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Vlad

Sorry, I was overly sweeping. Here is the specific behaviour I encounter:

uBlock Origin and Orion's built in content filters pick up most ads. Some slip through the cracks.

uBlock Origin has an in-built element hiding picker, which is used for the ads that slip through the cracks.

This function is broken. In my use case, opening the element hiding picker freezes the web page, and I have to reload. I just tried then, and I had to force quit Orion and reload, as the entire browser locked up.

If I import a user-created rule from another browser where uBo is fully functional - for example, blocking a banner ad on a site like cnbc.com - I have to:

  1. Open the page. The ad/element that has been blocked, either via user rule or element hiding picker, will still be displayed.

  2. Reload the page. The ad/element that has been blocked will now be blocked correctly.

      Ok this is for added elements, not default ad blocking behaviour - yes this is a known issue.

        Vlad it also applies to default ad blocking. I just opened reddit.com and I can see ads on the frontpage as well as the annoying cookie banner:

        after refreshing the page they're gone:

            catch-22

            Thank you. @Vlad - this is what I was talking about with page refreshes. It's not just elements - I don't think the 'known issue' is as narrow as you believe it is.

              catch-22 Just out of curiosity, what happens when there are fewer rules in your blocklist?

              I personally found that having fewer rules reduced non-blocked elements issue. So I just want some else to verify this too.

                  catch-22 I'm sorry if I was not clear. By fewer rules, I meant that the total of 'x' network filters + 'y' cosmetic filters should be small. In this scenario, is the result same?

                      a month later

                      Vlad

                      Vlad Ok this is for added elements, not default ad blocking behaviour - yes this is a known issue.

                      @Vlad, just to confirm this issue is not just for added elements, but is for default ad-blocking behaviour. Here are the main pages of Facebook and Reddit with uBlock Origin installed:


                      It's not just about cosmetic filters. uBlock Origin doesn't block ads in Orion without a page refresh.

                          2 months later

                          I noticed that for me it was only happening on a new tab/window.
                          So I changed "new window/tab open with" from Start Page to Empty Page, which seems to have fixed it.

                          Could also reproduce it again by switching it back to Start Page.
                          It does not matter if you click on something on the start page or manually enter something in the URL bar.
                          Looks like loading a page from the Start Page breaks the adblockers somehow.

                            22 days later
                            joystmp changed the title to UBlock Origin doesn't work, sometimes .

                              I have the issue of cosmetic/static filtering not being enabled on initial page load and requires a reload of the page similar to what users have mentioned abov.

                              @Vlad do you want me to open a new but report specifically for cosmetic/static filtering not being enabled on uBO until the page is reloaded?

                                For some reason it's being ignored, while being a major issue with one of the advertised features. Don't get me wrong, the browser is great but the fact that there is no progress on this issue, not even acknowledgement, is frustrating.

                                  REB00T Not sure why you chose to ignore all the progress that team has made with the browser. There are 2000 open issues on this forum, this is not even the largest one.

                                  https://kagi.com/orion/updates/orion-release-notes.html

                                  The reason we prioritised other things over this one, is that uBO works reasonably well already and there are many other features that users request with much more passion that this one.

                                      7 days later

                                      Vlad In all fairness, while the team has made absolutely incredible progress (and that should be commended) this is the highest voted bug and uBlock Origin is a popular extension used by many users. While uBO mostly works, the lack of application of cosmetic & static filtering until page reload is unpleasant. Then again, I understand why it's not a high priority for the team and Orion is still currently beta software. Additionally, the built-in content blocker works for most users. I do expect that this bug will eventually be fixed in tandem with other fixes to related extension bugs in a future update.

                                          10 days later

                                          New user, I'd like to add my voice to the choir. uBlock doesn't filter cosmetic until page refresh. I appreciate that the dev team is small, and Orion otherwise seems lovely, but this is such a pain for me I'm back to Firefox until it's fixed.

                                          a month later

                                          guys my ublock origin dosent work at all its show always 0 he block 0 ads like there is no adblock

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                                            17 days later

                                            catbonnyh can you please try disabling Orion's built-in adblocker, as I suspect, all the ads are getting blocked by internal adblocker, so ubo is not getting any.