UBlock Origin developer has made some changes to uBO Chrome code that has multi-process support and ported into a WebExtension for Firefox’s and is now available for Nightly for testing. Keep in mind, Ublock Origin WebExtension is in the experimental stage and works in Nightly for now, and you’ve to install this extension in temporary installation mode to work.
Ublock Origin WebExtension for Firefox
Installation:
1. Ensure you’re using Nightly, download WebExtension version of Ublock Origin zip file (uBlock0.webext.zip).
2. Extracts its files to a folder.
3. Visit about:debugging page and click on ‘Load Temporary add-on‘
Installing Ublock Origin WebExtension in Firefox
4. Browse through UBlock0.Webext folder contents and select mainfest.json file, the extension will be installed for that session. When you restart the browser, extension will be removed.
Head over Ublock releases page to grab the WebExension version of Ublock Origin. When UBO Webextn for Firefox stable is ready, you can able to download by visiting this page.
Chrome Web Store rejects UBlock Origin dev version by citing as Multi-Purpose extension, here is what this means - Techdows
[…] FYI, current UBO stable version number is 1.22.4, the RC2 of next UBO version of 1.22.5 has been rejected, means, the extension will remain on 1.22.4 until CWS accepts the next version, if that will be the case, you may want to install Ublock Origin (Nik Rolls) available on Microsoft Edge insider add-ons page or switch to Firefox. […]