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don't usually flex with tech but isn't uMatrix [1] just a little bit harder to learn and a million times more satisfying? at least on my often-used systems, I h

don't usually flex with tech but isn't uMatrix [1] just a little bit harder to learn and a million times more satisfying? at least on my often-used systems, I have a hard time imagining loading a website without being able to control the third party content in a matrix these days. 1. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/umatrix/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/umatrix/

eric__cartman 5y ago
uMatrix is great, link for the chromium users: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/umatrix/ogfcmafjalglgifnmanfmnieipoejdcf https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/umatrix/ogfcmafjal...
- webmobdev 5y ago
  If you want to avoid ads and tracking, the last browser you should use is Google Chrome. Google has been deliberately crippling Chrome so that ad blockers don't work properly.
  - NavinF 5y ago
    Are you talking about the limit on how many rules an ad blocker can use? That didn't have much of an effect on Chrome, but it did on Safari I'm gonna need sources if you're talking about something else
    - webmobdev 5y ago
      - https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/uBlock-Origin-works-best-on-Firefox https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/uBlock-Origin-works-b... - https://github.com/el1t/uBlock-Safari/issues/158 https://github.com/el1t/uBlock-Safari/issues/158 - https://www.theregister.com/2020/12/10/googles_browser_extension_platform_rewrite/ https://www.theregister.com/2020/12/10/googles_browser_exten... - https://9to5google.com/2019/05/29/chrome-ad-blocking-enterprise-manifest-v3/ https://9to5google.com/2019/05/29/chrome-ad-blocking-enterpr...
perihelions 5y ago
I don't really recommend it for anyone other than very bored devs, but it is very satisfying at times. The effort-to-utility ratio is honestly quite bad. Most of the *actually useful* functionality is redundant now with newer uBlock features. I love the seratonin rush of one-click "disable 1p CSS" on an ugly website, or figuring out how to fuck with a clever-but-stupid paywall for the first time. :) Also, the uMatrix UX is absolutely brilliant (that genius 2.5D green/red matrix).
- Hello71 5y ago
  > one-click "disable 1p CSS" this is built in to firefox since it was netscape navigator, under view -> page style -> no style. even the menu items have barely changed since then: http://www.alanwood.net/unicode/net7_encoding.gif http://www.alanwood.net/unicode/net7_encoding.gif
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  - hadrien01 5y ago
    Didn't they delete the Encoding options with the last version?
smegcicle 5y ago
it's like a little hacking minigame getting new sites to work while allowing javascript from the fewest domains
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skyfaller 5y ago
Isn't uMatrix no longer maintained (possibly aside from security updates)? https://www.reddit.com/r/uMatrix/comments/onp0c6/umatrix_142_released/ https://www.reddit.com/r/uMatrix/comments/onp0c6/umatrix_142... https://github.com/gorhill/uMatrix https://github.com/gorhill/uMatrix
- staticassertion 5y ago
  Last update 2 months ago, and it's a security fix, so yeah seems fine to continue use.
- gnabgib 5y ago
  Building both uMatrix, and uBlock (https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock) can't be easy.. maybe the features some of us enjoy in uMatrix will come across.
birksherty 5y ago
ublock can block everything umatrix can but reverse is not true. It had been the case from beginning but people are not aware. So I find ublock much more satisfying.
- sundarurfriend 5y ago
  Is this downvoted because it's untrue? I've never used (and never found a need for) uMatrix, but I'm curious.
  - OJFord 5y ago
    I think it might be true, but it's a lot harder to do uMatrix things in uBO, because the 'advanced mode' just gives you allow/disallow per domain, not the er matrix at CSS/image/media/scripts/XHR/frames/other granularity. I think you can get that granular in the manual/text based rules edit of uBO in settings, but I stopped looking into it / considering switching fully at that point (I'd always used it in simple mode in addition to uMatrix, just to block cosmetic DOM stuff that uMatrix doesn't do) since I need it to be far easier and quicker than that, as it is jn uMatrix. So switching to nuTensor (a light-touch security/necessary FF updates only sort of fork) has been on my to-do list.
    - birksherty 5y ago
      Scripts, image and frames can be blocked. * * 1p-script block * * 3p block * * 3p-frame block * * 3p-script block * * image block * * inline-script block CSS, media can be blocked if it has extension: *.css *.webm *.mp4 *.mp3 *.aac I don't like gifs, so I used to block it through *.gif, which I'm not sure if umatrix can do.
      - OJFord 5y ago
        As I said, only in the manual rext entry rules in settings. In uMatrix that's one click in the appropriate column per domain's row, in the toolbar drop-down.
GekkePrutser 5y ago
Not much harder to learn but so much more work..

eric__cartman 5y ago

uMatrix is great, link for the chromium users: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/umatrix/ogfcmafjalglgifnmanfmnieipoejdcf https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/umatrix/ogfcmafjal...

webmobdev 5y ago
If you want to avoid ads and tracking, the last browser you should use is Google Chrome. Google has been deliberately crippling Chrome so that ad blockers don't work properly.
- NavinF 5y ago
  Are you talking about the limit on how many rules an ad blocker can use? That didn't have much of an effect on Chrome, but it did on Safari I'm gonna need sources if you're talking about something else
  - webmobdev 5y ago
    - https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/uBlock-Origin-works-best-on-Firefox https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/uBlock-Origin-works-b... - https://github.com/el1t/uBlock-Safari/issues/158 https://github.com/el1t/uBlock-Safari/issues/158 - https://www.theregister.com/2020/12/10/googles_browser_extension_platform_rewrite/ https://www.theregister.com/2020/12/10/googles_browser_exten... - https://9to5google.com/2019/05/29/chrome-ad-blocking-enterprise-manifest-v3/ https://9to5google.com/2019/05/29/chrome-ad-blocking-enterpr...

perihelions 5y ago

I don't really recommend it for anyone other than very bored devs, but it is very satisfying at times. The effort-to-utility ratio is honestly quite bad. Most of the *actually useful* functionality is redundant now with newer uBlock features. I love the seratonin rush of one-click "disable 1p CSS" on an ugly website, or figuring out how to fuck with a clever-but-stupid paywall for the first time. :) Also, the uMatrix UX is absolutely brilliant (that genius 2.5D green/red matrix).

Hello71 5y ago
> one-click "disable 1p CSS" this is built in to firefox since it was netscape navigator, under view -> page style -> no style. even the menu items have barely changed since then: http://www.alanwood.net/unicode/net7_encoding.gif http://www.alanwood.net/unicode/net7_encoding.gif
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- hadrien01 5y ago
  Didn't they delete the Encoding options with the last version?

smegcicle 5y ago

it's like a little hacking minigame getting new sites to work while allowing javascript from the fewest domains

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skyfaller 5y ago

Isn't uMatrix no longer maintained (possibly aside from security updates)? https://www.reddit.com/r/uMatrix/comments/onp0c6/umatrix_142_released/ https://www.reddit.com/r/uMatrix/comments/onp0c6/umatrix_142... https://github.com/gorhill/uMatrix https://github.com/gorhill/uMatrix

staticassertion 5y ago
Last update 2 months ago, and it's a security fix, so yeah seems fine to continue use.
gnabgib 5y ago
Building both uMatrix, and uBlock (https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock) can't be easy.. maybe the features some of us enjoy in uMatrix will come across.

birksherty 5y ago

ublock can block everything umatrix can but reverse is not true. It had been the case from beginning but people are not aware. So I find ublock much more satisfying.

sundarurfriend 5y ago
Is this downvoted because it's untrue? I've never used (and never found a need for) uMatrix, but I'm curious.
- OJFord 5y ago
  I think it might be true, but it's a lot harder to do uMatrix things in uBO, because the 'advanced mode' just gives you allow/disallow per domain, not the er matrix at CSS/image/media/scripts/XHR/frames/other granularity. I think you can get that granular in the manual/text based rules edit of uBO in settings, but I stopped looking into it / considering switching fully at that point (I'd always used it in simple mode in addition to uMatrix, just to block cosmetic DOM stuff that uMatrix doesn't do) since I need it to be far easier and quicker than that, as it is jn uMatrix. So switching to nuTensor (a light-touch security/necessary FF updates only sort of fork) has been on my to-do list.
  - birksherty 5y ago
    Scripts, image and frames can be blocked. * * 1p-script block * * 3p block * * 3p-frame block * * 3p-script block * * image block * * inline-script block CSS, media can be blocked if it has extension: *.css *.webm *.mp4 *.mp3 *.aac I don't like gifs, so I used to block it through *.gif, which I'm not sure if umatrix can do.
    - OJFord 5y ago
      As I said, only in the manual rext entry rules in settings. In uMatrix that's one click in the appropriate column per domain's row, in the toolbar drop-down.

GekkePrutser 5y ago

Not much harder to learn but so much more work..