1.2.0

New:

New cosmetic filter to foil specific inline script tags -- one more tool in uBlock Origin's arsenal against bloat. Syntax of this new cosmetic filter is:

example.com##script:contains(...)

Where ... is a plain string or a regular expression. If ... is a string in between / like /.../, the string is treated as a literal javascript regular expression, otherwise it is treated as a plain string.

Caveats of current implementation:

• The filter must apply to a specific hostname or entity. Generic script tag filters will be rejected.
• This works only on not too old versions of Firefox: this feature makes use of the beforescriptexecute event, and this event is not supported on Chromium-based browsers.
  • Starring the related Chromium issue may motivate developers to bring support of beforescriptexecute to Chromium.

Excellent example of the usefulness of this new cosmetic filter:

• Enable "DEU: EasyList Germany‎" in 3rd-party filters pane in the dashboard.
• Go to http://www.focus.de/.
• See site purposefully defacing itself with obnoxious click-bait ads.
• Go to My filters pane in the dashboard.
• Add custom cosmetic filter www.focus.de##script:contains(uabInject).
• Reload http://www.focus.de/.
• No more obnoxious click-bait ads.
• Another example: explosm.net##script:contains(/^__durl=/) for http://explosm.net/.

Blocking inline script tags for that site would prevent site-defacing ads from appearing, but this is a broad approach which can result in other useful functionality on the site being disabled as well. The new script tag cosmetic filter syntax allows a more refined approach by blocking one or more specific inline script tags on a page. Blocking all inline script is preferred if this does not lead to the site losing useful functionalities. But if this happens, a specific script tag filter is the solution.

Full documentation.

Closed as fixed:

Chromium

• Impossible to block ad

Firefox

• Global uBlock installation on Ubuntu

Core

• Create landing pages in the wiki for features with caveats
• Can we have link to docs under My Filters tab?
• Site loading constantly with uBlock: eg. AdFox, AdRiver, Magna problem
  • Solved though the use of the new inline script tag filtering.