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Block favicons #802
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/favicon.ico$image should work to block all favicons.
I don't want to block all favicons, I just want to block specific ones on some websites.
Then use the domain option: /favicon.ico$image,domain=example.com|example.org etc.
Doesn't work, this is what I added under "My filters" tab:
||/favicon.ico$image,domain=cvgm.net
I've also tried this one, same thing happens:
||/static/favicon.ico$image,domain=cvgm.net
Why are you using double pipe ||? You are creating an impossible filter. Use the one I suggested.
All the other filters were having double pipes so I thought this one required it as well. Didn't think of removing them. Now it works, thanks!
I take that back, the favicon popped up again without doing anything to the filter list.
Probably because the network request was made behind-the-scene -- this is common with net requests for favicon.
Okay, I found the link to the behind-the-scene network request, what do I do with it? I tried adding it to the filter list but that hasn't done anything, so I guess that's not what I'm supposed to do.
The filtering section of that linked wiki page isn't clear enough.
EDIT: Forgot to mention that I cannot "select" entries in the behind-the-scene list
You shouldn't play with behind-the-scene unless you don't mind breaking important parts of your browser, like auto-update, or having all extensions work properly. It's not allowed to modify behind-the-scene unless you tick advanced users. But if you mess up things, you are on your own. At this point, assume there is no way to filter with 100% certainty favicons, and I certainly do not plan to support such a edgy feature.
@gorhill: I don't see what does auto-update have to do with favicons. I wasn't going to blacklist all behing-the-scene request, just this one specific request.
@gwarser: thanks, that works but only temporarily, after browsing a few pages on the site I get the annoying favicon again... (also ctrl+shift+del seems to bring up the Clear Recent History window instead).
Also I set the Cache size in Firefox on 0MB... weird how it still caches stuff.
I wasn't going to blacklist all behing-the-scene request, just this one specific request
If you un-whitelist behind-the-scene, all requests will become candidate for filtering.
I really like using uBlock, and so far I haven't had any problems with it, but one "feature" that I miss from ABE is being able to block favicons. There are some sites that like having animated favicons, and those usually consume quite a good deal of CPU here. I've tried looking at the page source and copying the link to the favicon itself and add it to the filters tab, but it does not work. Is it possible to add a feature to block those pesky favicons?