See the 'My filters tab' section below for more information. Is enabled in prefs.js, or in user.js or user-overrides.js if you're using the ' arkenfox' user.js, otherwise it should be enabled.Ĥ - Instead of blocking remote fonts globally and then allowing them per-site, you can automatically allow all 1st party fonts while blocking only 3rd party fonts. Leaving this option disabled will sometimes provide a visual indication when something is blocked in the form of a placeholder where the object was, thus letting you know that something was blocked.Ģ - This option may be enabled only after reading the Advanced user features section of the uBO wiki.ģ - This option can be left disabled as long as Show the number of blocked requests on the iconġ - If you are new to uBO and content filtering, you should probably not enable this option. These are the settings i recommend: 'Settings' tab Once uBO is installed, click its toolbar icon to reveal its popup user interface, then click the little sliders icon to reveal the 'secret' Dashboard (i say 'secret' because apparently quite a few people don't know it exists). If you are not following either guide i would highly suggest enabling the advanced mode option in uBO in order to leverage its dynamic filtering capability, as well as reading the Advanced-user-features section of the wiki. Regardless of which guide you are following, it is essential that you read the uBlock wiki with the exception of the Advanced-user-features section. In the former case the advanced mode option is disabled because i felt it would be too overwhelming for 1st time users and followers of the 'dummy' guide. The configurations in the 2nd and 3rd columns of the table are intended to be used with the The Firefox Privacy Guide For Dummies! and the Firefox Configuration Guide for Privacy Freaks and Performance Buffs, respectively. There are no 'best' settings since every use case is different, however i like to think they are generally sensible settings to start with. Dynamic filtering only becomes available after you enable the 'I am and advanced user' option in the uBO settings and it is crucial to read the uBO wiki before enabling this option.įollowing are my personal preferences for setting up uBlock Origin. Here you can create temporary or permanent filter rules to control images, JavaScript and frames and the rules can be applied globally or per-domain. Dynamic filters are controlled from the pop-up interface when you click the uBO toolbar icon. Static filter lists are enabled from the 'Filter lists' tab of the uBO dashboard. Static filters filter out content like ads, malware, tracking technologies, annoyances and more. Essentially you have no control over the filters provided by these lists they are either enabled or disabled. So what is the difference between static and dynamic filtering you ask? Static filters are filter rules which are provided by the various filter lists. In addition to blocking annoying content such as ads, it can also block JavaScript, frames, images, 3rd party fonts and more, as well as help to prevent tracking and malware.

UBlock Origin is not simply an ad blocker as many might assume, rather it is a powerful content filter, similar to a firewall, that is capable of both dynamic and static filtering. While there may be some legitimate forks, there are also many ripoffs out there and i would highly recommend avoiding them. First and foremost, use only uBlock Origin (uBO) by Raymond 'gorhill' Hill (here's the uBlock Origin page on the Firefox Add-ons website).

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