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Still reading the article, and I'm enjoying it so far. My only complain is the design of your blog. The header and the footer (to subscribe on Medium) takes so

Still reading the article, and I'm enjoying it so far. My only complain is the design of your blog. The header and the footer (to subscribe on Medium) takes so much space that there is relatively less space to read to actual content. https://imgur.com/a/pBUmIvp https://imgur.com/a/pBUmIvp

gpmcadam 8y ago
Isn't this the same for all Medium blogs?
- truncate 8y ago
  You are right. :(
rehemiau 8y ago
I can recommend the browser extension "Make Medium Readable Again": https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/make-medium-readable-again/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/make-medium-r...
- mercer 8y ago
  This add-on can "Access your data for all websites". That seems both risky and somewhat overkill considering its features. Does Firefox not support targeting a specific domain yet? Or is part of the problem that medium allows custom domains (it does, right?).
  - roryokane 8y ago
    Firefox does support targeting specific domains, so the add-on specifically chose to apply to all domains by writing "https://*/*" https://*/*" in "permissions" in manifest.json. It probably asks for this permission because of custom domains, as you theorize. I can see in the extension source (thanks to https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/crxviewer/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/crxviewer/) that on every page, the extension uses JavaScript to check for a top nav bar or a login nag popup and hide them if present, then applies CSS that hides five other UI elements if they are present.
    - mercer 8y ago
      Am I current in assuming that if the add-on was not manually installed, it could be updated at any time to include malicious code? Or is that just Chrome's behavior perhaps?
  - truncate 8y ago
    I wonder if there could be uBlock/AdBlock filter made for medium in general to block all this. I dunno the format of filter files, but it was easy to add a uBlock rule for a particular element using UI.
jklp 8y ago
I hate this too but I think it's intentional - as once you sign in the banner will disappear on scroll
- type0 8y ago
  This makes me wonder what else they'll "invent" before it becomes completely unreadable

gpmcadam 8y ago

Isn't this the same for all Medium blogs?

truncate 8y ago
You are right. :(

rehemiau 8y ago

I can recommend the browser extension "Make Medium Readable Again": https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/make-medium-readable-again/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/make-medium-r...

mercer 8y ago
This add-on can "Access your data for all websites". That seems both risky and somewhat overkill considering its features. Does Firefox not support targeting a specific domain yet? Or is part of the problem that medium allows custom domains (it does, right?).
- roryokane 8y ago
  Firefox does support targeting specific domains, so the add-on specifically chose to apply to all domains by writing "https://*/*" https://*/*" in "permissions" in manifest.json. It probably asks for this permission because of custom domains, as you theorize. I can see in the extension source (thanks to https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/crxviewer/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/crxviewer/) that on every page, the extension uses JavaScript to check for a top nav bar or a login nag popup and hide them if present, then applies CSS that hides five other UI elements if they are present.
  - mercer 8y ago
    Am I current in assuming that if the add-on was not manually installed, it could be updated at any time to include malicious code? Or is that just Chrome's behavior perhaps?
- truncate 8y ago
  I wonder if there could be uBlock/AdBlock filter made for medium in general to block all this. I dunno the format of filter files, but it was easy to add a uBlock rule for a particular element using UI.

jklp 8y ago

I hate this too but I think it's intentional - as once you sign in the banner will disappear on scroll

type0 8y ago
This makes me wonder what else they'll "invent" before it becomes completely unreadable