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I am suddenly realizing how silly it is that I have put up with this for decades. Are GreaseMonkey or similar tools still around that would let me customize the

I am suddenly realizing how silly it is that I have put up with this for decades. Are GreaseMonkey or similar tools still around that would let me customize the CSS of sites? I am thinking I should be able to run my own styling to make the ads nearly invisible. Or do the big players do all sorts of tricks to make identifying the ad content so dynamic that it would require constant vigilance to maintain? I have heard that Facebook does insane rendering tricks to prevent people from scraping their sites, not impossible to imagine some companies obfuscate the ad selection. Probably a few dozen lines of CSS could give me a much better browsing experience.

veqq 9mo ago
> GreaseMonkey or similar tools still around that would let me customize the CSS of sites That's default firefox behavior.
- bee_rider 9mo ago
  Funny enough, even iOS Safari has a “hide distracting items” button you can sorta use for this kind of thing. I guess it won’t work on the App Store though.
downrightmike 9mo ago
ublock origin does wonders. I use it to give HN a dark mode
- 3eb7988a1663 9mo ago
  Sure enough, this looks great. Found a blog post where someone did the exact same thing. Unlike the Firefox mechanism of usercontent.css which requires a reboot after every change(?) this works dynamically on a page reload. Now trivial to restyle some content which would otherwise not hit a blocklist. https://darekkay.com/blog/ublock-website-themes/ https://darekkay.com/blog/ublock-website-themes/
  - hsbauauvhabzb 9mo ago
    As someone extremely adverse to plugs, I was unaware ubo (the only plugin I use) was capable of this. Thank you!
    - 3eb7988a1663 9mo ago
      Similar boat, so the no-novel extensions bit is an enormous win.
ebertucc 9mo ago
I use the Stylus extension for site-specific CSS in Chrome. Usually end up with a big comma-separated list of selectors getting the { display: none !important; visibility: hidden !important } treatment.
tasuki 9mo ago
Yes, Greasemonkey still exists. Also there are ad blockers, you know? Such as the oft recommended uBlock Origin[0]. [0]: https://ublockorigin.com/ https://ublockorigin.com/
wahnfrieden 9mo ago
Use an adblocker, like the FBI recommends.
- BLKNSLVR 9mo ago
  It's more important even than anti-virus since advertising, nowadays, is so ubiquitous and regularly-enough the actual vector for a virus infection.

veqq 9mo ago

> GreaseMonkey or similar tools still around that would let me customize the CSS of sites That's default firefox behavior.

bee_rider 9mo ago
Funny enough, even iOS Safari has a “hide distracting items” button you can sorta use for this kind of thing. I guess it won’t work on the App Store though.

downrightmike 9mo ago

ublock origin does wonders. I use it to give HN a dark mode

3eb7988a1663 9mo ago
Sure enough, this looks great. Found a blog post where someone did the exact same thing. Unlike the Firefox mechanism of usercontent.css which requires a reboot after every change(?) this works dynamically on a page reload. Now trivial to restyle some content which would otherwise not hit a blocklist. https://darekkay.com/blog/ublock-website-themes/ https://darekkay.com/blog/ublock-website-themes/
- hsbauauvhabzb 9mo ago
  As someone extremely adverse to plugs, I was unaware ubo (the only plugin I use) was capable of this. Thank you!
  - 3eb7988a1663 9mo ago
    Similar boat, so the no-novel extensions bit is an enormous win.

ebertucc 9mo ago

I use the Stylus extension for site-specific CSS in Chrome. Usually end up with a big comma-separated list of selectors getting the { display: none !important; visibility: hidden !important } treatment.

tasuki 9mo ago

Yes, Greasemonkey still exists. Also there are ad blockers, you know? Such as the oft recommended uBlock Origin[0]. [0]: https://ublockorigin.com/ https://ublockorigin.com/

wahnfrieden 9mo ago

Use an adblocker, like the FBI recommends.

BLKNSLVR 9mo ago
It's more important even than anti-virus since advertising, nowadays, is so ubiquitous and regularly-enough the actual vector for a virus infection.