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@ArchiveX
Add this rule to your personal AdBlocker (adguard or ublock for example)

Code:

google.com###gb > div.gb_vd.gb_9a.gb_kd > div:nth-child(3) > iframe

PS : i use google.com, if you're using other terminaison maybe you have to change-it

 

O.K.
Thanks!!!

 

Element picker.

 

ublock itself has rules against this, in special for reddit as example. check your used lists and adjust!

 

OK, sometime today uBO updated internally to 1.52.2. So now I am modern in Firefox.

 

My mistake, it was in fact caused by my own user made filters, and apparently I didn't disable them correctly. I have now removed those filters and it works again. But this brings up another point, how to know which filter is causing the problem? Because now I had to remove ALL filters related to the AD website. Would be cool if uBlock could show you this info.

It's true that sometimes uBlock and Vivaldi's adblocker might interfere with each other, but that's why I try to avoid using them at the same time.

 

Disabling your own filters for a specific website, one by one, or disabling all and then enabling one by one, would be two options to find out which filter is causing a problem. If you don't have too many filter rules for a specific website, it is not that hard to do.

 

By looking into the logger and filtering for blocked requests it's usually pretty easy to find the culprit.

 

I fully agree with the advice from Summerheat in message #7633. Reading and understanding the log will benefit the relevance of postings in this thread.

 

have been advised so many times, see the result: none.
there are so many recommendations added to the common lists in ublock.
disabling the common lists is stupid.

 

Indeed, like talking to a wall!

 

Oh yes, I guess I should train myself to learn a bit more about this. The problem is that it's not exactly that easy to use and to figure out.

What do you mean with common lists, you are not making any sense. How is this related to my problem that I encountered? Again, my advice is to think before you speak/write.

 

Yes that's the problem, because in this particular case I had quite a few entries for AD, from the last few years. I often make cosmetic filters with the element picker, to remove annoying stuff. But this time, apparently it also removed the news-bar on top of AD, eventhough I never removed this myself, so it was caused by some other filter.

 

With quite a few entries for that website, I can imagine trial and error would be no joy.
If you have 5 filter rules for a website, trial and error is rather easy, and up to 10 rules is doable, I guess, but not if you have more.

I understand. Sometimes it can be a challenge to make a filter rule that specific it does not affect something else.
Some time ago, I decided to follow MalwareTips Forums as well, but to me it has many annoying elements, so I created 36(!) filter rules to make it more palatable. It was quite a challenge to filter the annoying bits and not something else. Also, 36 filter rules for that forum would make trial and error no easy task, I am not experienced using the logger.

 

Sounds great, could you share those rules if you don't mind?

 

Yes exactly, I didn't have the time for trial and error, so I decided to remove ALL entries related to AD, which also takes a bit of time of course. But I can always make those cosmetic filters again.

 

That's OK.
Mind they're my personal filter rules for MTF, not everyone may like them, but you can try them to see the effects.

Spoiler: My MTF filter rules

malwaretips.com##.avatar--m.avatar
malwaretips.com##.avatar--s.avatar
malwaretips.com##.avatar--xs.avatar
malwaretips.com##.avatar--xxs.avatar
malwaretips.com##.block--category118.block--category.block > .block-container
malwaretips.com##.button.button--provider--facebook.button--provider
malwaretips.com##.button.button--provider--google.button--provider
malwaretips.com##.button.button--provider--microsoft.button--provider
malwaretips.com##.is-active.js-reactionsList.reactionsBar
malwaretips.com##.js-newsFeedTarget.block-body
malwaretips.com##.js-reaction.reaction-image
malwaretips.com##.js-reaction.reaction-sprite
malwaretips.com##.labelLink
malwaretips.com##.message-avatar-wrapper
malwaretips.com##.mwt_forum_list_box_discovery
malwaretips.com##.mwt_small_boxes_scroll.hScroller
malwaretips.com##.p-body-pageContent > div.block > .block-container > .block-minorHeader
malwaretips.com##.p-body-pageContent > div.block > .block-container > .block-row.block-body
malwaretips.com##.p-body-sidebar
malwaretips.com##.reaction--1.reaction--imageHidden.actionBar-action--reaction.actionBar-action.reaction--small.reaction
malwaretips.com##.recent_news.block-container
malwaretips.com##.shareButtons--iconic.shareButtons
malwaretips.com##.twitter-error
malwaretips.com##.uix_welcomeSection
malwaretips.com##*.label
malwaretips.com##*.label-icon
malwaretips.com###uaThreadViewContainer
malwaretips.com##a.rippleButton.tabs-tab:nth-of-type(5)
malwaretips.com##a.rippleButton.tabs-tab:nth-of-type(6)
malwaretips.com##a.rippleButton.tabs-tab:nth-of-type(7)
malwaretips.com##a.rippleButton.tabs-tab:nth-of-type(8)
malwaretips.com##a.rippleButton.tabs-tab:nth-of-type(9)
malwaretips.com##a.rippleButton.tabs-tab:nth-of-type(10)
malwaretips.com##div.block:nth-of-type(5)
malwaretips.com##div.block:nth-of-type(6)
malwaretips.com##li:nth-of-type(3) > .rippleButton.u-ripple.p-navEl

 

Thank you, I'm going to try them later on in the day.

 

Why didn't you backup those settings? Or didn't you know this possibility? LOL.

 

How exactly is that to laugh about?
If I created so many filter rules that trial and error would be no option to find the cause of some issue and I was not experienced using the logger at all, trowing away all filter rules for the website could be the easiest thing to do. In that case, creating some new filter rules for a website could be way more time-efficient than analyzing a list of old filter rules. Even thinking of keeping them to analyze later and learning to use the logger could be too much, I guess. If one is already experienced using the logger, things are different.

 

I do make back ups, but the thing is that I didn't know what filter caused this problem. Sometimes when you remove annoying stuff, it might also remove other stuff on a website by mistake. So restoring a back up would have reintroduced the problem. But anyway, it's not a big deal, I can always make certain filters again. You must not forget, websites make design changes every year, so probably that's why I had so many cosmetic filters from the last few years, related to the AD website.

 

@Stupendous Man
Not using the logger and still creating own rules? It's asking for trouble, but fortunately there is this thread to post the problems.

 

I'm not sure what you mean by this? With the element picker it's quite easy to remove annoyances on any website, I do it all of the time. It's actually a killer feature from uBlock. What I didn't know is that this stuff is all hidden, but still loaded in the background, that's a bit of a bummer. But anyway, you don't need the logger for this.

 

The uBO backup is a very simple text document. It's a piece of cake to modify rules before putting back the backup.

 

I think we might be misunderstanding each other. But like I said, if you don't know what filter is the culprit, then how to remove it? Because I did have a back up, but obviously with the faulty cosmetic filter. Of course from now on I will try to use the logger, but it really isn't that easy to use for less experienced users.