Much obliged for the continuing follow-up info, Pol!
It’ll just take me a while before “taking the plunge”, so-to-speak. (Tend to be more reserved/cautious about a lot of things than I was in my younger days). :-\
Pete
I’ve gotten more adventuresome the older I get. I figure that time is getting shorter and,
if I procrastinate at this stage of my life, I might miss something. 
I am a bit like bob3160 in this way, and like he does I want to make a contemplated decision and when the reviews are right and I have put it to the test, having ABP next to uBlockat first to compare their actions/activity on various webpages it took me a while to tip-toe before I said: “Yes I am convinced, go for it”. Also tested this extension with Google Chrome’s Extension Defender and it came up fine and all green. uBlock even has Anti Adblock Killer | Reek aboard: https://github.com/reek/anti-adblock-killer , so “they” whoever they are cannot touch your uBlock. With uBlock you can update added filters and also empty al caches.
Those that hung onto ABP the filter to add is here: http://jsbin.com/AhewOcox
polonus
I’m using uBlock too since ABP start to “allow” ads from some companies.
There is absolutely nothing to stop you overriding these and blocking them. You can go into the Custom Filters, Exception rules and remove what you don’t want.
Hi DavidR,
That is not the point for me. For me it is a also question of ethical principle, just in that respect I think uBlock is just somewhat more friendly in my personal view (I am an adept of the late f.ravia), and again why should I support ABP with my clicks when uBlock does an equal job and is lighter on the OS and even more versatile. For me adware could mean additional malvertising and so also malware, that is why everybody needs a decent adblocker and uBlock suits me fine.
Banning ABP from Google’s play store meant a point of no return for me. Why Tint Browser Adblock addon is allowed?
Google is willing to censor software and abandon its support for open platforms as soon as there’s an ad-related business reason for doing so. 
polonus
I ditched ABP and am now using uBlock on Firefox.
Why would I worry if I have a better solution? An antiad app that allows ads? Not for me…
Hi Lisandro,
As I said, it will take some time before those that hesitate now will get convinced, just wait until they will come around and switch.
Why with ABP you have to look under the hood to override the Google driven ads or what they term as unobtrusive ads,
while you can run uBlock as by default and go on with your browsing without seeing what you do not want to see or what may hurt you in the form of malvertisements or hijack your browser even.
Damian
Since it was installed, uBlock blocked 9% of the requests sent to it… Ads are everywhere.
But not malicious ads.
edit: type
It should block malware domains…
https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=129271.msg1203985#msg1203985
Greetings again everyone, (especially Bob & Pol)
O.k. - - I decided to take the plunge...on trying out the [b]ublock[/b] plugin for [b]FF[/b]. After first removing ABP, I installed it [i][b]"as is"[/b][/i] - not changing any of the default settings, lists, etc. (As mentioned previously, I'm a far cry from being an [i]"advanced user"[/i]).
Shown further down is a screenshot (like Lisandro’s) of what ublock shows 24 hours after installation, and visiting the websites/forums etc I belong to + a couple of websites I’ve never been to before.
One question: With regard to the memory usage comparisons previously given by Pol - - what would be the simplest way to just get a general idea of how much less ublock is actually using compared to ABE or ABP?
If it simply involves looking in Task Manager (Processes tab) at what FF is using, then it appears it’s using significantly less memory than before. Previously, (with either ABE or ABP installed), FF was using in the neighborhood of 250,000 - 270,000K, according to Task Manager. Now, the FF usage is between 205,000 - 212,000K (when I checked Task Manager 3 times while typing this post).
So far…so good.
Pete
Personally I find this recording of what it has supposedly blocked to be a bit of a gimmick (almost rogue AV’ish), what does it matter if it is blocking ads.
I can’t recall the last time I ever saw an ad popup/under, etc. etc. and that is all that matters, not some available graph.
Hi DavidR,
Well with you Vladimir Palant has found a fine defender for his ABP adblock hegonomy.
I also first thought there was nothing outside old ABP.
By the way when you do not click the UBlock-button you really won’t see any of this.
You can disable all pop-ups in uBlock easily with one click.
What about Avast’s performance reports of what websites it has blocked so far etc.
This “pop up” is a whole browser page full of your av’s detection report. 
ABP does not boast performance, ABP only gives it’s size: Size: 538KB
polonus
I’m not trying to defend anything, I just find that recording of numbers supposedly blocked to be totally pointless, the proof is in the fact that you shouldn’t be seeing any ads. But for me it isn’t broken I haven’t seen an ad in I can’t remember how long, I don’t go looking for substitutes/replacements unless I have a problem.
I see these numbers very much like the many rogue AVs that previously did very much the same thing report dubious/meaningless numbers. e.g. give them a headache and they will take the aspirin.
I rarely venture into avast statistics as I find them very poor, lacking in detail to make them in any way worth looking at. Generally when I venture into the avast stats, it is a result of a query in the forums, commonly number of streaming updates.
For a (Resolved) topic, this is certainly dragging on.
Maybe “resolved” but it’s still a nice discussion that should be ongoing anyway.
As long as nobody starts throwing flames, I’m all for it. So far everyone is sharing
their opinions and/or statistics politely. 8)
Very simple. Remove the (Resolved) otherwise the word has no meaning.
Agree with both Para-Noid and also with bob3160,
This topic is very informative (at least for me), I looked at an adblocker from various unknown angles and have learned a lot from what info others have put in. Agree the resolved can be removed.
Going back on topic. Going over lists with domains to block and adding to my personal filter list, I added msads.net and ads1.msads.net is also blocked by that filter, all this in view to what happened last year, read here: http://community.skype.com/t5/Security-Privacy-Trust-and/Skype-ads-in-rotation-have-been-compromised-and-contain-Malware/td-p/2894251/page/2
Again thanks to bob3160, who adviced and instructed us all how to block ads in skype. Thanks, bob3160,
my skype service now works ads free. ;D
polonus