From 69f0bce3469e3716ccda7bb6913b505eca72c618 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Raymond Hill Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2024 11:27:24 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Created Reference answers to various topics seen in the wild (markdown) --- ...wers-to-various-topics-seen-in-the-wild.md | 30 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Reference-answers-to-various-topics-seen-in-the-wild.md diff --git a/Reference-answers-to-various-topics-seen-in-the-wild.md b/Reference-answers-to-various-topics-seen-in-the-wild.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..bc8b248 --- /dev/null +++ b/Reference-answers-to-various-topics-seen-in-the-wild.md @@ -0,0 +1,30 @@ +[Back to Wiki Home](./Home) + +--- + +### Does uBO use service workers? + +No. + +uBO doesn't use [service workers](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/ServiceWorker), it uses [dedicated workers](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Worker/Worker) -- and just for the time it needs it -- to avoid blocking the user interface while performing CPU-intensive tasks. For examples: + +- To search strings in asset viewer +- To reverse-lookup lists in logger +- To apply patches in differential updater +- To serialize/unserialize large lists downloaded from remote servers and memory snapshots + + + +--- + +### Does uBO open tabs on its own? + +No. + +If a tab opens and uBO tells you that it blocked navigation to some URLs, something else than uBO opened the tab, and uBO merely blocked the navigation because of a filter from one of the filter lists matched. + +Tabs can be created by websites or other extensions, uBO never ever creates a tab, except to its own internal pages and only when you specifically ask for it (for example when you click the "gear" icon in the popup panel. + +https://old.reddit.com/r/uBlockOrigin/comments/1b3anva/why_is_ublock_origin_creating_pinned_tabs_in/ + +---