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I've been meaning to look at custom buttons and your related links, but still haven't managed to. Don't stop posting about them! Unless of course it takes up a lot of your time.
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26 minutes ago, UCyborg said:
On the other hand, we don't have a single modern content blocker, only ancient version of uBO, to which I ported some of the smaller things, but it's a drop in the ocean.
I've had zero issues with either yours, or AstroSkipper's version. They work perfectly. Filterlists remain the most important ingredient for now and I don't feel uBO Legacy is superseded in a substantial way.
If you want/need something more "modern", why not try AdGuard for Windows, assuming you are on Windows? Should work on ALL browsers, since it's not a browser extension.
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On 4/25/2024 at 3:30 AM, AstroSkipper said:
I can remember very well that there was a problem with the sporadic disappearance of the Clean Links' toolbar icon in the past. This seems to be fixed in CleanLink2 as far as I can tell at the moment. In any case, I have installed this version and will see how it behaves.
Did you like it in the end? It seems to work quite well.
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Hello again. Pale Moon 33.3.0 enables DNS prefetching by default. However, that now clashes with the default uBO setting "Disable pre-fetching (to prevent any connection for blocked network requests)" which disables it in the browser every time. Perhaps it's worth considering disabling that default setting in uBO. In any case, the user can still make a choice. More info here:
uBlock Origin will interfere with your DNS prefetching setting
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The userscript links are at the bottom of their main page, which is displayed normally in Pale Moon. The filterlist links are also on the same page.
Indeed, that web "file manager" does not seem to work on Pale Moon but all needed links are on the main page.
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The Bypass Paywalls Clean filter has stopped working. I'm guessing their account has been taken down, again. They have moved here.
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That workaround works nicolaasjan, thanks (Pale Moon). Is it meant to enforce an IPv4 connection?
As for Android, there's really no need to mess with those hacks. The GitHub mirrors are perfectly fine.
If that website doesn't fix its web config, perhaps it's worth considering changing the main filterlist URL?
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Thanks for the extra info, VistaLover! Firefox seems to somehow circumvent this bad server configuration issue.
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Update: I think I've found the culprit. Turns out that after disabling the VPN, I was still unable to connect to void.gr which hosts this filterlist.
So, I went into the Network Connection properties and disabled IPv6. This solves it. Can't understand though why this issue suddenly emerged. I didn't change anything recently and IPv6 was always enabled there. Perhaps something is going on with the router.
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Thanks, I tried other DNS servers: didn't work. I then enabled the VPN: it worked. Turned off VPN: still works. Weird glitch. Still unreachable in Android device. I'll also try a router restart.
I don't think there's another local filterlist. I will post if I find something.
For languages/countries not having separate AdGuard filterlists, the AdGuard main filterlist does include several neatly separated entries. Search for "NOTE: " (no quotes) and you will see them.
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Ok, for some unknown reason my Pale Moon cannot reach void.gr. Already tried flushing DNS and clearing history/cookies.
I'll just use the githubusercontent.com URL as a custom list for now.
edit: my Android device cannot reach it either. But desktop Firefox can. Perhaps they are using some over-zealous security configuration.
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Thanks for checking. That link does not work here on Pale Moon, but it works on Firefox.
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Something unusual seems to be going on with the Greek AdBlock Filter (included in the Regions, languages section). The link to the filterlist stopped working since a few days. It also stopped working on Firefox/WebExtension (same link). As of today however, it works on FF again but not on UXP browsers/uBO Legacy.
This alternative URL found on filterlists.com seems to work fine. Not sure why this happens.
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Good tip! I think the filterlist+userscript(s) are actually meant to be used together, even though unfortunately this combination remains somewhat less powerful than their browser extension. It mostly works fine though.
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Yes, you are most probably right. I recall this being a newer feature. Good thing we have two excellent extensions (that I know of) to deal with this:
CleanLinks2 and Pure URL
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11 minutes ago, Sampei.Nihira said:
To check whether the filter list that removes URL tracking parameters works, just run a simple test:
https://fmarier.org/query-filter/
If the "fbclid" parameter is missing everything is OK.
Not sure how this test is supposed to work. It always shows the URL you posted, with no extra parameters. This also occurs on a clean profile, with no extensions installed.
It's always a blank page with the text: "Look in the URL bar for the presence of a query string parameter."... and just the clean URL.
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On 4/21/2024 at 6:01 PM, UCyborg said:
... one of the things that stood out to me were filters using $removeparam, AdGuard URL Tracking Filter list uses those exclusively for removing tracking parameters from URLs when navigating web pages.
Thanks. I guess this is good news, since removing tracking parameters isn't strictly ad-blocking, right? It's important, yes, but at least we can rest assured for now, that ads won't suddenly start appearing on us and that uBO Legacy still remains extremely effective, notwithstanding running behind the WebExtension.
Update: perhaps we should contact AdGuard to provide compatible filters.
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Is there a particular feature from the WebExtension that stands out in those invalid -for uBO Legacy- entries?
In other words: is there a particular feature that should be clearly the first one to be ported over to uBO Legacy? Or it's a complex combination of features, and we cannot easily pick one out?
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35 minutes ago, AstroSkipper said:
Open the logger and perform an update of your filter lists in the legacy version! Then you will see what I am talking about.
What are we looking for? I didn't notice any particular warnings about filterlist incompatibilities.
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2 hours ago, AstroSkipper said:
And now a tip for maintaining your uBlock Origin installation.
I've noticed this too, however I'm not sure if it's really worth it. This procedure will indeed reduce its size at first, but it will very soon increase back to its usual, larger size which in my case is around 80MB.
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About Bypass Paywalls Clean: official news and updated versions, here:
https://twitter.com/Magnolia1234B
Not sure if the filterlist is included in the provided archive (seems to be complete) and how it can be included/updated in our browsers.
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2 hours ago, Felipefpl said:
The bypass paywalls clean filter cant be updated. No idea why.
Looks like that user account has been blocked on GitLab, so the filterlist doesn't update any more.
Thanks for the update, AstroSkipper!
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Perhaps you could consider to split topics and keep custom buttons and extensions separate, to tidy things up, make them easier to find and read and avoid potential confusion.
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Extensions and custom buttons for UXP browsers - Corrections, modifications, adjustments, and special recommendations
in Browsers working on Older NT-Family OSes
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Don't use both at the same time. Select which one your prefer, and use that one.
If you don't know the difference between them, it's not difficult to find out. "Optimized" does not have the same meaning on all filterlists that offer such a version. And it doesn't automatically mean it's "better".