G2P · HackerTrans

hace 12 añosdiscuss

It's possible in theory. I have customized my ABP rules a ton, switching off rules I didn't want (impossible in uBlock), adding targeted rules for anything from annoying animated avatars to slow domains or bloated mastheads you can't scroll past (shit's almost as bad as modal pop-ups), and I've been unable to do any of it in uBlock because it's way, way too much hassle.

G2P

hace 12 añosdiscuss

I've been using this port instead of Adblock Plus for a few weeks. I like the low overhead, but usability is bad.

- It's hard to list what filters are applied (though not impossible, if you like pain: hunt for the right icon using hovertext, find an empty page, hunt for icons again this time without hovertext; one icon will trigger something that will fill up a log, but it stalls a few seconds first and there's no progress indication).

- The big green “power” icon is the wrong metaphor. IMHO uBlock should just stop using icons.

- ABP has simple and obvious text menus, uBlock fails at making its features discoverable. This despite ABP being much more feature-complete.

- There's no way to enable and disable filters from a page.

- There's no easy way to reach uBlock preferences (though not impossible, if you click random areas of the main panel)

- There's no rule editor. ABP's rule editor makes the simple cases easy and the tricky ones possible.

- The element hiding picker is unusable. The ABP picker is well polished, but ABP also integrates with the Firefox developer tools. That simple feature makes it unnecessary to code a custom picker.

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