Why HP Fell - Hackdot

Re:Why HP Fell by amelius on Monday August 20, 2018 @05:17AM (#17798592)

Does anyone know how to make the annoyingly large Medium top-bar, and "open in app" button (hovering over the article) on mobile go away without installing anything?

Edit: found one solution: https://outline.com/SV3V7N

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Re:Why HP Fell by MaxBarraclough on Monday August 20, 2018 @07:20AM (#17799069)

It's a real blight on the web these days.

No, I don't want to install your bullshit app [0]. Stop wasting the real-estate at the top of my screen.

And at the bottom of the screen, they often have another floating bar, asking if I'm ok with cookies. (Of course, the website loads just fine without me having clicked 'Ok', so either they're asking permission for something that does nothing, or they're asking permission only after having done it.)

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5162841

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Re:Why HP Fell by ddebernardy on Monday August 20, 2018 @06:30AM (#17798853)

Create a "Clean Up" bookmarklet:

    javascript:(function()%7B(function%20()%20%7Bvar%20i%2C%20elements%20%3D%20document.querySelectorAll('body%20*')%3Bfor%20(i%20%3D%200%3B%20i%20%3C%20elements.length%3B%20i%2B%2B)%20%7Bif%20(getComputedStyle(elements%5Bi%5D).position%20%3D%3D%3D%20'fixed')%20%7Belements%5Bi%5D.parentNode.removeChild(elements%5Bi%5D)%3B%7D%7D%7D)()%7D)()

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Re:Why HP Fell by severine on Monday August 20, 2018 @08:44AM (#17799434)

I use such a bookmarklet on laptop/desktop, but how do I do it on mobile? I just tried in Firefox, but couldn't.

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Re:Why HP Fell by ddebernardy on Monday August 20, 2018 @08:47AM (#17799457)

(Just spitballing, as I've a dumb phone...) Can't you copy the script, and change the url of an existing bookmark? Or sync your laptop's bookmarks with those of your smartphone?

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Re:Why HP Fell by martinpw on Monday August 20, 2018 @05:34AM (#17798659)

Reader view in Firefox cleans up the Medium cruft nicely on mobile.

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Re:Why HP Fell by masklinn on Monday August 20, 2018 @06:35AM (#17798877)

Likewise Safari's (mobile or not).

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Re:Why HP Fell by deadbunny on Monday August 20, 2018 @06:30AM (#17798850)

Desktop too.

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Re:Why HP Fell by B1FF_PSUVM on Monday August 20, 2018 @05:23AM (#17798619)

If you have one of those browsers with builtin DOM element inspection/editing, you can make it go away by deleting the respective item. A bit cumbersome ...

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Re:Why HP Fell by pbh101 on Monday August 20, 2018 @07:25AM (#17799097)

On mobile, 1Blocker for iOS can do this and remember your settings per-domain (‘Hide Page Element’). My primary use for this feature is Medium

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Re:Why HP Fell by XorNot on Monday August 20, 2018 @09:07AM (#17799574)

Ublock origin can do loose text matches on whole elements.

I've used it to selectively edit content out of forums on occasion.

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Re:Why HP Fell by paulie_a on Monday August 20, 2018 @09:02AM (#17799546)

Personally I just stopped reading medium articles. They seem to be aggressively making their interface anti user that it's on my mental black list now.

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Re:Why HP Fell by oflannabhra on Monday August 20, 2018 @08:54AM (#17799505)

These are a scourge, and I believe some people have named them "dickbars." Two options for iOS:

1) Reader mode (which I use extensively)

2) Unobstruct [0] does not meet your "without installing", but does a great job nonetheless

[0] - https://medium.com/@tgaul/introducing-unobstruct-230e4e95cf5...

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Re:Why HP Fell by okket on Monday August 20, 2018 @07:17AM (#17799057)

"Kill Sticky Headers" Bookmarklet

https://alisdair.mcdiarmid.org/kill-sticky-headers/

Or Reader modes in Safari, Firefox, as mentioned.

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