uBlock Origin for Opera

Ad blockers have become an instrumental tool for most of us, and for a good reason, considering the ever-increasing number of Internet ads.

The rising star of this select category of tools goes by the name of uBlock Origin. In just a few words, uBlock Origin is a cross-browser extension (also available for Chrome and Firefox) that was designed for the sole purpose of improving your web browsing experience by blocking everything from ads and trackers all the way up to other adware-related elements.

Right off the bat, here's what you need to know: it's easy to install (just like most Opera extensions), highly configurable and, best of all, extremely light on your computer's resources.

It enforces its might through the power of popular anti-ad filters such as EasyList, EasyPrivacy, Peter Lowe's Ad server list, and Malware Domains. That said, it's perfectly capable of running on its own, right out of the box, without any intervention on your part.

However, if you so choose to, it's capabilities can be improved with the addition of custom lists and filters, but do keep in mind that the more sources you add, the more resources this tiny extension will require.

Getting to grips with this extension is also, quite easy. For instance, turning it off for a specific website only requires you to click the large blue button from its compact UI.

Take a quick visit to the Setting section, and you are bound to discover other useful opportunities. For example, you can unblock a website by adding it to the dedicated Whitelist section. The "enable-at-your-own-risk" advanced features will also keep tech-savvy users satisfied.

To be honest, there aren't that many ad blockers on all the three mentioned browsers' official stores and good ones at that. For Opera, at least, this is one of the few choices, but it's also one of the best (if not the best - but we don't want to appear biased).