uBlock Origin 1.48 adds readiness status, code viewer, and other fixes

I somewhat wished that when Chrome switches to manifest v3, uBlock Origin would stop supporting Chrome and its clones.<p>Firefox is the only browser where uBlock Origin is actually working as intended, Chrome on the other hand (even in manifest v2) is blocking so many features that uBO isn&#x27;t actually able to work as a privacy and anti-malware tool. CNAME uncloaking is essential because websites can counter any filter rule by just aliasing the Google Analytics domain but Chrome doesn&#x27;t have an API for that. Instead you need a gigantic list of filter rules, one for each domain, making loading web pages slower.<p>uBO is even slower in Chrome because Chrome doesn&#x27;t allow extensions to use wasm.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;gorhill&#x2F;uBlock&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;uBlock-Origin-works-best-on-Firefox">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;gorhill&#x2F;uBlock&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;uBlock-Origin-works-b...</a>

With the Code Viewer, uBlock may (un?)intentionally win a separate war: one where pages are acting against users who open the inspector.<p>Source: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=35235732" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=35235732</a>

Unfortunately, uMatrix (the other gorhill project) has bad bugs on Firefox.<p>When you navigate to another page, it will sometimes get the host for a web request wrong, causing it to apply the wrong rules for that request. This can cause you to lose your login cookies. And since uMatrix has been discontinued, so there&#x27;s no more central repository to collect bug fixes.<p>A fork is available called nuTensor which does resolve the cookie clearing problem, but I often see hosts that are not part of the current page (they were from the page I was previously viewing) appearing on the grid.

I can not even thank the existence of this project enough!<p>the simple improvement in internet speed is well worth it, even though i do too have a pihole running.<p>Sometimes when i visits friends i barely recognize sites that i use frequently.

Does anyone know if there is a way to sync settings&#x2F;filters across multiple uBlock Origin installations? I use a ton of browsers and find the manual export&#x2F;import to be a hassle.

uBlock Origin is what makes the Internet usable.<p>I am saddened that I do not know how to best express my gratitude towards gorhill, and the filter list maintainers, for their incredibly valuable, tireless work, so &quot;Thank you, so, so much!&quot; will have to do here.<p>It&#x27;s only thanks to uBlock Origin, I believe, that my parents (of rather old age) are able to make positive use of the Internet. A world without uBlock Origin would see them drowning in an onslaught of noise, attacks, flashing attention-grabbing spam, none of which improves the quality of their lives.<p>So, thank you, thank very very much, gorhill, and the filter list maintainers!

My biggest wish ever is to get a Safari version of uBlock Origin. I know how unlikely it is and to be honest Wipr does a pretty good job blocking ads, but it&#x27;s something I think about often.

var internetExperience = uBO ? Experience.NICE : Experience.DIE_A_LITTLE_INSIDE;<p>var internetSafety = -10;<p>internetSafety += windows ? -5 : 3;<p>internetSafety += uBO ? 4 : -9;<p>internetSafety += uMatrix ? 13 : -99;

wish we can use ublock as a proxy to do a network wide adblock !

Pro tip: if you are concerned that you are spending too much time reading the internet, just uninstall ublock. You&#x27;ll be so disgusted by the current state of affairs that you&#x27;ll want to spend as little time online as possible.

This is uBlock Origin. uBlock is, sadly, a separate project.

why on earth would they add their own beautifying code viewer to the extension. this thing has become bloat city