The ad blocker ublock looks very promising,
A firefox .xpi extension is available
(requires firefox v 31 or higher):

https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/releases

Any help porting it to kmeleon75 would be appreciated. Thanks.

soccerfan



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/30/2015 09:10PM by soccerfan.

You mean activate it?

Use xpinstallext.kmm and install the attached xpi to suppress compatibility checking even further. And then test what it does. I think some may work.

Use URL chrome://ublock/content/dashboard.html to get options full size.
Or create a kmm using the URL.

Tab 3rd party filter lists does constantly load. Console shows no error.:s

I did not test further. It is Your pet after all.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/02/2015 04:13PM by guenter.

This extension need a feature not available in current version. I'll add it in next update but don't know how it will work.

Thanks Dorian. I'll wait for the update.

@guenter: I'll give your instructions a go
(except writing a kmm which I cannot do!).

soccerfan

Ok - create a link in bookmarks.html then. I use hotlist for this.

p.s. Actually You'd take an existing macro, give it a new unique name like ublock.kmm and alter the code a little. I must admit I never did anything more.

Making up new macros is only for macro coders like siria and JamesD.

I choose mtypes.kmm. But console2.kmm is also good for this.

Change the chrome line. Which I did for You.

Then You'd search & replace with an editor all instances of mtypes with ublock. Which I did not.

Then change what appears in the menu. That is the string "MIME T&ypes".
And maybe change the macro info. What extension it is...

"Preferences" is where the menu item is. Change it to "KMAbout" and it is in "Help". That is my favourite for my helper.kmm.

You can look up places in other macros.

That is all the art. No coding needed.


# K-Meleon Macros (http://kmeleon.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php?id=MacroLanguage)

# ---------- mtypes Extension (MIME Type Editor) -------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# Dependencies : main.kmm (OpenURL)
# Resources : -
# Preferences : -
#
# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

mtypes{
macroinfo=_("Change file type settings");
$OpenURL="chrome://ublock/content/dashboard.html"; &OpenURL_InNewWindow;
}

# ----- PRIVATE

_mtypes_BuildMenu{
# edit menu
setmenu(Preferences,macro,"MIME T&ypes...",mtypes);
}
$OnInit=$OnInit."_mtypes_BuildMenu;";

# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
$macroModules=$macroModules."mtypes;";



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/02/2015 10:51PM by guenter.

Quote
guenter
Ok - create a link in bookmarks.html then. I use hotlist for this.

p.s. Actually You'd take an existing macro, give it a new unique name like ublock.kmm and alter the code a little. I must admit I never did anything more.

Making up new macros is only for macro coders like siria and JamesD.

I choose mtypes.kmm. But console2.kmm is also good for this.

Change the chrome line. Which I did for You.

Then You'd search & replace with an editor all instances of mtypes with ublock. Which I did not.

Then change what appears in the menu. That is the string "MIME T&ypes".
And maybe change the macro info. What extension it is...

"Preferences" is where the menu item is. Change it to "KMAbout" and it is in "Help". That is my favourite for my helper.kmm.

You can look up places in other macros.

That is all the art. No coding needed.


# K-Meleon Macros (http://kmeleon.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php?id=MacroLanguage)


# ---------- mtypes Extension (MIME Type Editor) -------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# Dependencies : main.kmm (OpenURL)
# Resources : -
# Preferences : -
#
# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

ublock{
macroinfo=_("Change file type settings");
$OpenURL="chrome://ublock/content/dashboard.html"; &OpenURL_InNewWindow;
}

# ----- PRIVATE

_ublock_BuildMenu{
# edit menu
setmenu(Preferences,macro,"MIME T&ypes...",mtypes);
}
$OnInit=$OnInit."_mtypes_BuildMenu;";

# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
$macroModules=$macroModules."mtypes;";

You made one mistake the internal mtypes needs to replaces with somethng like ublock or your macro interfere with the mtypes macro.

The ublock macro should be soemthing like the similar to the one below.

# K-Meleon Macros (http://kmeleon.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php?id=MacroLanguage)

# ---------- UBlock Add Block Extension
-------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# Dependencies : main.kmm (OpenURL)
# Resources : -
# Preferences : -
#
# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

ublock{
macroinfo=_("uBlock Add Blocker");
$OpenURL="chrome://ublock/content/dashboard.html"; &OpenURL_InNewWindow;
}

# ----- PRIVATE

_ublock_BuildMenu{
# edit menu
setmenu(Preferences,macro,"uBlock Add Blocker...",ublock);
}
$OnInit=$OnInit."_ublock_BuildMenu;";

# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
$macroModules=$macroModules."ublock;"



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 02/03/2015 04:10AM by George_Hall.

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George_Hall

Quote
guenter
Ok - create a link in bookmarks.html then. I use hotlist for this.

p.s. Actually You'd take an existing macro, give it a new unique name like ublock.kmm and alter the code a little. I must admit I never did anything more.

Making up new macros is only for macro coders like siria and JamesD.

I choose mtypes.kmm. But console2.kmm is also good for this.

Change the chrome line. Which I did for You.

Then You'd search & replace with an editor all instances of mtypes with ublock. Which I did not.

Then change what appears in the menu. That is the string "MIME T&ypes".
And maybe change the macro info. What extension it is...

"Preferences" is where the menu item is. Change it to "KMAbout" and it is in "Help". That is my favourite for my helper.kmm.

You can look up places in other macros.

That is all the art. No coding needed.


# K-Meleon Macros (http://kmeleon.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php?id=MacroLanguage)


# ---------- mtypes Extension (MIME Type Editor) -------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# Dependencies : main.kmm (OpenURL)
# Resources : -
# Preferences : -
#
# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

ublock{
macroinfo=_("Change file type settings");
$OpenURL="chrome://ublock/content/dashboard.html"; &OpenURL_InNewWindow;
}

# ----- PRIVATE

_ublock_BuildMenu{
# edit menu
setmenu(Preferences,macro,"MIME T&ypes...",mtypes);
}
$OnInit=$OnInit."_mtypes_BuildMenu;";

# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
$macroModules=$macroModules."mtypes;";

You made one mistake the internal mtypes needs to replaces with somethng like ublock or your macro interfere with the mtypes macro.

The ublock macro should be soemthing like the similar to the one below.

# K-Meleon Macros (http://kmeleon.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php?id=MacroLanguage)

# ---------- UBlock Add Block Extension
-------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# Dependencies : main.kmm (OpenURL)
# Resources : -
# Preferences : -
#
# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

ublock{
macroinfo=_("uBlock Add Blocker");
$OpenURL="chrome://ublock/content/dashboard.html"; &OpenURL_InNewWindow;
}

# ----- PRIVATE

_ublock_BuildMenu{
# edit menu
setmenu(Preferences,macro,"uBlock Add Blocker...",ublock);
}
$OnInit=$OnInit."_ublock_BuildMenu;";

# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
$macroModules=$macroModules."ublock;"

Yes.

If You read my post carefully U would notice that I wrote replace all instances of mtypes with ublock using an editor that can do search and replace...

That prevents that You forget a string - which prevents that the two macros work side by side.

I also wrote that I did not edit that for him.


p.s. Sigh. I wanted soccerfan to have the chance to learn it. So that he can do it alone. It is such a nice, easy macro for a person that starts to learn it.
It was the first macro I adapted myself many years ago.

It was an instruction. You spoiled it. :mad:

I could have done it faster - than making up instructions. I wasted time.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/03/2015 08:38AM by guenter.

George isn't reader. George is maker!

_________________________________________________________
You all are guys KM needs! But we should be more attentive to each other! :cool:

Quote
guenter
p.s. Sigh. I wanted soccerfan to have the chance to learn it. So that he can do it alone. It is such a nice, easy macro for a person that starts to learn it.
It was the first macro I adapted myself many years ago.

It was an instruction. You spoiled it. :mad:

I could have done it faster - than making up instructions. I wasted time.

You did the right thing guenter I did end up making this macro:

# K-Meleon Macros (http://kmeleon.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php?id=MacroLanguage)

# ---------- ublock -----------------------------------------------------------
#
# Dependencies : main.kmm (OpenURL)
# Resources : -
# Preferences : -
#
# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

ublock{
$OpenURL="chrome://ublock/content/dashboard.html"; &OpenURL_InNewWindow;
}

# ----- PRIVATE

_ublock_BuildMenu{

# Creates a new "main menu" item that is called "Download Helper"
#setmenu(Main,popup,"&Extensions","&Help");
# edit menu
#setmenu("&Extensions",macro,"ublock",ublock);
setmenu(Preferences,macro,"ublock",ublock,-1);

}
$OnInit=$OnInit."_ublock_BuildMenu;";

# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
$macroModules=$macroModules."ublock;";
_______________________________________________________

However, I cannot install ublock.xpi (or your attached check-compatibility...xpi).
What I did was to put ublock.xpi in the browser/extensions folder.
For good measure, I also unpacked the extension and put that in same folder.
When I click edit|ublock it brings up an empty page. No errors but no joy either.
I do have firefox compatability mode checked and
JamesD's extension installer macro is enabled.

Btw, I am on XP SP2 and my privacy toolbar is blank :mad:

soccerfan



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/03/2015 01:01PM by soccerfan.

Update: I was finally able to see ublock in addons and make the macro work.

Quote
guenter
Tab 3rd party filter lists does constantly load. Console shows no error.:s

I can confirm.
That tab is important because it allows to select the
filters you want. Will have to wait for update to ublock.

Thanks to all for their help!

soccerfan

Quote
soccerfan
Update: I was finally able to see ublock in addons and make the macro work.

Congratulations & welcome to the tinkers club. :cool:

p.s. I usually do not bother to install. I download and drop xpi into extensions.

Quote
guenter
Congratulations & welcome to the tinkers club. :cool:

But forever an amateur

soccerfan

Since I followed this guide and installed the macro+the addon I want to know if it is working for you guys or not. Because it isn't working for me... Is it cause of the 3rd party filters?

Quote
Tnebi
Since I followed this guide and installed the macro+the addon I want to know if it is working for you guys or not. Because it isn't working for me... Is it cause of the 3rd party filters?

You can not manual add websites to uBlock to block in Firefox.

So it is not possib;e to manually add websites to uBlock to Block in K-Meleon 74 and K-Meleon 75.

In Firefox, adding websittes to block with UBlock by clicking Icon and click on Block Elemnet Button. Then select elementt to block and click complete wiht ublock.

With future updates to uBlock it may be possible to manuaaly ad websites to Block.

Do not forget that uBlock for Firefox is still a work in prgress with somes bugs which why it is not listed on the Mozilla Addons for Firefox (https://addons.mozilla.org/) website.

Yes I know you can't do those things... I'm just asking if the default options are working because it simply isn't working to me since it doesn't block anything.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/04/2015 10:28PM by Tnebi.

I believe the default options for uBlock does not have any list of blocked websites.

So all the blocked websites would have to be created with Firefox to create a list of blocked ads for K-Meleon 75 and 75,

To use the list of blocked ads in K-Meleon 74 and 75, the folder extension-data with ublock.sqlite has to be copied from the Firefox Profile to the K-Meleon 74 and 75 Profile

This may be the only way for uBlock to block ads with K-Meleon 74 and 74, until ublock has the ability to manually block ads.



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 02/05/2015 12:17AM by George_Hall.

Quote
George_Hall
I believe the default options for uBlock does not have any list of blocked websites.

So all the blocked websites would have to be created with Firefox to create a list of blocked ads for K-Meleon 75 and 75,

To use the list of blocked ads in K-Meleon 74 and 75, the folder extension-data with ublock.sqlite has to be copied from the Firefox Profile to the K-Meleon 74 and 75 Profile

This may be the only way for uBlock to block ads with K-Meleon 74 and 74, until ublock has the ability to manually block ads.

it appears i was uBlock does have list of blocked websites which are store in the folder extension-data in the file ublock.sqlite.

So just copying the folder extension-data from the Firefox Profile into the K-Meleon Profile may make uBlock work with K-Meleon 74 and 75

Quote
George_Hall
So just copying the folder extension-data from the Firefox Profile into the K-Meleon Profile may make uBlock work with K-Meleon 74 and 75

Where exactly are you copying it to tke Kmeleon Profile folder? Thanks.

soccerfan

Quote
soccerfan

Quote
George_Hall
So just copying the folder extension-data from the Firefox Profile into the K-Meleon Profile may make uBlock work with K-Meleon 74 and 75

Where exactly are you copying it to tke Kmeleon Profile folder? Thanks.

I mentioned that extension-datac contianins the file ublock.sqlite
http://kmeleonbrowser.org/forum/read.php?9,131872,131974#msg-131974

Which is created in the Firefox Profile (C:\Users\User Name\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\xxxxxxx.default) when uBlock is installed.

If the file ublock.sqlite doess work, I can only think of three possible reasons why uBlock wll not work.

1, K-Meleon 74 and 75 can not find the file ublock.sqlite in the extension-data
Which you may be able to fix by test by copying ublock.sqlite to different locations in your K-Meleon Profile.

2. K-Meleon 74 and 75 can not read to the file ublock.sqlite. Whch I have no idea how to fix.

3. The list of uBlock wensites may be stored online instead of offline and takes to long for K-Meleon 74 and 75 to access them.



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 02/05/2015 08:10AM by George_Hall.

I've tried to copy ublock.sqlite into my KMeleon profile folder, even tried to put it into an extension-data folder as in Firefox but it isn't working. So I guess there's something else we're missing ;D

uBlock appears to be more complicated than Adblock Plus.

uBlock creates the file ublock.sqlite automatically with a list of addresses to block in Firefox.

uBlock must use some feature or system hook of Firefox to automatically download the data again and again to create to create the list in ublock.sqlite

I think K-Meleon 74 and 75 can not automatically download the lists in uBlock.

With Adblock Plus the lists are not downloaded automatically and are stored in a text file instead of sqlite file. So to accessing the list in Adblock Plus easier and faster than reading a sqlite file.

Besides the uBlock Extension is more than 4 times the size of Adblock Plus Extension.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/05/2015 10:55AM by George_Hall.

You may have more luck with kmeleon 75b3.
The firefox version of ublock is a port of the chrome extension. Chrome extensions use a hidden window to do their stuff. Gecko has one but it wasn't created in previous version of kmeleon. That was the most obvious missing feature but maybe there are more.

I've tried to use it in the new beta but it isn't working anyways...Anyone that is better than me can confirm it?

Quote
Tnebi
I've tried to use it in the new beta but it isn't working anyways...Anyone that is better than me can confirm it?

The km75b3 update allows me to install extensions. Now, ublock installs in
an 'extensions' folder created in 'Profiles/xxxxx.default'. Also created is
an 'extensions-data' folder that contains the file ublock.sqlite.

Unfortunately ublock is still not working for me. What guenter said earlier still happens:

Quote
guenter
Tab 3rd party filter lists does constantly load. Console shows no error.:s

Tried replacing ublock.sqlite by a working copy from FF35 but still no luck.

soccerfan



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/06/2015 01:43PM by soccerfan.

Wish there was a way to get this awesome adblocker working

From the developer of uBlock:

Quote
gorhill
What you may be experiencing is network delay when fetching https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gorhill/uBlock/master/assets/checksums.txt, which is what the 3rd-party filters pane does first, the first time you visit that pane.

https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/issues/461#issuecomment-119630814

So it's likely that K-Meleon is having trouble fetching the checksums.txt file while on the 3rd-party filters pane.

Any idea why?



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/09/2015 12:20AM by ray.

Just an update here, looks like Conkeror has the same issue as K-Meleon:
https://github.com/chrisaljoudi/uBlock/issues/827

Quote
ray
Just an update here, looks like Conkeror has the same issue as K-Meleon:
https://github.com/chrisaljoudi/uBlock/issues/827

it looks like that issue isn't gonna be fixed anytime soon as nobody is assigned to fix the problem.

In the third post Dorian had planned to do something about it:

Quote
Dorian
This extension need a feature not available in current version. I'll add it in next update but don't know how it will work.

@Dorian: Hope you get the time to
update km75(or even km76) with his fix :drool:

Edit: Now, ublock is maintained as ublock.origin

soccerfan



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 10/05/2015 09:16PM by soccerfan.

This is a different thing. What I was talking about was already added.
The issue in ublock tracker is talking about the same problem I mentionned with the patch for the password manager in 76 (e10s problem).

Unfortunately, mozilla implementation is so super megalicious abysmally idiotic that I'm not trying anything for now.