HN user
It's possible in theory. I have customized my ABP rules a ton, switching off rules I didn't want (impossible in uBlock), adding targeted rules for anything from annoying animated avatars to slow domains or bloated mastheads you can't scroll past (shit's almost as bad as modal pop-ups), and I've been unable to do any of it in uBlock because it's way, way too much hassle.
I've been using this port instead of Adblock Plus for a few weeks. I like the low overhead, but usability is bad.
- It's hard to list what filters are applied (though not impossible, if you like pain: hunt for the right icon using hovertext, find an empty page, hunt for icons again this time without hovertext; one icon will trigger something that will fill up a log, but it stalls a few seconds first and there's no progress indication).
- The big green “power” icon is the wrong metaphor. IMHO uBlock should just stop using icons.
- ABP has simple and obvious text menus, uBlock fails at making its features discoverable. This despite ABP being much more feature-complete.
- There's no way to enable and disable filters from a page.
- There's no easy way to reach uBlock preferences (though not impossible, if you click random areas of the main panel)
- There's no rule editor. ABP's rule editor makes the simple cases easy and the tricky ones possible.
- The element hiding picker is unusable. The ABP picker is well polished, but ABP also integrates with the Firefox developer tools. That simple feature makes it unnecessary to code a custom picker.