From ea263b8a6da54d7db316dc6b7e4c8ead2692df1a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Raymond Hill Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2015 16:59:17 -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 | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Does-µBlock-blocks-ads-or-just-hide-them?.md b/Does-µBlock-blocks-ads-or-just-hide-them?.md index d7d184f..53c7135 100644 --- a/Does-µBlock-blocks-ads-or-just-hide-them?.md +++ b/Does-µBlock-blocks-ads-or-just-hide-them?.md @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ The purpose of network filter is to prevent a network request to be made to a re #### Cosmetic filters -These filters serve to remove DOM elements from a web page. They have no value privacy-wise, it is essentially to make web page look better by removing unwanted content, which usually cannot be blocked using network filters. Just like ABP, µBlock will hide DOM elements on a web page which match cosmetic filters. +These filters serve to remove DOM elements from a web page. They have no value privacy-wise, it is essentially to make web page look better by removing unwanted content, which usually cannot be blocked using network filters. Just like ABP, µBlock will hide DOM elements on a web page which match cosmetic filters. µBlock uses a [different method](https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Cosmetic-filtering-in-%C2%B5Block:-version-0.4.0.0-update) than other big-name blockers to hide the DOM elements though. **Answer:** resources hidden.