µBlock, a lean and fast blocker

1.60 released
https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/releases

 

Already available in MS Store.
Interestingly, UBO in MS Store still has the featured badge.

 

As the kind of animated GIF image with an image URL that has no .gif in it (thus ||domain/*.gif$image cannot block it) kept bothering me on volkskrant.nl and trouw.nl, I had another look at the option that Jan Willy suggested.

In uBlock Origin settings, I set "Block media elements larger than 700 KB", but without checking the box, so it is not set globally for all domains.

Next, for both volkskrant.nl and trouw.nl, I toggled the per-site switch "Click to block large media elements on this site" and "Click to make your changes permanent", thus creating these new filtering rules in "My rules":
no-large-media: www.trouw.nl true
no-large-media: www.volkskrant.nl true

First, it looked like each time the pages were opened they needed a reload to hide the animated GIF images. But after Firefox was closed and opened again, the new uBlock Origin settings work perfectly to hide the annoying animated images on volkskrant.nl and trouw.nl. Great!

Thanks very much @Jan Willy for suggesting this solution.

 

You're welcome.

 

Regarding uBO Lite, gorhill commented:

"The Firefox version of uBO Lite will cease to exist, I am dropping support because of the added burden of dealing with AMO nonsensical and hostile review process. [...]"

https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBOL-home/issues/197#issuecomment-2377395301

 

dropping support, ho-hum. i would say this definitely the end of uBoL, in any browser. users like to use it in any used browser, or never. i use uBo for firefox - but no longer in my working profile, not for edge. anyhow uBo is still installed and usable for comparison checks.

i think also, thats only a matter of time when google will insist on removing uBoL from its store with same reason. but if, and he wrote that uBo uses same files for years now, this could mean that also uBo has also a deadline.

pity, that he still refuses even with Robs answer which is exactly my experience with the human review team. uBo is best for any browser - as long MV2 is usable. but from my experience uBoL is no alternative to adguard as an ad blocker, sorry.

finaly there will only exists: uBo for firefox, and uBoL for chromium based. i dont like that choice.

 

Hi

I was surprised that it doesn't update. I will install the original version.
Thanks for the notice.
Regards.

 

uBlock Origin 1.60 is now available for Firefox, no longer pending.

(Firefox/ Extensions/ Manage extensions/ Tools for all add-ons (cogwheel)/ Check for Updates/ uBlock Origin 1.60.0 is offered)

 

Same filter lists.
With Edge the Sponsored Content is shown .
In Firefox it is blocked:

Edge + uBO (36522 Network filters + 94226 Cosmetic filters):

https://imgur.com/99TFmuU

Firefox + uBO:

https://imgur.com/M20kwr7

AdGuard 5.x ( 3879 Dynamic rules + 63473 Static rules) with fewer filter lists than UBO + Edge:

https://imgur.com/7LlApkR

 

edge+adguard v5 = 8 blocks, no sponsored
firefox 131 + adguard v4 = 13 blocks, no sponsored
firefox 133 + uBo 1.59 = 14 blocks, sponsored visible
(nightly is the last version with uBo, no upgrade to 1.60)
i am going to replace extension by extension in edge to mv3 and thus ublock is discarded here in total, uBoL is bad joke - and no longer available for AMO users.