From 370ca17340468c90834e778b29c014cd0d56b01c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Raymond Hill Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2015 18:06:42 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?Updated=20Does=20=C2=B5Block=20blocks=20ads=20o?= =?UTF-8?q?r=20just=20hide=20them=3F=20(markdown)?= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit --- Does-µBlock-blocks-ads-or-just-hide-them?.md | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Does-µBlock-blocks-ads-or-just-hide-them?.md b/Does-µBlock-blocks-ads-or-just-hide-them?.md index 33d2acf..84f4b64 100644 --- a/Does-µBlock-blocks-ads-or-just-hide-them?.md +++ b/Does-µBlock-blocks-ads-or-just-hide-them?.md @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ There are two kinds of [ABP-compatible filters](https://adblockplus.org/en/filte The purpose of network filter is to prevent a network request to be made to a remote server, so as to prevent downloading a remote resource. µBlock will prevent the network request from even being made. This saves bandwidth, decrease privacy exposure -- as the remote server won't be able to log anything if you do not contact it. -**Answer:** resources blocked. +**Answer:** resources blocked: network requests are cancelled before they leave the browser. #### Cosmetic filters @@ -28,4 +28,4 @@ These filters serve to remove DOM elements from a web page. They have no value p µBlock also support the parsing and enforcing of hosts files -- something which ABP does not. All entries in a hosts file are parsed as network filters, i.e. no resource will be fetch from a remote server which appear in a hosts file, no connection will even be attempted. -**Answer:** resources blocked. +**Answer:** resources blocked: network requests are cancelled before they leave the browser.