ublock users

[Andavari]

It's not just the Adguard Annoyances List that takes care of the cookies agreement, one of the other filter subscriptions I have also blocks them - I don't know which other it is though.

[Andavari]

Finally updated it again after being stuck on the old v1.13.8 (Legacy), and this time it's not a mess using v1.14.20 - although I had to restore my settings that I previously made a backup of.

[trium]

ublock v1.14.22

 

gorhill released this

6 hours ago

 

Accepted pull requests

• Change URL for CZ/SK filters and add "sk" lang

Closed as fixed:

Chromium

• Ocsigen.org freezes when clicking links

Core

• Filter cost cumulates on endless scrolling sites (facebook) and end up being disabled until reload
• [Regression] domain= option fails to match in some rare cases
• [Japanese] Seconds on the logger page not showing issue

[trium]

ublock v1.14.24

 

gorhill released this

2 days ago

 

Emergency fix for "Cannot full support Domain restrictive Inverse type options".

I didn't look in all filter lists, but I searched in large high profile lists and I found:

• Two filters in EasyList
• One filter in EasyList China

Commits since 1.14.22:

• 384f742
• bc782be

[trium]

ublock v1.15.0

 

gorhill released this

a day ago

 

New

HTML filtering

Ability to remove DOM elements from a source document before it is parsed by the browser. The platform must support an extension API to modify the response body on the fly. Currently only Firefox 57+ allows this.

The filter syntax is similar to cosmetic filtering, except that the character ^ is used before a valid selector to denote that the filter is to be applied to the source data. Contrary to cosmetic filtering, with HTML filtering the elements matching a selector are removed from the source. Example:

twitter.com##^meta[http-equiv="refresh"]
www.google.ca##^#hplogo
boards.4chan.org##^script:has-text(7c9e3a5d51cdacfc)

Note that procedural operators are supported. Procedural operators which are senseless to use on source data will be ignored. For example, it makes no sense to use procedural operator such :matches-css(...) for HTML filtering.

Note that HTML filtering essentially brings back support for inline script tag filtering. I plan on deprecating the syntax ##script:contains(...) in favor of ##^script:has-text(...). For the time being, uBO will conveniently convert the old syntax to the new HTML filtering syntax.

Given that HTML filters are to be applied to the source data of a document, the best way to create such filters is to view-source: the document and from there analyze what should be removed. Thus the element picker won't be extended as a tool to create HTML filters.

In case it's still not clear at point: this is a big deal feature.

Sub-filter lists

Ability for filter list maintainers to force uBO to load extra filter lists from within a filter list, using an !#include directive. Example:

!#include adblock_ublock.txt

When uBO encounters the above directive inside a filter list, it tells uBO to load the extra filter list and append it to the current one. The main purpose of such directive is to allow filter list maintainers to be able to make use of uBO's extended filter syntax, without forfeiting the ABP-compatibility of their main filter list: ABP will ignore such directive since it will be seen as a mere comment.

All the details of the new directives syntax is being fleshed out at AdguardTeam/AdguardBrowserExtension#917. At this point only !#include is implemented by uBO, because it solves immediately a current issue by simplifying the work of filter list maintainers who want to make use of uBO's extended filter syntax.

Important: uBO forbids sublists which are outside the directory of the main list. Typically, filter list maintainers will just use a single file name, as seen in the example above, in which case same-origin and same directory is implicit.

Changes

Logger

The logger can now be opened in a sidebar on Firefox. Just open the side bar and "uBlock₀ -- Logger" will be available as a choice.

Given this new ability, I added the following enhancements:

• A new entry in the tab selector: "Current tab":
  • This will cause the logger to automatically filter out rows which do not belong to the currently active tab.
• The rows related to behind-the-scene scope are now always shown.
• If you close a tab while "Current tab" is selected, the resulting void rows will be automatically deleted.
• You can expand/collapse a single row by clicking on the time stamp cell.

Given that uBO's logger is unified, being able to open the logger in a sidebar means you could end up having multiple views opened for the logger: only one view will work at any given time.

Mind that there are minor visual issues which I have no control over:

• The maximum horizontal space is limited by the browser.
• Firefox: the font size is smaller than dictated in the DOM inspector view: I have no clue why, uBO's chosen font size is overridden by Firefox for some reasons.
  -Firefox: it's not possible to select text in the logger when it is embedded in a sidebar.
• If you have the logger already opened in a tab or separate window, you will have to close these for the logger-in-a-sidebar to start working. However some internal message events are lost in Firefox and as a result the logger-in-a-sidebar may take over 30 seconds to start working after you close the logger-in-a-tab or window.

Closed as fixed:

Firefox

• Not all images blocked 'Block media elements larger than' set to 0kb
• script:contains() does not work in WebExtensions
• Evaluate using the new webRequest API to filter a response body on the fly
• Ability to open the logger into the browser's sidebar

Core

• uBO's own reload button does not do a cache-invalidating reload
  • Press Ctrl while clicking to force a bypass of the browser cache.
• manualUpdateAssetFetchPeriod=0 is ignored
• Blocking meta refresh redirects (works only on Firefox 57+)
• script:inject with only negated domains cause cosmetic filtering engine to crash
• Regular expression flags in procedural cosmetic filters
• Some procedural filter chaining not work?
• Scriplet injections are Not Logged
• Scriptlet injection filters counted as cosmetic filters

 

 

[trium]

now 2 updates :-)

 

ublock v1.15.2

 

gorhill released this

8 hours ago

 

No change to the code, I just updated the filter lists packaged with the extension -- due to a bad EasyList filter being shipped with the previous package.

[trium]

ublock v1.15.4

 

gorhill released this

3 hours ago

 

Closed as fixed:

Firefox/webext

• Android Firefox corrupted downloads with uBlock on

[hazelnut]

Thanks for all the info trium

[trium]

nothing to thanks :-) my pleasure

 

ublock v1.15.6 --> especially for my species

 

gorhill released this

7 hours ago

 

Emergency fix for Firefox:

• Wrong encoding results in garbled characters on German site

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ublock v1.15.8

 

gorhill released this

8 hours ago

 

Firefox/webext:

Fixed a minor memory leak occurring as a result of injecting scriptlets (through ##script:inject(...) filters) using webRequest.filterResponseData.

Commit: c5cbf5d.

[trium]

ublock v1.15.10

 

gorhill released this

4 hours ago

 

Firefox/webext

I rolled back part of the fix for #3069: scriptlets are back to being injected using the delayed path. Using stream filtering to inject the scriptlets raised two distinct issues lately:

• Cause still unknown: #3526
• Cause identified -- but no obvious fix possible: uBlockOrigin/uAssets#1492

HTML filtering is still available, i.e. filters using the ##^ syntax are unaffected.

[trium]

ublock 1.15.12

 

gorhill released this

a day ago

 

New

Added a new advanced setting: streamScriptInjectFilters. The purpose is to tell uBO to use stream filtering to inject scriptlets where possible. Default to false. Set to true to bring back scriptlet injection through stream filtering as was the default before 1.15.10. A fix has also been added to resolve uBlockOrigin/uAssets#1492, which was the main reason to disable stream filtering-based scriptlets injection in 1.15.10.

Integration of CodeMirror in uBO's dashboard. Please do not open feature requests related to this.

Changes:

Firefox/webext

From now on, the beta version will be signed and self-hosted here. The stable version and the beta version auto-update independently of each other.

Closed as fixed:

Firefox

• HTML Filter with ^ has no effect
• Behind-the-scene websocket's not being filtered by uBO

Nightly

• Redirection to neutered scriptlet broken by forbidden redirection to data: urls

Core

• CSP error notification -> Conflicting with uBlock Origin? [from uMatrix issue tracker]
• Filters starting with * and followed by a uppercase letter are improperly parsed
• Using IPv6 address in dynamic rule
• Normalize all tab id values to integer
• Site CSP's prevent surrogates from being loaded. google-analytics on Twitter for example
• Make Ctrl + S save changes to My Filters

[trium]

ublock 1.15.14

 

gorhill released this

a day ago

 

There is no change in this version relative to 1.15.12. I was forced to bump revision number to upload again to AMO -- the proper way this time.

[trium]

ublock 1.15.16

 

gorhill released this

20 hours ago

 

Closed as fixed:

• "My Rules" tab is not displayed properly in FF RTL

[trium]

ublock v1.15.18

 

gorhill released this

a day ago

 

Closed as fixed:

• i don't can paste text with right click

[trium]

3 fly´s with one stroke

 

ublock v1.15.20

 

gorhill released this

2 days ago

 

Changes:

From now on, behind-the-scene network requests will be treated and filtered just like any other network requests. The behind-the-scene scope will be un-whitelisted when migrating to 1.15.20+ from an older version.

This will not apply to current installations of the Firefox/legacy version of uBO, as this would cause serious breakage of the browser given that uBO can see all network requests in Firefox/legacy. However for a fresh install of the Firefox/legacy version, you will have to manually add the behind-the-scene scope as a whitelist directive in the Whitelist pane.

Keep in mind I plan to drop support for Firefox/legacy once Firefox 60 ESR is released on May 7. This will remove a roadblock for simplifying uBO's code base in many areas.

---

Miscellaneous:

• Ability to visually filter out rules in the "My rules" pane in the dashboard.
• Firefox for Android: improved compatibility with the CodeMirror editor.
• Responsive design of the dashboard user interface has been improved a bit.

Closed as fixed:

Firefox

• Loading a .javascript file from a WebExtension's web_accessible_resources messes with macOS file associations

Core

• 2 included filterlists by directive are doubled

[trium]

ublock v1.15.22

 

gorhill released this

a day ago

 

Changes:

Regression introduced in version 1.15.12 with the fix to issue #3546: whitelist directives were not taken into account for filterable behind-the-scene network requests. This is now fixed.

 

[trium]

ublock v1.15.24

 

gorhill released this

a day ago

 

Changes:

Firefox only: release version of uBO on AMO is not allowed to update its resources.txt asset. This means the version shipped with the extension must be used. However, uBO compile and cache the data in resources.txt, and unless the cache is invalidated, uBO will keep using a potentially out of date version of resources.txt. This has been fixed by unconditionally invalidating the cache when a new version of uBO is detected.

Notes:

I will wait a bit before releasing in Chrome and Opera stores, to see if any regression surfaces in the Firefox version. It is easier for me to have a speedy update in AMO than it is in the Chrome store.

[trium]

ublock v1.16.0

 

gorhill released this

8 hours ago

 

New:

Added support for pre-parsing directives to filter list compiler. This allows filter list maintainers to create areas in a filter list which will be compiled only if certain conditions are met (or not met). See detailed documentation.

Changes:

The "3rd-party filters" pane in the dashboard has been renamed "Filter lists", and its look and behavior has been fine tuned.

Work has been done in the dashboard to further improve rendering on small screens.

Closed as fixed:

Chromium

• Use user style sheets on Chromium
  • User stylesheets are supported on Chromium (including Chromium-based browsers) version 66 and above.
  • Unfortunately, the API chrome.tabs.removeCSS is not currently supported, and the consequences are:
    • Toggling off the cosmetic filtering switch won't immediately reveal cosmetically removed elements on the page -- you will need to force a reload of the page.
    • This break core functionality of the DOM inspector.
  • If these consequences are a problem to you, I suggest you move to Firefox, it fully supports the insertion/removal of user stylesheets.

Firefox

• Blank pages with stream filtering + content-type header missing

Core

• Cloud synchronization bar fails to load

[trium]

ublock v1.16.2

 

gorhill released this

11 hours ago

 

Notes:

Publishing the dev build in the Chrome store has become very slow, new versions are languishing for days in "pending review" status, even when changes are trivial (meanwhile...). I consider this a hurdle to uBO development and the quick addressing of new issues/regressions. New versions of uBO on AMO become available literally minutes following submission.

uBO 1.15.24 in Opera store has been stuck in "pending approval" status since April 9th. If this situation does not resolve, I will seriously consider removing uBO from the Opera store. For Opera users, there is an Opera extension which allows installing extensions from the Chrome store if ever I end up removing uBO from the Opera store.

Closed as fixed:

Chromium builds without WebRTC

• uBO 1.16 crashes on Chromium 66 [Regression]

Chromium-based browsers

• Spurious redirect conflicts with HTTPS Everywhere

Firefox legacy

• Have behind-the-scene whitelisted for uBO/legacy

Firefox 52 ESR + uBO/webext

• Firefox 52 ESR + spoofed user agent string fools uBO into thinking cssOrigin is supported [Regression]

Firefox for Android

• Can't write any filters on Android

Firefox webext

• Insufficient escaping in patchScriptlet if streamScriptInjectFilters is enabled
  • Ability to inject scriptlets through response data filtering has been entirely removed for the time being
  • The advanced setting streamScriptInjectFilters has been removed

Core

• Text in popup panel tooltip is out of context
• Minor fixes to code (pull request from @anvakl)
• Firewall pane's save/revert not showing up when scrolled down on small screens
  • Found this myself, fixed without opening a formal issue.
• Underscore in domain name breaks whitelist editor
  • Fixed with pull request from @jspenguin2017
• Element picker text area has unreadable text

[trium]

ublock v1.16.4

 

gorhill released this

2 days ago

 

Closed as fixed:

Firefox for Android

• "Ignore generic cosmetic filters" not checked as expected with a new installation
  • Reported by a Reddit user, fixed with this commit

Core

• Pull request from @Rob--W: Clear return value of vapi.js content script [Performance]
• Element picker find twice body on website
• Added a link to uBO's official issue tracker in About pane in the dashboard

[trium]

ublock firefox legacy v1.16.4

 

gorhill released this

7 days ago

 

No changes from 1.16.2, it's just to test that all work fine for releasing new Firefox-legacy packages of uBO.

[trium]

ublock v1.16.6

 

gorhill released this 

a day ago 

 

Closed as fixed:

Firefox:

• Release versions of uBO will no longer support logger-in-the-sidebar: by design Firefox opens the sidebar with new installation of uBO and this is not a desireable behavior for uBO
  • Dev builds will still support the logger-in-the-sidebar feature.
  • I may bring it back depending on the resolution of bug 1460910
• uBO webext doesn't fill entire panel space

Core:

• uBO element picker & Stylus

[trium]

ublock v1.16.8

 

gorhill released this 

a day ago

 

No change to uBO itself.

The only change is in uBO's assets and publishing a new version of uBO package is to ensure all users get a new version of the neutered script from googletagservices.com/gpt.js -- see uBlockOrigin/uAssets@2bc9754.

[Andavari]

Since uBlock v1.16.6 Chromium build I've noticed YouTube takes forever to load images or doesn't load them at all. I don't have that issue in the very old legacy v1.13.8 for Firefox.