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Overview of uBlock's network filtering engine
        u-RraaLL edited this page Oct 26, 2024 
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uBlock Origin - An efficient blocker for Chromium and Firefox. Fast and lean.
- Wiki home
 - About the Wiki documentation
 - Permissions
 - Privacy policy
 - Info:
 - The toolbar icon
 - The popup user interface
 - The context menu
 - 
Dashboard
- Settings pane
 - Filter lists pane
 - My filters pane
 - My rules pane
 - Trusted sites pane
 - Support
 - Keyboard shortcuts
 
 - The logger
 - Element picker
 - Element zapper
 - 
Blocking mode
- Very easy mode
 - Easy mode (default)
 - Medium mode (optimal for advanced users)
 - Hard mode
 - Nightmare mode
 
 - Strict blocking
 - Few words about re-design of uBO's user interface
 - Reference answers to various topics seen in the wild
 - Overview of uBlock's network filtering engine
 - uBlock's blocking and protection effectiveness:
 - uBlock's resource usage and efficiency:
- Memory footprint: what happens inside uBlock after installation
 - uBlock vs. ABP: efficiency compared
 - Counterpoint: Who cares about efficiency, I have 8 GB RAM and|or a quad core CPU
 - Debunking "uBlock Origin is less efficient than Adguard" claims
 - Myth: uBlock consumes over 80MB
 - Myth: uBlock is just slightly less resource intensive than Adblock Plus
 - Myth: uBlock consumes several or several dozen GB of RAM
 - Various videos showing side by side comparison of the load speed of complex sites
 - Own memory usage: benchmarks over time
 - Contributed memory usage: benchmarks over time
 - Can uBO crash a browser?
 
 - Tools, tests
 - Deploying uBlock Origin
 - Proposal for integration/unit testing
 - uBlock Origin Core (Node.js):
 - Troubleshooting:
 - Good external guides:
 - Scientific papers