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Re: I challenge you to remove the gray ad using Adblock

#11

Post by Pinckney »

With the element hiding extension[1] installed:

0x1b.pw##IMG:first-child

But I imagine you could work around this by adding a null IMG element before the ad. Also, I'm pretty sure this would break any non-toy page.

[1]: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/elemhidehelpe...

Re: I challenge you to remove the gray ad using Adblock

#12

Post by ryanskidmore »

Morphling wrote: post #9

ermm? Just right click the image, adblock -> remove this image. Of course reloading the page will bring it back due to way it's done, I guess that's supposed be the challenging part.

Indeed, from a content creator standpoint - I wouldn't care if the image got removed after you'd seen it since I would of already got the impression.

Re: I challenge you to remove the gray ad using Adblock

#14

Post by ryanskidmore »

Pinckney wrote: post #11

With the element hiding extension[1] installed: 0x1b.pw##IMG:first-child But I imagine you could work around this by adding a null IMG element before the ad. Also, I'm pretty sure this would break any non-toy page. [1]: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/elemhidehelpe...

Updated, not the cleanest way to do it but indeed adding a dummy image as the first child should stop it.

Re: I challenge you to remove the gray ad using Adblock

#15

Post by StavrosK »

ryanskidmore wrote: post #5
nsp wrote: post #3

$($("img")[0]).attr("style","position: absolute; left: -10000px;")

Updated, try again ;)

Sorry, you don't get to work around successes every time someone posts one in order to claim that nobody can do it. The GP did it, the challenge has been won.

Re: I challenge you to remove the gray ad using Adblock

#17

Post by ryanskidmore »

otterley wrote: post #13

This is a pointless challenge, because it has none of the characteristics of an actual ad. For tracking, security, and analytics reasons, ad providers almost always originate ads from a separate domain than the content provider's.

Correct, it isn't supposed to be used with ad providers that Adblock may (or may not) already block, it's supposed to work with internal ads that would come from the same domain as the content providers.

Re: I challenge you to remove the gray ad using Adblock

#18

Post by jerf »

ryanskidmore wrote: post #14
Pinckney wrote: post #11

With the element hiding extension[1] installed: 0x1b.pw##IMG:first-child But I imagine you could work around this by adding a null IMG element before the ad. Also, I'm pretty sure this would break any non-toy page. [1]: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/elemhidehelpe...

Updated, not the cleanest way to do it but indeed adding a dummy image as the first child should stop it.

This is an arms race situation. The winner is simply the last one to move. I'm not sure exactly what you're trying to implicitly say, but it was already pretty clear that the whole ad removal thing was an arms race. It's obvious that neither side can Win Forever.

Re: I challenge you to remove the gray ad using Adblock

#19

Post by larrik »

StavrosK wrote: post #15
ryanskidmore wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Updated, try again ;)

Sorry, you don't get to work around successes every time someone posts one in order to claim that nobody can do it. The GP did it, the challenge has been won.

You don't get a prize, he's working WITH HN on an experiment.
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