1650504420
UBlock: an Efficient Blocker for Chromium and Firefox. Fast And Lean
uBlock Origin
An efficient blocker add-on for various browsers. Fast, potent, and lean.
uBlock Origin is NOT an "ad blocker": it is a wide-spectrum blocker -- which happens to be able to function as a mere "ad blocker". The default behavior of uBlock Origin when newly installed is to block ads, trackers and malware sites -- through EasyList, EasyPrivacy, Peter Lowe’s ad/tracking/malware servers, Online Malicious URL Blocklist, and uBlock Origin's own filter lists.
Philosophy
uBlock Origin (or uBlock₀) is not an ad blocker; it's a general-purpose blocker. uBlock Origin blocks ads through its support of the Adblock Plus filter syntax. uBlock Origin extends the syntax and is designed to work with custom rules and filters. Furthermore, advanced mode allows uBlock Origin to work in default-deny mode, which mode will cause all 3rd-party network requests to be blocked by default, unless allowed by the user.
That said, it's important to note that using a blocker is NOT theft. Don't fall for this creepy idea. The ultimate logical consequence of blocking = theft is the criminalisation of the inalienable right to privacy.
Ads, "unintrusive" or not, are just the visible portions of privacy-invading apparatus entering your browser when you visit most sites nowadays. uBlock Origin's main goal is to help users neutralize such privacy-invading apparatus — in a way that welcomes those users who don't wish to use more technical, involved means (such as uMatrix).
EasyList, EasyPrivacy, Peter Lowe's, Online Malicious URL Blocklist and uBO's own lists are enabled by default when you install uBlock Origin. Many more lists are readily available to block trackers, analytics, and more. Hosts files are also supported.
Once you install uBlock Origin, you may easily un-select any of the pre-selected filter lists if you think uBlock Origin blocks too much. For reference, Adblock Plus installs with only EasyList, ABP filters and Acceptable Ads enabled by default.
Installation
Feel free to read about the extension's required permissions.
Chromium
You can install the latest version manually, from the Chrome Web Store, or from the Opera add-ons.
There is also a development version in the Chrome Web Store if you want to test uBlock Origin with the latest changes: see uBlock Origin dev build.
It is expected that uBlock Origin is compatible with any Chromium-based browsers.
Firefox / Firefox for Android
There is also a development version if you want to test uBlock Origin with the latest changes: for installation, see Install / Firefox webext / For beta version
uBlock Origin is compatible with SeaMonkey, Pale Moon, and possibly other browsers based on Firefox: for installation, see Install / Firefox legacy.
uBO may also be installed as a Debian package:
- Firefox 56-:
apt-get install xul-ext-ublock-origin - Firefox 55+:
apt-get install webext-ublock-origin
There is no guarantee the package will be available on your specific platform -- in which case, you will have to install from Firefox Add-ons web site.
Microsoft Edge
Publisher: Nicole Rolls.
Chromium-based Edge: Stable version available in Microsoft Edge Add-ons.
Safari (macOS)
Developer: @el1t.
Development version available at https://github.com/el1t/uBlock-Safari#ublock-originfor-safari.
Warning: It is not possible for extensions like uBlock Origin to work with Safari 13+. See https://github.com/el1t/uBlock-Safari/issues/158.
Note that issues specific to the Safari fork are the responsibility of the current maintainer, I have no control over the code base of the fork.
Note for all browsers
To benefit from uBlock Origin's higher efficiency, it's advised that you don't use other content blockers at the same time (such as Adblock Plus, AdBlock). uBlock Origin will do as well or better than most popular ad blockers. Other blockers can also prevent uBlock Origin's privacy or anti-blocker-defusing features from working properly.
Deploying
Below is documentation to assist administrators in deploying uBlock Origin:
- Deploying uBlock Origin
- Firefox: Deploying uBlock Origin for Firefox with CCK2 and Group Policy (external)
- Google Chrome: Managing Google Chrome with adblocking and security (external)
Release History
See the releases pages for a history of releases and highlights for each release.
About
Free. Open source. For users by users. No donations sought.
Without the preset lists of filters, this extension is nothing. So if ever you really do want to contribute something, think about the people working hard to maintain the filter lists you are using, which were made available to use by all for free.
You can contribute by helping translate uBlock Origin on Crowdin.
Do not use uBlock Origin along with other similarly-purposed blockers.
See below for more installation options.
pronounced you-block origin (/ˈjuːˌblɒk/) — you decide what enters your browser.
BEWARE! uBlock Origin is (and has always been) COMPLETELY UNRELATED to the web site ublock.org.
Documentation
| Basic mode | Advanced-user mode |
|---|---|
| Popup user interface | A point-and-click firewall which can be configured on a per-site basis |
 . . |  Configure as you wish: picture shows 3rd-party scripts and frames blocked by default everywhere |
Visit the uBlock Origin's wiki for documentation.
For support/questions/help, there is /r/uBlockOrigin on Reddit.
Author: Gorhill
Source Code: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock
License: GPL-3.0 License
What is GEEK
Buddha Community
1603280160
Coming through with Firefox 82 – Mozilla Hacks
As October ushers in the tail-end of the year, we are pushing Firefox 82 out the door. This time around we finally enable support for the Media Session API, provide some new CSS pseudo-selector behaviours, close some security loopholes involving the Window.name property, and provide inspection for server-sent events in our developer tools.
This blog post provides merely a set of highlights; for all the details, check out the following:
Inspecting server-sent events
Server-sent events allow for an inversion of the traditional client-initiated web request model, with a server sending new data to a web page at any time by pushing messages. In this release we’ve added the ability to inspect server-sent events and their message contents using the Network Monitor.
You can go to the Network Monitor, select the file that is sending the server-sent events, and view the received messages in the Response tab on the right-hand panel.
For more information, check out our Inspecting server-sent events guide.
Web platform updates
Now let’s look at the web platform additions we’ve got in store in 82.
Media Session API
The Media Session API enables two main sets of functionality:
- First of all, it provides a way to customize media notifications. It does this by providing metadata for display by the operating system for the media your web app is playing.
- Second, it provides event handlers that the browser can use to access platform media keys such as hardware keys found on keyboards, headsets, remote controls, and software keys found in notification areas and on lock screens of mobile devices. So you can seamlessly control web-provided media via your device, even when not looking at the web page.
#developer tools #featured article #firefox #firefox releases #css #firefox #firefox 82 #firefox developer edition #firefox release #web extensions
1650504420
UBlock: an Efficient Blocker for Chromium and Firefox. Fast And Lean
uBlock Origin
An efficient blocker add-on for various browsers. Fast, potent, and lean.
uBlock Origin is NOT an "ad blocker": it is a wide-spectrum blocker -- which happens to be able to function as a mere "ad blocker". The default behavior of uBlock Origin when newly installed is to block ads, trackers and malware sites -- through EasyList, EasyPrivacy, Peter Lowe’s ad/tracking/malware servers, Online Malicious URL Blocklist, and uBlock Origin's own filter lists.
Philosophy
uBlock Origin (or uBlock₀) is not an ad blocker; it's a general-purpose blocker. uBlock Origin blocks ads through its support of the Adblock Plus filter syntax. uBlock Origin extends the syntax and is designed to work with custom rules and filters. Furthermore, advanced mode allows uBlock Origin to work in default-deny mode, which mode will cause all 3rd-party network requests to be blocked by default, unless allowed by the user.
That said, it's important to note that using a blocker is NOT theft. Don't fall for this creepy idea. The ultimate logical consequence of blocking = theft is the criminalisation of the inalienable right to privacy.
Ads, "unintrusive" or not, are just the visible portions of privacy-invading apparatus entering your browser when you visit most sites nowadays. uBlock Origin's main goal is to help users neutralize such privacy-invading apparatus — in a way that welcomes those users who don't wish to use more technical, involved means (such as uMatrix).
EasyList, EasyPrivacy, Peter Lowe's, Online Malicious URL Blocklist and uBO's own lists are enabled by default when you install uBlock Origin. Many more lists are readily available to block trackers, analytics, and more. Hosts files are also supported.
Once you install uBlock Origin, you may easily un-select any of the pre-selected filter lists if you think uBlock Origin blocks too much. For reference, Adblock Plus installs with only EasyList, ABP filters and Acceptable Ads enabled by default.
Installation
Feel free to read about the extension's required permissions.
Chromium
You can install the latest version manually, from the Chrome Web Store, or from the Opera add-ons.
There is also a development version in the Chrome Web Store if you want to test uBlock Origin with the latest changes: see uBlock Origin dev build.
It is expected that uBlock Origin is compatible with any Chromium-based browsers.
Firefox / Firefox for Android
There is also a development version if you want to test uBlock Origin with the latest changes: for installation, see Install / Firefox webext / For beta version
uBlock Origin is compatible with SeaMonkey, Pale Moon, and possibly other browsers based on Firefox: for installation, see Install / Firefox legacy.
uBO may also be installed as a Debian package:
- Firefox 56-:
apt-get install xul-ext-ublock-origin - Firefox 55+:
apt-get install webext-ublock-origin
There is no guarantee the package will be available on your specific platform -- in which case, you will have to install from Firefox Add-ons web site.
Microsoft Edge
Publisher: Nicole Rolls.
Chromium-based Edge: Stable version available in Microsoft Edge Add-ons.
Safari (macOS)
Developer: @el1t.
Development version available at https://github.com/el1t/uBlock-Safari#ublock-originfor-safari.
Warning: It is not possible for extensions like uBlock Origin to work with Safari 13+. See https://github.com/el1t/uBlock-Safari/issues/158.
Note that issues specific to the Safari fork are the responsibility of the current maintainer, I have no control over the code base of the fork.
Note for all browsers
To benefit from uBlock Origin's higher efficiency, it's advised that you don't use other content blockers at the same time (such as Adblock Plus, AdBlock). uBlock Origin will do as well or better than most popular ad blockers. Other blockers can also prevent uBlock Origin's privacy or anti-blocker-defusing features from working properly.
Deploying
Below is documentation to assist administrators in deploying uBlock Origin:
- Deploying uBlock Origin
- Firefox: Deploying uBlock Origin for Firefox with CCK2 and Group Policy (external)
- Google Chrome: Managing Google Chrome with adblocking and security (external)
Release History
See the releases pages for a history of releases and highlights for each release.
About
Free. Open source. For users by users. No donations sought.
Without the preset lists of filters, this extension is nothing. So if ever you really do want to contribute something, think about the people working hard to maintain the filter lists you are using, which were made available to use by all for free.
You can contribute by helping translate uBlock Origin on Crowdin.
Do not use uBlock Origin along with other similarly-purposed blockers.
See below for more installation options.
pronounced you-block origin (/ˈjuːˌblɒk/) — you decide what enters your browser.
BEWARE! uBlock Origin is (and has always been) COMPLETELY UNRELATED to the web site ublock.org.
Documentation
| Basic mode | Advanced-user mode |
|---|---|
| Popup user interface | A point-and-click firewall which can be configured on a per-site basis |
. . | Configure as you wish: picture shows 3rd-party scripts and frames blocked by default everywhere |
Visit the uBlock Origin's wiki for documentation.
For support/questions/help, there is /r/uBlockOrigin on Reddit.
Author: Gorhill
Source Code: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock
License: GPL-3.0 License
1591349100
Debugging Variables With Watchpoints in Firefox 72
The Firefox Devtools team, along with our community of code contributors, have been working hard to pack Firefox 72 full of improvements. This post introduces the watchpoints feature that’s available right now in Firefox Developer Edition! Keep reading to get up to speed on watchpoints and how to use them.
#debugging #developer tools #featured article #firefox #firefox releases #breakpoints #debugger #debugger for firefox #firefox devtools #firefox visual studio code extension #watchpoints
1601049600
Firefox 81 Release Kills High-Severity Code-Execution Bugs
Mozilla patched high-severity vulnerabilities with the release of Firefox 81 and Firefox ESR 78.3, including several that could be exploited to run arbitrary code.
Two severe bugs (CVE-2020-15674 and CVE-2020-15673) are errors in the browser’s memory-safety protections, which prevent memory access issues like buffer overflows. CVE-2020-15674 was reported in Firefox 80, while CVE-2020-15673 was reported in Firefox 80 and Firefox ESR 78.2. Firefox ESR (Extended Support Release) is a Firefox version that’s based on an official release for desktop, for use by organizations who need extended support for mass deployments.
“Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption, and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited to run arbitrary code,” according to a Mozilla Foundation security advisory, released on Tuesday.
#vulnerabilities #web security #buffer error #cve-2020-15673 #cve-2020-15674 #cve-2020-15675 #firefox #firefox 80 #firefox 81 #firefox esr 78.3 #memory safety #mozilla #mozilla foundation #use-after-free #vulnerability #webgl
1623060180
Looking fine with Firefox 89
While we’re sitting here feeling a bit frumpy after a year with reduced activity, Firefox 89 has smartened up and brings with it a slimmed down, slightly more minimalist interface.
Along with this new look, we get some great styling features including a force-colors feature for media queries and better control over how fonts are displayed. The long awaited [top-level ](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Operators/await#top-level-await)await keyword for JavaScript modules is now enabled, as well as the PerformanceEventTiming interface, which is another addition to the performance suite of APIs: 89 really has been working out!
This blog post provides merely a set of highlights; for all the details, check out the following:
forced-colors media feature
The forced-colors CSS media feature detects if a user agent restricts the color palette used on a web page. For instance Windows has a High Contrast mode. If it’s turned on, using forced-colors: active within a CSS media query would apply the styles nested inside.
In this example we have a .button class that declares a box-shadow property, giving any HTML element using that class a nice drop-shadow.
If forced-colors mode is active, this shadow would not be rendered, so instead we’re declaring a border to make up for the shadow loss:
.button {
border: 0;
padding: 10px;
box-shadow: -2px -2px 5px gray, 2px 2px 5px gray;
}
@media (forced-colors: active) {
.button {
/* Use a border instead, since box-shadow is forced to 'none' in forced-colors mode */
border: 2px ButtonText solid;
}
}
Better control for displayed fonts
Firefox 89 brings with it the line-gap-override, ascent-override and descent-override CSS properties. These allow developers more control over how fonts are displayed. The following snippet shows just how useful these properties are when using a local fallback font:
@font-face {
font-family: web-font;
src: url("<https://example.com/font.woff>");
}
@font-face {
font-family: local-font;
src: local(Local Font);
ascent-override: 90%;
descent-override: 110%;
line-gap-override: 120%;
}
These new properties help to reduce layout shift when fonts are loading, as developers can better match the intricacies of a local font with a web font. They work alongside the size-adjust property which is currently behind a preference in Firefox 89.
Top-level await
If you’ve been writing JavaScript over the past few years you’ve more than likely become familiar with async functions. Now the await keyword, usually confined to use within an async function, has been given independence and allowed to go it alone. As long as it stays within modules that is.
In short, this means JavaScript modules that have child modules using top level await wait for that child to execute before they themselves run. All while not blocking other child modules from loading.
Here is a very small example of a module using the >a href=”https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Fetch_API”>Fetch API and specifying await within the export statement. Any modules that include this will wait for the fetch to resolve before running any code.
#featured article #firefox #firefox releases #mdn #css #firefox