What version of uBlock for Windows 7 ?

[Monroe]

I am using uBlock Origin 1.53.0 currently ... just wondering if this is what most people are using or is there another better working version available. I guess I found this version last October during a search.

Thanks ...

 

[Dixel]

[D.Draker]

3 hours ago, Monroe said:

I am using uBlock Origin 1.53.0 currently ... just wondering if this is what most people are using

 

[Monroe]

Thanks for the replies. I guess I have a slightly newer version. It seems to be working OK. I'm more up on Windows XP than Windows 7 ... so it's all good.

[Dixel]

Well, I tried uBlock 1.54, and I wasn't happy with its slow performance at all, frankly I'm disappointed. In the end, it glitched out for me completely, leaving the lists' page totally empty.

[upadi]

I use Ublock 1.45.3.b11 this version works faster than new ones. Regulary  download the .crx directly from chrome store with:

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ublock-origin-dev-build/cgbcahbpdhpcegmbfconppldiemgcoii

https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx?response=redirect&prodversion=86.0.4240.198&acceptformat=crx2,crx3&x=id%3Dcgbcahbpdhpcegmbfconppldiemgcoii%26uc

 

[Karla Sleutel]

On 3/8/2024 at 8:57 PM, Dixel said:

Well, I tried uBlock 1.54, and I wasn't happy with its slow performance at all, frankly I'm disappointed. In the end, it glitched out for me completely, leaving the lists' page totally empty.

I'm sticking with 1.49 Developer version, later ones give me headaches, slow start with a yellow exclamation mark.

[NotHereToPlayGames]

On 1/9/2025 at 12:45 AM, Karla Sleutel said:

slow start with a yellow exclamation mark

That yellow exclamation mark was introduced in version 1.48.0.

I myself tend to be "impatient" at times when it comes to computers, so I myself can not trust versions prior to 1.48.0.

Not because they don't work, they do, but because I tend to start clicking bookmarks or whatnot before uBO is actually "ready".  So I actually like the yellow exclamation mark as a reminder that I can wait half a second before opening a bookmark.

 

[NotHereToPlayGames]

On 3/17/2024 at 10:25 AM, upadi said:

I use Ublock 1.45.3.b11

This link is dead.

I use uBlock 1.52.2 and have a couple profiles (such as at work) that run 1.59.0.

I do notice that 1.52.2 "seems to be" a little faster, but I've not technically performed any quantifiable measurements outside of "never believe gut feeling placebo effects" that suggests 1.52.2 to be a little faster.

[Monroe]

Last March 2024 I started this topic stating that I was using uBlock Origin 1.53.0 and after reading the replies and since uBlock Origin 1.53.0 seem to be working OK on my Win 7 computer ... I just decided to stay with this version. However just now ... today ... I decided to revisit this March post and I decided to recheck the version I am using, expecting to see version 1.53.0 still in use but I am now seeing ublock-origin 1.62.0 currently installed.

I never asked for an update to be installed. After all this time since March of last year I was under the impression I  was still using version 1.53.0 until I checked about one hour ago.

I don't understand how I got this newer version installed ... which seems to be a Jan 2025 version. As I mentioned earlier I never asked for a newer update, was just going to continue using v 1.53.0.

How did this happen? ... did I miss a setting somewhere that I am not seeing. I will add this ... from what I can see so far this newer version seems to be working just fine. Nothing different from version 1.53.0 ... which is why I never had any reason to check what version I am currently using ... just assumed that nothing had changed with uBlock.

I really would like to know how this newer update got on my computer.

Thanks ...

[NotHereToPlayGames]

Did you install 1.53.0 from the Chrome Web Store (or similar)?

If so, I submit that that is why (assuming you do not use UNGOOGLED CHROMIUM as that is technically the only Chrome/Chromium Fork that truly breaks the line-of-communication with Chrome Web Store).

I think Brave does also, but I've never actually used Brave.

 

Another "trick" is to MODIFY the extension before installing.

Extensions have a 32-digit "checksum".  It is the numbers you see after chrome-extension:// in the address bar whenever you go to an extension's settings/options.

By repacking the extension then installing from your repack but just adding your own "notes.txt" file, as an example, YOU CHANGE THE CHECKSUM and now even Chrome Web Store won't even recognize what it is!

[Monroe]

NHTPG ... Thanks for the reply. I forgot to mention in my last post that I am using and talking about this browser: r3dfox - ESR v132.0.0 for Vista+. I am not using anything with Chrome that I know of. I use at this time only two browsers on my Windows 7 setup ... r3dfox - ESR v132.0.0 for Vista+ and Firefox ESR v115.19 - Legacy Portable.

As far as uBlock Origin 1.53.0 is concerned, I came across this version last Feb after doing a search. I just checked my Firefox version and it is still v 1.53.0 which is the only browser I was using with Windows 7 last March.

I started using the r3dfox browser in early December. I actually got these two browsers mixed up in my head in my last post. The Firefox version which after I just checked is still version 1.53.0 from last March. At this time I consider Firefox my main Windows 7 browser for banking and such and the r3dfox browser for other places on the internet.

So this is my mistake ... the Firefox ESR v115.19 - Legacy Portable browser is still uBlock Origin 1.53.0 from last March. The r3dfox - ESR v132.0.0 for Vista+ browser will be OK.

Sorry for the confusion over these two browsers. I think everything is good for now. I do not know a lot about the r3dfox browser but I like it also.

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[vinifera]

hmm i use redfox 130, and my ublock origin is versioned as "uBlock Origin 1.62.0"

you guys (and girls) don't auto update scripts or on purpose leave older versions ?

Edited January 20 by vinifera

[Monroe]

vinifera ... I just replaced r3dfox - ESR v132.0.0 for Vista+ with a slightly older version that had uBlock Origin 1.61.0 installed. I am sure I had an older uBlock version installed. After about 30 minutes I went and checked the r3dfox - ESR v132.0.0 for Vista+ browser and uBlock was now updated to version 1.62.0. So this is happening on it's own in some way.

I am not sure how this is happening ... I may want to stay with an older uBlock version and not want a newer version installed. I may not want to use this browser in the future but I am going to see if I can figure anything out about why these updates are happening.

...

In Tools / Add-ons / uBlock ... I reset a change for updates. I thought I had that all set in December, so I don't know for sure how it changed. I think all is OK for now. Will watch this browser for future use.

Edited January 20 by Monroe
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[NotHereToPlayGames]

2 hours ago, vinifera said:

you guys (and girls) don't auto update scripts or on purpose leave older versions ?

Correct!  I do not auto update and leave an older version ON PURPOSE.

As far as I am concerned, the only ONLY ONLY reason to ever upgrade from a "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" version is because the older version is now broken.

We uBlock Origin users have a common flaw!  That flaw is that uBlock does not publish the actual LISTS that it uses!

Most are published by Adblock Plus and that results in ERRORS when designed-for-ABP lists are used by uBO.

Each and every one of us has a method to *track* those ERRORS - ie, click on the "eyeball" and open the List Asset Viewer.

These 19 Errors, for example, is from uBlock 1.62.0 in Chromium v131 with an updated-just-now list.

 

That list also has *ERRORS* in uBlock 1.52.2 in Chromium v122 - but it is my ONLY list with ERRORS in 1.52.2 whereas 1.62.0 has SEVERAL lists with errors!

I run 14 lists here at home.  I do jump through the hoops to make sure that those lists are working well with each other.

EasyList Cookie Notices, as one example, has an ERROR when ran on uBO 1.62.0 but does not have an error when ran on uBO 1.52.2, same EXACT list used in both, errors in newest, does not error in older.

I could list other lists also.  But that example "teaches you how to fish" so you can start feeding yourself.    Newer is not always better!

 

 

Edited January 20 by NotHereToPlayGames