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uMatrix: Point and click matrix to filter net requests according to source, destination and type
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Scope selector no longer remembers my preferred granularity #944

Closed ssokolow closed 6 years ago

ssokolow commented 6 years ago

Ever since I've upgraded uMatrix from 1.0, I've found myself having to double-check that I'm not setting the wrong rules because my muscle memory expects the scope selector to remember that I prefer to set rules with subdomain granularity, but every time I close the uMatrix 1.3.2 popup, it resets to domain-level granularity.

(ie. "No, I don't *want** to set this rule for all google.com subdomains! Stop trying to trick me into over-granting!")

gorhill commented 6 years ago

Dashboard => Settings => "Default scope level" => set it to Site.

ssokolow commented 6 years ago

Ahh. Not sure how I missed that.

That said, the meaning of "Site" isn't exactly clear, since it's an abstract concept that only sometimes correlates to a specific subdomain and it's also not the same form used in the browser action popup.

It might be be a good idea to do one of the following:

  1. Add a   ?⃝   button which clarifies each scope name with an example
  2. Use "subdomain" instead of "site" in the "Default scope level" dropdown so it's unambiguous.
  3. Use "www.site.com", "site.com", and "*" as the options in the "Default scope level" dropdown so they visibly match the browser action.