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It is! I read through the docs and did some testing. It's very similar to noscript once you get used to the flags.
Do not Disable scripts globally using the settings checkbox, it overrides dynamic filtering and ignores your flags
Left flags are global (In the example I block first party and third party scripts globally) and right flags are local for the site you're currently on. (Here I allow bbc.com to run scripts, that's the grey flag)
You can locally allow all scripts from a domain like this (notice the grey flag on bbci.co.uk and the inherited dark grey on the subdomains below):
Or you can allow specific subdomains (here I allow emp.bbci.co.uk and ichef.bbci.co.uk specifically while leaving static.bbci.co.uk blocked)
As I'm allowing scripts with the right side local flags the third party sites will still be default blocked if they're used by another domain that isn't bbc.com.
Interesting, then this is better than NoScript. I'm just a bit rattled by the uBO soft-takedown by Manifest v3 or whatever it was that had happened last year and am concerned about uBO, like, dying or something. What do you think is its future? If it still seems stable enough then I guess I'll drop NoScript for it.
And then on that note, would you be willing to share your settings of the scripts you've deemed comfortable, as a shortcut for other newbs like me who are just getting on board with all this? It'd be much appreciated if so! Either way, thanks for sharing.
uBlock Origin still functions the same. I doubt it'll die in the foreseeable future because there's interest in it, and moreso than in NoScript (my assumption anyway).
The uBlock Origin introduced https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBOL-home to cover the manifest v3. It's a separate software. The original uBlock Origin remains functional like before.
Regarding the earlier point, this lite FAQ entry sounds to me like the main author is more committed to origin than lite.
I mean, if you're still using Chrome, you likely don't know about Manifest v3. Those who do have been on FF for quite some time.
As a firefox user I'm not really affected by googles changes so I'm not worried about uBO at all.
I will probably stick with noscript as of now, as I'm so used to it and have already built a large whitelist of domains I trust globally.
Not certain what you mean with sharing my settings of scripts. If you mean my whitelist settings in noscript/ublock origin then I would recommend just starting with a blank slate and build up your own whitelist. We're probably not using the same sites after all.
True, there's no way to do a clean merge like we can with multiple KeePass password databases... or can we?
By the way, I now use AdNauseam, which is a uBO fork, but I can't find how to access the color grid in your screenshots. Would you happen to know how to get to it?
It's available in uBlock Origin when advanced user mode is enabled in settings. No idea if AdNauseam works the same.
https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBlock-issues/wiki/Dynamic-filtering:-quick-guide