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Updated Blocking mode (markdown)

Raymond Hill 2015-08-28 12:46:46 -04:00
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uBlock Origin is not an "ad blocker", it is a wide-spectrum blocker, which happens to be able to function as a mere "ad blocker". But it can also be used in a manner similar to [NoScript](https://noscript.net/) (to block scripts) and/or [RequestPolicy](https://requestpolicycontinued.github.io/) (to block all 3rd parties by default), using a click-and-point user interface.
uBlock Origin is not an "ad blocker", it is a wide-spectrum blocker, which happens to be able to function as a mere "ad blocker". But it can also be used in a manner similar to [NoScript](https://noscript.net/) (to block scripts) and/or [RequestPolicy](https://requestpolicycontinued.github.io/) (to block all 3rd-party servers by default), using a click-and-point user interface.
![Number of 3rd-party servers to which the browser connected during benchmark](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/585534/8906091/b7334ddc-3439-11e5-848b-9e8a58eff876.png)<br><sup>Number of 3rd-party servers to which the browser connected during benchmark: 83 URLs of high-traffic sites were visited (on July 24, 2015). [TODO: include intermediate mode between _easy_ and _medium_ in next benchmark]</sup>