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Fix and remove annoying web elements such as sticky headers, floating boxes, floating videos, dickbars, social share bars and other distracting elements.

28 mentions on Hacker News by 15 people: 3 stories, 25 comments · first 2017-06-27 · latest 2023-10-23

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  1. Web Annoyances Ultralist may help, previously mentioned here by crazypython. https://github.com/yourduskquibbles/webannoyances
    comment by helph67 · 2023-10-23 · in Ask HN: Software to Grade Websites on "Annoyingness?"
  2. …... [0]: https://github.com/iamadamdev/bypass-paywalls-chrome/blob/ma... [1]: https://github.com/yourduskquibbles/webannoyances
    comment by helph67 · 2023-05-17 · in Ask HN: How could HN reduce the amount of paywall articles?
  3. …distracting elements that have increasingly been turning the web into a user-hostile environment. https://github.com/yourduskquibbles/webannoyances
    comment by crazypython · 2022-03-13 · in My essential Firefox fixes in 2022
  4. …are filtered on my end there is also this you can enable with 1 click if you've got ublock already: https://github.com/yourduskquibbles/webannoyances
    comment by y4mi · 2021-11-09 · in Spiders are much smarter than you think
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    Web Annoyances Ultralist – unsuck the web
    story by miles · 2021-05-30 · 1 comment
  6. …[0]: https://github.com/iamadamdev/bypass-paywalls-chrome/blob/ma... [1]: https://github.com/yourduskquibbles/webannoyances
    comment by crazypython · 2021-02-21 · in Saving children’s lives with world-first ‘dead’ heart transplants
  7. ▲ 2
    Web Annoyances Ultralist – unsuck the web
    story by crazypython · 2020-12-30 · 0 comments
  8. Add https://github.com/yourduskquibbles/webannoyances to get rid of cookie banners, sticky headers, dickbars, app banners, social icons, modal popups, and more.
    comment by crazypython · 2020-12-16 · in Google Analytics Opt Out
  9. If the default annoyances lists aren't enough for you you can also add this one[1] [1] https://github.com/yourduskquibbles/webannoyances
    comment by livre · 2020-11-29 · in Please disable JavaScript to view this site
  10. …unstick and remove just about anything that tries to constantly stick itself on your screen. https://github.com/yourduskquibbles/webannoyances
    comment by worble · 2020-09-22 · in Firefox 81.0
  11. ▲ 4
    Ask HN: Would you pay for a tool to fix UX antipatterns on the web?
    story by Lxr · 2020-05-30 · 1 comment
  12. I’ve found the following list to help with “dickbars” and other modern nonsense. https://github.com/yourduskquibbles/webannoyances
    comment by nominated1 · 2019-12-23 · in Dickbars and Other Readability Excrement (2017)
  13. You can add https://github.com/yourduskquibbles/webannoyances#one-click-... to UBlock Origin as a custom list instead of removing them yourself. Disclaimer: I've never tried it.
    comment by shpx · 2019-12-06 · in Kill Sticky Headers (2013)
  14. …of course) and the text, which ends up as a nice centered column on a white background. [0] https://github.com/yourduskquibbles/webannoyances
    comment by TremendousJudge · 2019-06-06 · in Why Medium Sucks
  15. Better link: https://github.com/yourduskquibbles/webannoyances/
    comment by sprt · 2019-05-15 · in Things to use in Python 3
  16. A filter list targeted at removing annoyances. There's a few around, https://github.com/yourduskquibbles/webannoyances is a popular example.
    comment by detaro · 2019-04-02 · in Reducing notification permission prompt spam in Firefox
  17. The web annoyances ultralist really helps :) https://github.com/yourduskquibbles/webannoyances
    comment by kuroguro · 2018-12-05 · in Waymo One: The next step on our self-driving journey
  18. …selectors (see [1]). The (much smaller) list of generic selectors can be found at [2]. [1] https://github.com/yourduskquibbles/webannoyances/blob/maste... [2] https://github.com/yourduskquibbles/webannoyances/blob/maste...
    comment by nathcd · 2018-12-03 · in UBlock Origin 1.17.4 released
  19. One third-party filter list for uBO that I absolutely love is Web Annoyances Ultralist: https://github.com/yourduskquibbles/webannoyances , for unsticking fixed headers, floating boxes, and elements like that. I also use uBO for injecting…
    comment by nathcd · 2018-12-03 · in UBlock Origin 1.17.4 released
  20. Please check out my project[1] if you hate sticky headers. [1] https://github.com/yourduskquibbles/webannoyances
    comment by yourduskquibble · 2018-10-21 · in Problems with infinite scroll
  21. …the time Please check out my [1]filterlist project for uBlock Origin, you may find it useful. [1] https://github.com/yourduskquibbles/webannoyances
    comment by yourduskquibble · 2018-05-30 · in Imgur launches video
  22. …Annoyances Ultralist[1], sites like medium blogs became extremely minimalist. I recommend it [1] https://github.com/yourduskquibbles/webannoyances
    comment by TremendousJudge · 2018-05-10 · in And for His Next Act, Ev Williams Will Fix the Internet
  23. …for uBlock Origin which attempts to do this via CSS style overrides for many, many sites. [1] https://github.com/yourduskquibbles/webannoyances
    comment by yourduskquibble · 2018-03-13 · in Mozilla working on in-page popup blocker for Firefox
  24. …to block (without breaking site functionality) annoying web behavior like this automatically. [1] https://github.com/yourduskquibbles/webannoyances
    comment by yourduskquibble · 2017-11-14 · in The fake Facebook profile industry
  25. Here's another tool for getting rid of sticky headers for uBlock Origin users: https://github.com/yourduskquibbles/webannoyances
    comment by nathcd · 2017-10-10 · in Do Users Scroll? – People Don't Scroll
  26. …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...
    comment by yourduskquibble · 2017-08-11 · in Ask HN: Projects that don't make you money but you're doing it out of sheer joy?
  27. …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...
    comment by yourduskquibble · 2017-07-10 · in Developing for the mobile web is a constant headache
  28. …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...
    comment by yourduskquibble · 2017-06-27 · in Kill sticky headers (2013)