Welcome young old uBlockUXP

[Donieck69]

Hi
I am learning PHP and Javascript. I'm from Poland. I decided to form uBlock Origin legacy under the name uBlockUXP. Can you tell me what do you expect from this add-on?

This link for this repository https://github.com/Donieck/uBlockUXP . I won't change the licence, because it is very good!

I need tips and feedback, which improve this addon!!!

Thanks uCyborg and gorhill for these hard piece of work

[back2themoon]

Hello and congratulations on your ambitious project.

Can you tell me what do you expect from this add-on?

I think what everyone expects is for the UXP version to get some of the newer, important features from the current uBO version for Firefox, and make some of the filterlists that currently do not work, compatible with UXP again.

However, I am not sure if creating yet another fork is a good idea. This would be the fourth version, if we include JustOffs. Perhaps it'd be best to coordinate everyone's efforts into a single version, as discussed in the recent uBO topic? I mean, you suggested a few names there and went to create a fork anyway.

Furthermore, is this complex extension really ideal to use as a learning tool?

[Nigaikaze]

I agree that focusing everyone's efforts on improving an existing version would be better than creating yet another fork.

Thanks uCyborg and gorhill for these hard piece of work

And thank you JustOff. Don't forget JustOff.

[moonbat]

The one thing I would like from the current uBlock to be backported is the UI for the logger and filters. Best to combine efforts as back2themoon suggested.

[sinfulosd]

There are A LOT of features that I'd expect them to be backported from the upstream version onto the UXP-based extension version, but the major ones are:

• Utilizing the complete power and control that UXP offers into the addon, making it do stuff that are not possible to be done in the Webextension version, like tapping directly into the browser’s networking stack, allowing it to block, modify, or redirect requests even before they hit higher-level APIs.

• Introduction of scriptlets like trusted-set-attr, trusted-override-element-method, and trusted-prevent-dom-bypass to enhance content manipulation capabilities.

• Addition of urlskip= and ipaddress= options, providing more granular control over network filtering.

• Support for EasyList's { remove: true } syntax and improvements to the spoof-css scriptlet.

• Mitigations for delayed execution in Pale Moon and enhancements to scriptlets like prevent-setTimeout and prevent-setInterval.

• Complete UI enhancements.

• Backporting all the security and bugfixes.

Overall, I'd like to see all the changelog of the upstream version of uBlock origin onto the UXP-based one.

However, I do support back2themoon opinion of coordinating everyone's efforts into a single version, so I'd suggest you to just make a pull request into UCyborg's github page and post your own contribution into it.

We could make use of your skills onto other extensions for you to either fork or update to the latest upstream version counterpart. We have a lot of other extensions that are in need of some small refinements and pulling the latest features of their upstream counterparts into them, like Greasemonkey for Pale Moon. It won't require much effort and it's not a very complicated extension for you to use it as a learning experiment, making it a perfect start for you to understand how to apply latest features into it and making your first contribution into the community.

[frostknight]

And thank you JustOff. Don't forget JustOff.

Agreed, he also helped a lot, I wonder if he is alive still.

[Donieck69]

Also thanks for JustOff.

[Donieck69]

Is any UXP documentation ? Thanks for sharing this

[UCyborg]

I wonder if taking the latest stable uBO as a base and reimplementing XUL browsers' specific platform code would be better approach at this point.

[moonbat]

I wonder if taking the latest stable uBO as a base and reimplementing XUL browsers' specific platform code would be better approach at this point.

Sounds good - it would be a great help if the logger could be implemented as a sidebar or bottom bar like in the pure XUL Adblock Latitude (and original Adblock Plus for FF) instead of a separate tab.

[UCyborg]

Most people into development are pretty crazy, writing code for them is like breathing to us plain folks. And the base extension keeps changing. Maybe if you got the base XUL glue code together based on newer version, you could pull the other updates automatically.

[Donieck69]

And the base extension keeps changing. Maybe if you got the base XUL glue code together based on newer version, you could pull the other updates automatically.

This is simple method looking very good.

[UCyborg]

Not sure about simple, but XUL parts wouldn't be subject to frequent updates I think.

But I remember reading some history of the code and from what I understood, the codebase used to have some ugly bits to keep XUL support specifically, which were later removed. At least according to the author.

Furthermore, is this complex extension really ideal to use as a learning tool?

IMHO, anything to do with this browser is probably the worst to pick when starting out.

[BenFenner]

Hi

Hello, and welcome!

I am learning PHP

Cool. Cool cool cool cool. Beware the pitfalls. If you have questions along the way I have 13+ years experience and may be of some help.

and Javascript.

My condolenses.

[Donieck69]

https://developer.mozilla.org.cach3.com/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Tech/XUL/Tutorial/XUL_Structure
https://udn.realityripple.com
Probably this is what I am looking for

[Donieck69]

Beware the pitfalls. If you have questions along the way I have 13+ years experience and may be of some help.

Thanks for helpful hand

[sinfulosd]

I wonder if taking the latest stable uBO as a base and reimplementing XUL browsers' specific platform code would be better approach at this point.

I have always thought of this approach as the sanest and most logical approach of them all, instead of relying on an extension that was made back in 2021 and very hard to pinpoint all the missing features and QoL changes that were implemented at that time. Last time I checked, the upstream version of uBlock Origin went through a lot of code cleanup, making it easier to backport its features.

I personally support this idea.

[Donieck69]

Dear uCyborg,
you would have to communicate somehow!
I suggest to send me mail to daniel.8wp(at)wp.pl. this is my emergency email

[UCyborg]

You're welcome to try yourself. This stuff is way over my head, I don't have a plan to attempt this by myself.

[frostknight]

I hope you guys produce a new release at some point, we could use it whenever.

I would like it to be on feature parity of the new ublock origin and better if possible.

I cannot however help you, because I know very little on coding.

I mostly follow instructions to do what I need to do/want to do.

Off-topic:
That's how I installed Hyperbola GNU/Linux-Libre on a few computers.