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uBlock ad blocker and unwanted behavior
wraith808:
it was weird to study this page and then realize, there is no link to the version you all seem to prefer!
uBlock, the official project: https://chrismatic.io/ublock/
and https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ublock/epcnnfbjfcgphgdmggkamkmgojdagdnn?hl=en (< I don't use Chrome, so I have no understanding of the "epcnnfbjfcgphgdmggkamkmgojdagdnn" part; what stupid kind of forgettable link is that?! Or does it perhaps mean that I was visiting but not using Chrome?).
FAQ: https://chrismatic.io/ublock/faq/
-Curt (May 17, 2015, 01:55 AM)
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Not really a link, because you have to go to the store and search for ublock to install it. The links in the store are based on arcane identification strings- which was one of the things I pointed out in the chrome verification of permissions- so its easier to just direct someone to the store and a search. I don't even pay attention to the official sites for every extension- which I guess is one of the things that google wanted to foster and I fell for.
* wraith808 shrugs
Curt:
from another thread where it (also?) was misplaced:
Definitely used to be µblock.-f0dder (April 17, 2015, 07:40 AM)
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The name on the Mozilla homepage is still µBlock (microBlock), not uBlock (youBlock), so you're obviously right, f0dder - even though the name really is uBlock (youBlock)! What a ridiculous story. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ublock/
I have just installed it with my old Firefox 23, (Firefox is officially at version 38), and as usual Mozilla lied to me and said the add-on wouldn't work on such an old browser. Of course it does. I am tired of all these patriotic lies. If accused, the answer is "oh, it's for your own safety!". Eh, yeah, but you lied, so how can I trust you?! Every crook is dreaming of entering all computers via a forced oh, it's for your own safety-update!
Okay, I have finally counted to a hundred and am calm again... so now I can see that uBlock already has blocked 2 requests, even though I am also running AdBlock Plus, (ABP). Maybe uBlock (youBlock) is okay.
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Thank you for the explanation, wraith808. It all makes a lot more sense now. Ehh..., sense and sense... I mean, I might understand it better now :-[
Not really a link, because you have to go to the store and search-wraith808 (May 17, 2015, 12:24 PM)
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