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> I sometimes open up the inspector and delete those two divs just to read the page It's crazy how often I need to do this as well. I remember back in the old
by monk_e_boy 9y ago
> I sometimes open up the inspector and delete those two divs just to read the page
It's crazy how often I need to do this as well. I remember back in the old days hitting esc would stop all the animations on a page, now you need to inspect + delete those elements.
There needs to be some crowd sourced way of doing this, so if you delete an element and I visit the site, the element is gone.
- SomeStupidPoint 9y ago> There needs to be some crowd sourced way of doing this, so if you delete an element and I visit the site, the element is gone. This is how adblockers work (sort of). We could probably leverage the same tech used for adblockers to make UI blockers, which maintain lists of "bad" UI and remove their tags and scripts. Of course, I find it easier to just not use those websites.
- mpeg 9y agoIn fact you can just right click an element and block it with most desktop ad-blockers.
- djsumdog 9y agoGreasemonkey / Tampermonkey? I'm just too lazy to install them and write the little scripts.
- vinceguidry 9y agoThe one time I tried, I saw that the scripts aren't loaded reliably. Was more aggravating than helpful. Was trying to disable links on the HN homepage that led to paywalled content so that I can avoid clicking on it. But if it can't work reliably, it's not worth it at all. That's ultimately what makes technical solutions hard, not doing it at all, but rather doing it well enough to be worth the effort.