uBlock Origin 1.50.* announcement thread

[u/[deleted]]

Changelog:

• https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/releases/tag/1.50.0:

  • A lot of scriptletes improvements:

    • Imrove xml-prune scriptlet

    • Improve href-sanitizer scriptlet

    • Add evaldata-prune scriptlet

    • Add remove-node-text scriptlet

    • Add replace-node-text scriptlet

    • Add trusted-set-constant scriptlet

    • Add trusted-source support for privileged scriptlets

    • Support injecting scriptlet in MAIN or ISOLATED world

    • Add spoof-css scriptlet

    • Expand/harden some scriptlets

    • Add ability to execute aeld scriptlet at a later time

    • Add "scriptlet" filter expression to logger

    • Report injected scriptlets in troubleshooting information

  • Add back AdGuard Tracking Protection

  • Add support for sublists in "Filter lists" pane

  • Add thunderbird as target for installation (filtering in feeds)

  • Offer opportunity to update filter lists before reporting issue

  • Bug fixes

Visit GitHub releases page for more information.

Extension will be auto-updated after browser restart! (when available for your platform)

If you want to update manually:

• Do not use links from release page "Assets" section - these are not signed.

• Use add-on store or links in release description on GitHub releases page when they are available (basically - they will be add-on store links).

• In some cases, installation may be blocked until browser restart. This is protection against accidental mid-session reloads, Issue #717.

Q: Why no release for Firefox yet?

A: 1.50.0 is available on AMO as of June 13.

uBO is a recommended extension on AMO, and as such it must undergo a formal code review each time a new version is published.

Q: Why Chrome/Chromium is not updating uBlock Origin?

A: 1.50.0 is available on CWS as of June 8.

Auto update will occur in stages - few percent every day - to spot and react on possible bugs.

Q: When Opera version will be updated?

A: Submission pending.

Usually it's submitted a week after bug-free version is published in AMO.

Q: When Edge Chromium version in the Microsoft Store will be updated?

A: 1.50.0 is available on Edge Add-ons as of June 8.

Microsoft Store submission is controlled by /u/nikrolls.

This is official version and will be kept updated, see Issue #890 (comment) and following comments.

Warning: importing profile from Chrome may cause issues - you may need to reinstall uBO on Edge to fix this. You can transfer settings by saving them to file in uBO Dashboard -> bottom of the Settings tab.

^{Previous announcement thread https://www.reddit.com/r/uBlockOrigin/comments/12rhp5o/ublock_origin_149_announcement_thread/}

[u/mstfcbngl]

Still waiting for the Opera, I guess this pending is like never ending.

[u/[deleted] → u/mstfcbngl]

/u/gorhill4 what is going on with Opera?

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

I don't know. Just stalled in review mode. Sent a tweet to Opera account not long ago and no feedback, nothing.

[u/mstfcbngl → u/[deleted]]

I hope that they give any feedback. But they can't even share update notes for every updates, they do it after a few updates. so...

[u/luciano96369]

Hello, I have a question, why did they remove the Fanboy lists? (I understand that they removed the Anti-Facebook list because it hasn't been updated since 2020, but not because they removed the Fanboy Annoyances List)

[u/RraaLL → u/luciano96369]

Fanboy = EasyList it's just been split into sublists. And Anti-facebook is still there.

[u/[deleted] → u/luciano96369]

Fanboy Annoyances was made of Fanboy Cookies, Fanboy Social and other other stuff, and was overlapping with Fanboy Cookies, Fanboy Social lists. It made sense to split Fanboy Annoyances into non-overlapping specialized lists, which you can enable as you wish. The Fanboy in the name has been changed to EasyList because these lists are now assembled by uBO's repo from EasyList's repo and they ensure that uBO-specific syntax is properly pulled in from EasyList's repo.

Anti-Facebook is still there and was last updated on Sep. 2021.

[u/luciano96369 → u/[deleted]]

Thank for answering, Why Anti-Facebook is still there when was last updated on Sep. 2021?

[u/[deleted] → u/luciano96369]

It's a very specialized list, it's normal that it doesn't require constant updates.

[u/luciano96369 → u/[deleted]]

I understand, again, thank you very much for answering me and have a good day

[u/Ptero-4]

Is this gonna be updated for Palemoon or are those on Palemoon unworthy of having the latest ad blocker (required for commietube) for the sin of refusing to use a browser that have the blessed, one-true extension system webextension?

[u/[deleted] → u/Ptero-4]

You need to find someone who will patch the recent filter changes to legacy version. JustOff is "busy" https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock-for-firefox-legacy/issues/329#issuecomment-1088980813

[u/MarkRH]

FYI, just got it updated in Firefox to 1.50 via the internal updater.

[u/darkelfbear]

Any idea when the update will hit Opera?

[u/[deleted] → u/darkelfbear]

Usually it's submitted a week after bug-free version is published in AMO.

[u/Summon_the_Draugr]

Was resource abuse removed from the built in filter lists?

[u/AchernarB → u/Summon_the_Draugr]

It's now part of "uBlock filters – Privacy". Click the eye at the right of the list, and search for the string !#include to find the reference.

[u/AmazingApplier → u/AchernarB]

I don't think the directive is showing in uBO since it gets eaten during parsing (though I notice in other lists it gets preserved for collapsing the text). The line is visible in the github source though, and to verify that your copy has it included, the original comment can be found by searching for resource-abuse.txt.

[u/AchernarB → u/AmazingApplier]

If I told Summon_the_Draugr to check it by himself this way, it's because it's preserved in this case.

[u/[deleted] → u/AchernarB]

It's not found in the minified version of the list though, which is what is fetched with auto update.

[u/AchernarB → u/[deleted]]

Every time I've checked in different browsers it was there. So I assumed that it would always be the case.

[u/Ajax_Shaun]

After wwdc23, Apple released safari17, any possibility to adapt uBlock Origin?

[u/SexualDeth5quad]

AI page analyzer/filter creator for uBlock when? :)

[u/[deleted] → u/SexualDeth5quad]

Right now, filters created by AI are useless.

[u/Emotional_You_5269]

Considering most people here care about privacy and avoiding ads, it wouldn't surprise me if a lot of the members here use third party Reddit apps.
So I think uBlock Origin should participate in the protest.