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Overview of uBlock's network filtering engine

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Raymond Hill edited this page May 21, 2015 · 2 revisions

Overview

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Home
2014 07 22: µBlock and others: Blocking ads, trackers, malwares
About "This other extension reports more stuff blocked!"
About AdNauseum
About that CSS selector with "www.faceporn.net" in it...
About the required permissions
About this "your software" mindset
Advanced user features
Badware risks
Behind the scene network requests
Beta test AdNauseam for Chrome
Block more, way more
Blocking mode
Blocking mode: easy mode
Blocking mode: hard mode
Blocking mode: medium mode
Blocking mode: nightmare mode
Blocking mode: very easy mode
Building AdNauseam from source (for developers)
Can you trust uBlock?
Change log
Cloud storage
Compare: Memory footprint: what happens inside µBlock after installation
Contributed memory usage: benchmarks over time
Cosmetic filtering in µBlock: version 0.4.0.0 update
Counterarguments
Dashboard
Dashboard: 3rd party filters
Dashboard: Settings
Developer FAQ
Disable hyperlink auditing beacon
Does uBlock block ads or just hide them?
Does µBlock block ads or just hide them?
Does µBlock blocks ads or just hide them?
DOM inspector
Dynamic filtering
Dynamic filtering examples
Dynamic filtering (obsolete, need revision)
Dynamic filtering: Benefits of blocking 3rd party iframe tags
Dynamic filtering: Benefits of blocking 3rd party script and iframe tags
Dynamic filtering: default deny
Dynamic filtering: default deny: useful rulesets
Dynamic filtering: disabling cosmetic filtering for the current site
Dynamic filtering: Examples of usefulness of blocking 3rd party iframe tags
Dynamic filtering: precedence
Dynamic filtering: quick guide
Dynamic filtering: rule syntax
Dynamic filtering: to easily reduce privacy exposure
Dynamic filtering: turn off uBlock everywhere
Dynamic filtering: turn off uBlock everywhere except
Dynamic filtering: turn off µBlock everywhere
Dynamic filtering: turn off µBlock everywhere except
Dynamic filtering: turn off µBlock everywhere except... (blacklist mode)
Dynamic filtering: Usefulness of blocking 1st party script tags
Dynamic filtering: Usefulness of blocking inline script tags
Dynamic URL filtering
Element picker
Experimental features
Experimental filters
FAQ
Filter list licenses
Filter lists from around the web
Filter lists: gorhill
Filter syntax extensions
Firefox version: benchmarking memory footprint
Firefox version: benchmarking memory footprint (2015 03 07)
Handling languages, locales, and translations
Help
Help test AdNauseam for Chrome
How to whitelist a web site
Inline script tag filtering
Install AdNauseam in Chrome on MacOS
Install AdNauseam in Chrome on Windows
Install AdNauseam on Chrome or Chromium derived browsers Without Google's Permission
Install AdNauseam on Chrome Without Google's Permission
Install AdNauseam on Chromium based browsers
Installing AdNauseam
Launch and filter lists load performance
Maintainership transfer of uBlock: post mortem
Manually editing per site switches
Memory footprint: what happens inside uBlock after installation
Memory footprint: what happens inside µBlock after installation
My answers to web store reviews where appropriate
Myth: uBlock consumes over 80MB
Myth: uBlock is just slightly less resource intensive than Adblock Plus
Myth: µBlock consumes over 80MB
Myth: µBlock is just slightly less resource intensive than Adblock Plus
Notes on media coverage of uBlock Origin
Notes on memory benchmarks, selfies
Overview of uBlock's network filtering engine
Overview of uBlock's network filtering engine: details
Own memory usage: benchmarks over time
Pale Moon website
Per site switches
Permissions
Prevent WebRTC from leaking local IP address
Privacy policy
Privacy stuff
Project Statement
Published Papers
Quick guide: popup user interface
Real world test cases for ad collection and clicking
Reference benchmark
Regular expression based filters
Release checklist
Software known to have uninstalled uBlock Origin
Static filter syntax
Step by step documentation for fixing visible ads
Strict blocking
Technical inaccuracies from around the web
Testing New Release Candidates
The logger
The network request logger
Tips and tricks waterfall
Tools
Tricks and tips
Troubleshooting
Tutorial: how to unbreak a site using the dynamic filtering pane
uBlock and others: Blocking ads, trackers, malwares
uBlock vs. ABP: efficiency compared
Various videos showing side by side comparison of the load speed of complex sites
What uBlock can and can not (currently) do
What µBlock can and can not (currently) do
Whitelisting
Who care about efficiency, I have 8 GB and|or a quad core CPU
Who cares about efficiency, I have 8 GB and|or a quad core CPU
Why don't you accept donations?
µBlock and others: Blocking ads, trackers, malwares
µBlock version 0.8.5: many changes
µBlock vs. ABP: efficiency compared

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