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Proud uMatrix user here. Sadly, just noticed that the repo is now archived and I don't know if it will be maintained. Could not find any fork either. I'll mis

Proud uMatrix user here. Sadly, just noticed that the repo is now archived and I don't know if it will be maintained. Could not find any fork either. I'll miss this extension.

GekkePrutser 5y ago
I liked this a lot but I don't see how someone without a computer science degree will use it successfully.. I think this is why Raymond gave up on it.. I think for the masses his time is better spent on uBlock Origin.
- propogandist 5y ago
  It requires some effort to get oriented, but the granularity of control is fantastic. There is no competition. Although the dev gave up on it, he's open to someone picking it up (if there are any brave souls on HN) https://old.reddit.com/r/uBlockOrigin/comments/i240ds/request_for_a_stable_umatrix_release_for_cname/g048wyk/ https://old.reddit.com/r/uBlockOrigin/comments/i240ds/reques...
Arnavion 5y ago
You have the features of uMatrix with uBlock Origin's static rules. You just have to write them by hand instead of the convenient table UI. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26284124 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26284124 The only thing that uBO doesn't support is controlling cookie access, so I still use uM for that.
- Semaphor 5y ago
  > You just have to write them by hand instead of the convenient table UI. That’s a pretty big "just", though. Very few sites work without fiddling with rules, having to do manual text entry every time would push me towards not using it. The UI of uMatrix is generally far superior to the mobile-friendly, simplified one of uBo.
  - Arnavion 5y ago
    >That’s a pretty big "just", though. It is, but for me the pros outweigh the cons. In particular, even with uM I often ended up editing the rules by hand because it was easier to copy-paste and turn on and off rules for experimenting, but uM would forcibly resort the rules on save which made that annoying. >Very few sites work without fiddling with rules, The only sites I fiddle with the rules of are the ones I visit regularly, which is not many. Over the 1.5 years that I've been using this method, I've only got 75 "web properties" in my list (github.com, github.io and githubusercontent.com count as one "GitHub" web property; so the number of domains is a bit higher). Going by git history, I do have to fiddle with one or more rules once a month on average. For other sites, either they work well enough with default settings, or I give up and close them, or if I really need to know what they say I use a different browser. For this other browser I never log in to anything, and have it configured to delete all history by default on exit. (I've been pondering making this an X-forwarded browser running on a different source IP, but haven't bothered.) >The UI of uMatrix is generally far superior to the mobile-friendly, simplified one of uBo. To be clear, editing the rules does not use the "mobile-friendly, simplified" uBO UI. It refers to the giant text field you see in the uBO "Dashboard", specifically the "My filters" tab. But yes, it'd be the best of all worlds if uBO gains the table UI as an alternative to the filters textfield. I imagine the problem is that static filters are technically much more powerful than what the uM-style rules do, so it'd require inventing a third kind of rule, which isn't great.
    - Semaphor 5y ago
      I have almost 7000 rules for a 260kb file ;)
tremon 5y ago
ηMatrix is a fork maintained for Pale Moon: https://gitlab.com/vannilla/ematrix https://gitlab.com/vannilla/ematrix

Proud uMatrix user here. Sadly, just noticed that the repo is now archived and I don't know if it will be maintained. Could not find any fork either. I'll miss this extension.

GekkePrutser 5y ago

I liked this a lot but I don't see how someone without a computer science degree will use it successfully.. I think this is why Raymond gave up on it.. I think for the masses his time is better spent on uBlock Origin.

propogandist 5y ago
It requires some effort to get oriented, but the granularity of control is fantastic. There is no competition. Although the dev gave up on it, he's open to someone picking it up (if there are any brave souls on HN) https://old.reddit.com/r/uBlockOrigin/comments/i240ds/request_for_a_stable_umatrix_release_for_cname/g048wyk/ https://old.reddit.com/r/uBlockOrigin/comments/i240ds/reques...

Arnavion 5y ago

You have the features of uMatrix with uBlock Origin's static rules. You just have to write them by hand instead of the convenient table UI. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26284124 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26284124 The only thing that uBO doesn't support is controlling cookie access, so I still use uM for that.

Semaphor 5y ago
> You just have to write them by hand instead of the convenient table UI. That’s a pretty big "just", though. Very few sites work without fiddling with rules, having to do manual text entry every time would push me towards not using it. The UI of uMatrix is generally far superior to the mobile-friendly, simplified one of uBo.
- Arnavion 5y ago
  >That’s a pretty big "just", though. It is, but for me the pros outweigh the cons. In particular, even with uM I often ended up editing the rules by hand because it was easier to copy-paste and turn on and off rules for experimenting, but uM would forcibly resort the rules on save which made that annoying. >Very few sites work without fiddling with rules, The only sites I fiddle with the rules of are the ones I visit regularly, which is not many. Over the 1.5 years that I've been using this method, I've only got 75 "web properties" in my list (github.com, github.io and githubusercontent.com count as one "GitHub" web property; so the number of domains is a bit higher). Going by git history, I do have to fiddle with one or more rules once a month on average. For other sites, either they work well enough with default settings, or I give up and close them, or if I really need to know what they say I use a different browser. For this other browser I never log in to anything, and have it configured to delete all history by default on exit. (I've been pondering making this an X-forwarded browser running on a different source IP, but haven't bothered.) >The UI of uMatrix is generally far superior to the mobile-friendly, simplified one of uBo. To be clear, editing the rules does not use the "mobile-friendly, simplified" uBO UI. It refers to the giant text field you see in the uBO "Dashboard", specifically the "My filters" tab. But yes, it'd be the best of all worlds if uBO gains the table UI as an alternative to the filters textfield. I imagine the problem is that static filters are technically much more powerful than what the uM-style rules do, so it'd require inventing a third kind of rule, which isn't great.
  - Semaphor 5y ago
    I have almost 7000 rules for a 260kb file ;)

tremon 5y ago

ηMatrix is a fork maintained for Pale Moon: https://gitlab.com/vannilla/ematrix https://gitlab.com/vannilla/ematrix