I should point out the big difference between an ad that provides the proprietor some meager revenue and the intrusive FB friends widget or the embedded twitter stream linking to some culinary porn, presumably someone's breakfast.
WidgetBlock for Google Chrome: All your widgets are belong to us.
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Re: WidgetBlock for Google Chrome: All your widgets are belong to us.
#12Adblock Plus can also block most widgets if configured, as far as I know.
In the same vein, couldn't this extension be implemented simply as a filter subscription for AdBlock?
Re: WidgetBlock for Google Chrome: All your widgets are belong to us.
#13Adblock Plus can also block most widgets if configured, as far as I know.
In the same vein, couldn't this extension be implemented simply as a filter subscription for AdBlock?
Chrome adblockers don't block ads, they "hide ads", unlike FF Adblock.
So the ads are still loaded, but you don't get the visual clutter (I guess that the point of most adblockers), on Firefox, ABP will stop ads from loading in the first place.
AFAIK
Re: WidgetBlock for Google Chrome: All your widgets are belong to us.
#14I have been using my /etc/hosts file to do the same thing for a while. This should make it easier when a friend wants the same.
Re: WidgetBlock for Google Chrome: All your widgets are belong to us.
#15I have been using my /etc/hosts file to do the same thing for a while. This should make it easier when a friend wants the same.
And Chrome's sync feature makes sure that you won't have to go through the steps every time you format or use another computer.
Re: WidgetBlock for Google Chrome: All your widgets are belong to us.
#16Great Extension! I have been using Fanboy's "Annoyances" filter for AdBlock, which has been working pretty well. For anyone interested, you can find it at https://secure.fanboy.co.nz/fanboy-addon.txt
Re: WidgetBlock for Google Chrome: All your widgets are belong to us.
#17Any alternatives for FF?
Re: WidgetBlock for Google Chrome: All your widgets are belong to us.
#18Earlier quoted context omitted.
In the same vein, couldn't this extension be implemented simply as a filter subscription for AdBlock?
Chrome adblockers don't block ads, they "hide ads", unlike FF Adblock. So the ads are still loaded, but you don't get the visual clutter (I guess that the point of most adblockers), on Firefox, ABP will stop ads from loading in the first place. AFAIK
Actually, Adblock for Chrome can block ads too, but I think not all of them. It happend once Google let in by mistake some code from Webkit, that allowed for this to happen. And then they didn't remove it anymore.
Here's what Adblock's author says:
"New in version 2.0: Ads are actually blocked from downloading now, instead of just being removed after the fact!"
Re: WidgetBlock for Google Chrome: All your widgets are belong to us.
#19I'm using Shellfish for Safari which does a nice job of hiding these widgets. Unfortunately it doesn't block them completely so they're still in the background slowing down page loads even if you can't see them.
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#20Works like advertised, a button to toggle it would be nice tho.
Just open a new window in incognito.