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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 satisf

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.
      - birksherty 5y ago
        Scripts, image and frames can be blocked with one click in ublock too.
        OJFord 5y ago
        One and not the others? My uMatrix default is all cookies blocked; third-party media, scripts, XHR, frames, other blocked. Of course I often then have to allow some third-party script, and I can do so in one click without also allowing XHR or frames to/from that domain. uBO doesn't allow that (in the toolbar UI, 'advanced'/'more' mode), because it's missing the columns from the 'matrix', so you either allow/block a domain wholesale.
- shbooms 5y ago
  Yes, uBO in it's current state can do everything uMatrix can do. I don't think this was true "from the beginning" but it is true now.

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.
    - birksherty 5y ago
      Scripts, image and frames can be blocked with one click in ublock too.
      - OJFord 5y ago
        One and not the others? My uMatrix default is all cookies blocked; third-party media, scripts, XHR, frames, other blocked. Of course I often then have to allow some third-party script, and I can do so in one click without also allowing XHR or frames to/from that domain. uBO doesn't allow that (in the toolbar UI, 'advanced'/'more' mode), because it's missing the columns from the 'matrix', so you either allow/block a domain wholesale.
shbooms 5y ago
Yes, uBO in it's current state can do everything uMatrix can do. I don't think this was true "from the beginning" but it is true now.