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Never used uMatrix but looks like it's a content blocker like uBO. any reason for using both instead of just uBO?

vladvasiliu 4y ago
My understanding is that uMatrix is a bit different. By default, it will block just about all third-party requests. It can sometimes be a pain to manage, in particular for sites with many redirects and an absurd number of domains. I'm thinking Azure/Office365. It's not a full replacement for uBO either because it won't attempt to do anything fancy to block ads specifically. However, uMatrix is no longer maintained. Its GitHub page [0] says the project has been archived. I'm still using it, don't know whether there are any risks in doing so. [0] https://github.com/gorhill/uMatrix https://github.com/gorhill/uMatrix
Semaphor 4y ago
Simple and straightforward blocking/permitting of cookies, css, images, media, scripts, xhr, frames, and others per domain. You can theoretically do the same thing with uBo, but it’s far more involved and not a thing you want to do all the time.
DavideNL 4y ago
uMatrix has not been in Development for a long time (Developer did not have the time and decided to focus on uBlock Origin.)
msravi 4y ago
Not everyone will like it, but uMatrix comes with more fine-grained control, and the defaults are set to block all third-party and cross-site loads, including static content hosted on other domains. So a lot of sites will break by default, and you've to go enable anything that you actually want. uBlock on the other hand will only block the (list) filters you've enabled.
- coryrc 4y ago
  uBlock Origin has an advanced mode (Dynamic filtering) that allows most of the config uMatrix allowed. https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Dynamic-filtering https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Dynamic-filtering
  - OJFord 4y ago
    Still not everything, and way harder to use.
  - Rebelgecko 4y ago
    I'm pretty comfortable with uMatrix and for whatever reason the uBlock filtering UX just completely flummoxes me.
  - jackac 4y ago
    I don't recommend using dynamic filters because they completely override any matching static filters. Makes the point of filter lists useless, if uBo had a way to set dynamic filters to a lower priority than static they might actually be useful. At the moment the only way I found to replicate uMatrix was to use static filters to block by default on a per domain basis and whitelist domains per request type. It is a lot more work so I only do so for sites with user generated content (e.g. hn or reddit) that have links to who knows where that you might want to prevent from loading. *$strict3p,~css,~image,~script,domain= \ stackexchange.com| \ stackoverflow.com| \ superuser.com *$strict3p,css,image,domain=stackexchange.com|stackoverflow.com|superuser.com,denyallow=cdn.sstatic.net *$strict3p,script,domain=stackexchange.com|stackoverflow.com|superuser.com,denyallow= \ cdn.sstatic.net| \ ajax.googleapis.com
ajvs 4y ago
If you're proficient with using Medium or Hard mode with uBlock Origin, then no. It's basically just a different UI.

My understanding is that uMatrix is a bit different. By default, it will block just about all third-party requests. It can sometimes be a pain to manage, in particular for sites with many redirects and an absurd number of domains. I'm thinking Azure/Office365. It's not a full replacement for uBO either because it won't attempt to do anything fancy to block ads specifically. However, uMatrix is no longer maintained. Its GitHub page [0] says the project has been archived. I'm still using it, don't know whether there are any risks in doing so. [0] https://github.com/gorhill/uMatrix https://github.com/gorhill/uMatrix

Semaphor 4y ago

Simple and straightforward blocking/permitting of cookies, css, images, media, scripts, xhr, frames, and others per domain. You can theoretically do the same thing with uBo, but it’s far more involved and not a thing you want to do all the time.

DavideNL 4y ago

uMatrix has not been in Development for a long time (Developer did not have the time and decided to focus on uBlock Origin.)

msravi 4y ago

Not everyone will like it, but uMatrix comes with more fine-grained control, and the defaults are set to block all third-party and cross-site loads, including static content hosted on other domains. So a lot of sites will break by default, and you've to go enable anything that you actually want. uBlock on the other hand will only block the (list) filters you've enabled.

coryrc 4y ago
uBlock Origin has an advanced mode (Dynamic filtering) that allows most of the config uMatrix allowed. https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Dynamic-filtering https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Dynamic-filtering
- OJFord 4y ago
  Still not everything, and way harder to use.
- Rebelgecko 4y ago
  I'm pretty comfortable with uMatrix and for whatever reason the uBlock filtering UX just completely flummoxes me.
- jackac 4y ago
  I don't recommend using dynamic filters because they completely override any matching static filters. Makes the point of filter lists useless, if uBo had a way to set dynamic filters to a lower priority than static they might actually be useful. At the moment the only way I found to replicate uMatrix was to use static filters to block by default on a per domain basis and whitelist domains per request type. It is a lot more work so I only do so for sites with user generated content (e.g. hn or reddit) that have links to who knows where that you might want to prevent from loading. *$strict3p,~css,~image,~script,domain= \ stackexchange.com| \ stackoverflow.com| \ superuser.com *$strict3p,css,image,domain=stackexchange.com|stackoverflow.com|superuser.com,denyallow=cdn.sstatic.net *$strict3p,script,domain=stackexchange.com|stackoverflow.com|superuser.com,denyallow= \ cdn.sstatic.net| \ ajax.googleapis.com

ajvs 4y ago

If you're proficient with using Medium or Hard mode with uBlock Origin, then no. It's basically just a different UI.