What does HackerNews think of webannoyances?
Fix and remove annoying web elements such as sticky headers, floating boxes, floating videos, dickbars, social share bars and other distracting elements.
I just use Bypass Paywalls[0] and Web Annoyances Ultralist (blocks cookie banners, autoplaying videos, sticky navs). https://jameslu.substack.com/p/hide-cookie-banners-paywalls-... [0]: https://github.com/iamadamdev/bypass-paywalls-chrome/blob/ma...
> Block annoying web elements such as sticky headers, dickbars, floating headers, scrolling headers, fixed headers, scrolling videos, stickynavs, social icons, social share bars, smartphone app banners, app download prompts, cookie notices, GDPR warnings, scroll to top buttons, modal overlays, interstitial site overlays, removed or hidden overflow scroll bars, subscription nags, and generally distracting elements that have increasingly been turning the web into a user-hostile environment.
there is also this you can enable with 1 click if you've got ublock already: https://github.com/yourduskquibbles/webannoyances
[0]: https://github.com/iamadamdev/bypass-paywalls-chrome/blob/ma... [1]: https://github.com/yourduskquibbles/webannoyances
I also use uBO for injecting my own styles on pages, like adding an absolute timestamp to github: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15743008
Please check out my [1]filterlist project for uBlock Origin, you may find it useful.
My project/uBO filter list removes the "annoying" elements noted above as well as other "features" of websites (e.g. social share bars, cookie notices, etc) through a filter list that works with uBlock Origin.
I update the list often, and admittedly am probably entering into an arms race but I'm just really sick of websites hijacking (what I think) the web was built for (information).
Feel free to subscribe to the filter list by pasting the URL below[1] into the 'Custom' section under the '3rd-party filters' tab of uBlock Origin.
This filter list also works on mobile Firefox for Android with uBlock Origin installed.
[0] Project Homepage https://github.com/yourduskquibbles/webannoyances
[1] https://raw.githubusercontent.com/yourduskquibbles/webannoya...
IMHO the mobile web is terrible BECAUSE of lost screen real estate due to all these sticky elements. I have started a filter list [0] for uBlock Origin that attempts to fix this by pinning scrolling nav bars that block real estate to a fixed location as well as blocking other annoying web elements.
I also think these items are terrible for web usability on a desktop (and my filter list works well against them on desktop as well) but taking up such a large portion of the readable screen size with a 'download our app banner' and a navigation scroll bar plus a button that scrolls with you so that you can click to jump back to the top of the page is really horrible.
Feel free to subscribe to the filter list [1] by pasting the url into the 'Custom' section under the '3rd-party filters' tab of uBlock Origin and let me know your thoughts.
[0] Project Homepage https://github.com/yourduskquibbles/webannoyances
[1] https://raw.githubusercontent.com/yourduskquibbles/webannoya...
If any of you are interested, I have been maintaining a filterlist that works for uBlock origin that attempts to pin (so they won't move when you scroll down) these sticky headers to the top and remove additional screen real estate hijacking web elements.
It may be a losing battle but I update the list almost daily with all new instances of this web plague that I come across. It also works on Firefox Mobile for Android if you have uBlock Origin installed there.
If you'd like to subscribe, enter the following link[1] into your 3rd party filters menu within uBlock Origin - just paste it into the 'Custom' URL entry at the bottom of the '3rd party filters' menu option.
The project homepage is at: https://github.com/yourduskquibbles/webannoyances
Cheers!
[1] https://raw.githubusercontent.com/yourduskquibbles/webannoya...