · 2015-02-13 · in Fuck It, I'm Going Back to Firefox

…theguardian.tv * noop Whenever I un-break myself a site, I add the proper rules in there: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Dynamic-filtering:-de... There were 16 3rd-party root domains I found were not needed [1]. Probably…

comment by gorhill · 2015-02-09 · in µBlock dynamic filtering: default deny

…AdAway [5], which manages a custom HOSTS file for you. [1] https://www.ghostery.com/en/download [2] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/issues/524 [3] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/issues/556 [4] https://developer.chrome.com/multidevice/f…

comment by mintplant · 2015-02-09 · in µBlock dynamic filtering: default deny

…> Second column: global dynamic filtering rules > Third column: local dynamic filtering rules [1] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Dynamic-filtering:-qu...

comment by gorhill · 2015-02-08 · in µBlock dynamic filtering: default deny

…if you think it's wrong[1], but by all appearances your grudge is solely aimed at uBlock. [1] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/issues/564#issuecomment-70...

comment by gorhill · 2015-02-08 · in µBlock dynamic filtering: default deny

I believe Safari/Youtube/Flash won't block ads. But Safari/Youtube/HTML5 does. Reference: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/issues/706#issuecomment-73...

comment by gorhill · 2015-02-08 · in µBlock dynamic filtering: default deny

i've recently found µBlock to be a great alternative https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock

comment by jd3 · 2015-02-03 · in Google, Amazon, MS have paid AdBlock Plus to allow their ads to pass through

https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock

comment by emmab · 2015-02-02 · in Google, Amazon, MS have paid AdBlock Plus to allow their ads to pass through

That's odd. Both 0.8.6.0 and 0.8.5.7 work for me on FF 35. And they allow up to FF 39: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/blob/master/platform/firef...

comment by logn · 2015-02-01 · in µBlock – The Most Efficient Ad Blocker Browser Addon Focused on Performance

If it's not in the Mozilla directory, install from GitHub: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/releases It can do element hiding. Right-click any element and select "Block Element".

comment by logn · 2015-02-01 · in µBlock – The Most Efficient Ad Blocker Browser Addon Focused on Performance

…Plus -- people are being told by you that uBlock is a faster, more efficient alternative to ABP: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/%C2%B5Block-vs.-ABP:-...

comment by bhouston · 2015-01-21 · in UBlock defaults to blocking Google Analytics tracking

try installing it from here: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/releases worked for me.

comment by titolibowitz · 2015-01-20 · in µBlock for Firefox

…not be tracked by Google Analytics". (paraphrased) [3] [1] https://www.diffchecker.com/r7v1cq6x [2] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/blob/master/assets/thirdpa... [3] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/issues/564 Edit: "being" => "be"

comment by gorhill · 2015-01-20 · in UBlock defaults to blocking Google Analytics tracking

I think uBlock only injects the CSS rules needed, not 14000+ like ABP: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/issues/161#issuecomment-52...

comment by edwintorok · 2015-01-20 · in µBlock for Firefox

If you read https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/#philosophy then that's not surprising at all. Disconnect.me also blocks Google Analytics.

comment by mtmail · 2015-01-20 · in UBlock defaults to blocking Google Analytics tracking

More here: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/blob/e6707fe8b155cc92da1cb... This screws my efforts to try to optimize my site for increased traffic and to work towards longer user sessions. This hurts my website.

comment by bhouston · 2015-01-20 · in UBlock defaults to blocking Google Analytics tracking

…He might be able to workaround that limitation by hosting a stable .xpi URL on a github.io website. https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/releases/download/0.8.5.7/...

comment by cpeterso · 2015-01-20 · in µBlock for Firefox

The official XPI are here: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/releases

comment by dserodio · 2015-01-20 · in µBlock for Firefox

You can control javascript execution when enabling "advanced user" mode: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Dynamic-filtering:-qu...

comment by gorhill · 2015-01-20 · in µBlock for Firefox

…for atleast 6 months now. I really like it. I've opened a ticket on github asking for a comparison. https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/issues/554

comment by cgarvis · 2015-01-20 · in µBlock for Firefox

Here: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock#cpu The details of the benchmark (if you want to reproduce) are in the spreadsheet linked in the caption.

comment by gorhill · 2015-01-20 · in µBlock for Firefox

…not possible when relying solely on the filter lists. [1] https://www.diffchecker.com/pz6rv6lq [2] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Dynamic-filtering:-qu...

comment by gorhill · 2015-01-20 · in µBlock for Firefox

…Usually it all comes down to the filter lists, in which case I redirect to EasyList forum [1]. [0] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/issues [1] https://forums.lanik.us/viewforum.php?f=64

comment by gorhill · 2015-01-20 · in µBlock for Firefox

…So in your case it would have been a matter of un-selecting Fanboy's Social Blocking list. [1] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/commit/ce04053ae3054ff287a...

comment by gorhill · 2015-01-20 · in µBlock for Firefox

https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Firefox-version:-benc...

comment by msl09 · 2015-01-20 · in µBlock for Firefox

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

comment by anon1385 · 2015-01-20 · in µBlock for Firefox

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…

comment by Logmix · 2015-01-20 · in µBlock for Firefox

…Unfortunately these are not ported to Firefox yet. EDIT: Links to source code for both [1] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock [2] https://github.com/gorhill/uMatrix

comment by mih · 2015-01-07 · in Google Unveils a Tool to Check If Users Are Looking at Video Ads

…consequence of "blocking = theft" is the criminalisation of the inalienable right to privacy." https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock#%C2%B5block-for-chromium

comment by waxjar · 2015-01-03 · in The Pirate Bay is counting down

https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/issues/27#issuecomment-673...

comment by yoasif_ · 2015-01-02 · in Privoxy – a non-caching web proxy with advanced filtering capabilities

…browsers[2].The developer is very serious with the development and responds quickly on issues. [1] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/%C2%B5Block-vs.-ABP:-... [2] https://github.com/gorhill/uMatrix

comment by tasqa · 2015-01-01 · in Privoxy – a non-caching web proxy with advanced filtering capabilities

…efficient claims are true, it would definitely be worthwhile to switch over to that instead. [1] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/%C2%B5Block-vs.-ABP:-...

comment by jervisfm · 2014-12-28 · in Adblock Plus is probably the reason Firefox and Chrome are such memory hogs

…too much of a memory hog. Instead, I use the much leaner and faster µBlock for dynamic filtering: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/

comment by wyclif · 2014-12-28 · in Adblock Plus is probably the reason Firefox and Chrome are such memory hogs