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Will try it and might add it too, I find those annoying. Thanks!
FYI you can turn those off in Google's account settings: https://support.google.com/accounts/thread/219332922/how-to-... Which of course implies that you have to be logged into Google for it to work, doesn't apply to incognito windows, etc.
I have added the rule to the repository
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There are better ways to do it. For example, you can match elements containing specific text, such as the text that introduced the annoyance. On NewEgg you might match the text “Download our app” and use it to remove that whole box.
Yup yup. - Standard CSS (for userContent.css): https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Attribute_s... - uBlock Origin: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Static-filter-syntax & https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Procedural-cosmetic-f... Still, sometimes it's difficult/impossible to make a reliable filter, and in such cases I'd rather not have it than have a brittle one.
I wonder if you have your filter rules open source or available somewhere. Please share.
Using rules to completely block shorts from appearing in any YT feeds (and rules to fix the feeds so they don't look broken afterwards) has been great. YT breaks it from time to time with a UI update, but it's something I'll always use. I hate YT Shorts
Mostly I'm using one of the default uBlock origin ones, but custom rules that have made (desktop) Facebook much pleasanter for me: www.facebook.com##div:nth-of-type(8):has-text(Suggested for you) www.facebook.com##div:nth-of-type(8):has-text(Reels and short videos)
I've written so many of these. Any reason you chose uBlock over something like userstyles? I'd like to open source/release my styles but I'm not sure which is the best choice. uBlock is great for blocking things from loading (like images) but for visual updates I prefer CSS.
Also, I try not to have many configurations/extensions extra that I have to install in a new machine. As I did not find a good way to manage these configs as code.
I do a lot of the same things to remove sidebars, navigation, suggestions, search, etc from various sites. There are a couple of web comics where I nuke everything but the image and the next/previous navigation links (Order of the Stick, Schlock Mercenary, etc).
You should submit these rules to https://letsblock.it ! AFAIK their distractions rules really only cover YouTube
Personally, I can't stand how distracting YouTube thumbnails are. I found this list to block them from the sidebar when watching videos. ! Hide all of the recommended videos on the right side of the page, except for the first up-next video. ! If you have a tall monitor you may need to add more entries, this blocks the initial list on most resolutions. www.youtube.com###items > .ytd-watch-next-secondary-results-render…
I’m not very familiar with YouTube but can’t that enormous list be condensed to youtube.com###related?
www.youtube.com###items > .ytd-watch-next-secondary-results-renderer.style-scope:nth-of-type(n+2)
This will block the 2nd item and onwards. Note, YT seems to use display:none for behaviour and will fetch up to 160 records for every page, 20items at a time.
Thanks! I do this all the time too :) . Makes for a more pleasant / less cluttered experience on sites I use a lot. I'll add that another thing that is pretty easy to do is to add a Dark Mode to websites that don't have one. All you need is a userContent.css/uBlock rule like @media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) { body { background-color: #111 !important; color: #eee !important; } /* etc, more stuff here depending on s…