From ad25556fb34e26bce4cd85585a17d3040921b45c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: gorhill Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2014 19:54:33 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] draw attention to caveat of solely relying on badge count --- dist/description/description-en.txt | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/dist/description/description-en.txt b/dist/description/description-en.txt index 1df2bd396..98507fe40 100644 --- a/dist/description/description-en.txt +++ b/dist/description/description-en.txt @@ -6,6 +6,16 @@ Usage: The big power button in the popup is to permanently disable/enable µBloc *** +IMPORTANT! + +If you install µBlock along another blocker, µBlock will likely show less requests blocked than the other blocker. It is because when used along with another blocker, µBlock typically will block and show you what the other blocker DID NOT block, not what was already blocked by the other blocker. + +If µBlock is used as the lone blocker, it will block everything the other blocker would have blocked, and more. + +More: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Tricks-and-tips#easy-way-to-find-out-what-other-blockers-do-not-block-what-they-should-block + +*** + Flexible, it's more than an "ad blocker": it can also read and create filters from hosts files. Out of the box, these lists of filters are loaded and enforced: