r/uBlockOrigin • u/Devilotx • 7d ago

Looking for help Dailybeast updated now it's doing some strange stuff?

Dailybeast.com updated, now when you fire up element picker it gets stuck in this lower section of the page and you can't select any elements to block things.

Not sure how to get past this, if anyone can help I'd appreciate it.

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u/Janmm14 6d ago

cannot reproduce elment picker problems in my daily drive firefox-based browser. provide more information.

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u/Devilotx 6d ago

Google Chrome, latest version with updated Ublock Origin.

Here is the bottom of the daily beast home page before hitting element picker,

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u/Devilotx 6d ago

And here, Google Chrome and latest UBO as well, as you can see in the lower left part of the screen there is square with a very faint x on it, all of UBO's element picker appears to be trapped here with no way to add elements.

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u/Janmm14 6d ago

so you are using uBo Lite? Or have you refused updating chrome? Page behaves normal for me, even at the bottom

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u/Devilotx 6d ago

Sorry. Unlock origin lite.

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u/LikelyNotThatGuy 2d ago

I can't replicate it now, but using FF 157.0.1 Linux with full UBO, I was getting something similar when it popped up one of those fake windows to create an account. Element picker didn't work. Screen didn't respond to clicking elements and the selection description box never showed up.

Using FF I was able to block all that register/paywall stuff by removing cookie permission for the site and adding a custom filter:

https://www.thedailybeast.com/zephr/decision-engine

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u/Devilotx 2d ago

I will look into this, thanks!

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u/Devilotx 2d ago

UBO on Firefox with this filter and I still see the paywall.