You can actually mute or pause individual videos by right-clicking on them and using the context menu. Many videos override the context menu, though, and it wo

You can actually mute or pause individual videos by right-clicking on them and using the context menu. Many videos override the context menu, though, and it won't help with ads that automatically restart themselves. An option to disable an object altogether would be more useful. A more drastic solution that I sometimes resort to is to nuke the offending part of the page (often an entire sidebar) using the built-in developer tools. Just select the area you want to nuke in the "Inspector" tab, and hit the Delete key.