Setting name: "defaultFiltering"
Type: string
Valid values: "none", "basic", "optimal", "complete"
Additionally, fix default "basic" mode toggling back to "optimal"
upon extension restart when uBOL has broad host permissions. The
default mode will toggle automatically only when there is a change
in broad host permissions status.
Add information about which ruleset caused a page to be strict-
blocked.
Whenever possible, add ability to URL-skip an incoming redirect
in a strict-blocked page.
Add new default list: "30-day Phishing Domain List"
Related issue:
https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBOL-home/issues/214
This implements basic functionality for strict blocking, i.e. the
ability to block navigation to undesirable websites. This is a
first implementation, which converts only filters that are plain
hostnames.
Unlike with uBO, it is not possible to know from which ruleset a
blocking rule originates. Nonetheless, users will have to make a
choice as to whether navigation should proceed or not.
A setting has been added to the dashboard to wholly enable/disable
strict blocking. It is enabled by default.
Potential future improvements, pending investigation on feasability
in an MV3 framework:
- Extend coverage to explicit `document` filters
- Leverage and use `urlskip=` filters in the blocking page in order
to proceed while bypassing unwanted redirects.
Collecting matched rules when the extension is side-loaded is now
opt-in, by enabling "Developer mode" in the dashboard.
The reason is to allow the extension to behave same as the official
released version when side-loaded.
Specifically, as side-loaded extension, uBOL's service worker would
wake up due to matched-rule listener even though it would not wake
up the worker with same configuration in stable release.
Related discussion:
https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBOL-home/discussions/35#discussioncomment-11157444
New policy setting: `rulesets`
Type: array
Type of array items: string
Each item in the list is a list id (as seen in `rulesets/ruleset-details.json`),
prefixed with either `+` to enable the ruleset, or `-` to disable the ruleset.
Users will not be able to enable or disable rulesets present in the `rulesets`
policy. Disabled rulesets will not appear in the dashboard.
Use `-*` to remove all non-default rulesets, except for those added
using `+[ruleset_id]`.
Additionally, some work has been done to properly handle policy changes in
a non-blocking and deferred manner, as I observed that it often takes long
for calls to `storage.manage.get` to resolve. This potentailly takes care
of the following issue:
https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBOL-home/issues/174