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Re:Firefox desktop extensions coming soon for the upcoming A... by kikokikokiko on Friday August 11, 2023 @03:35AM (#37086106)
Behindtheoverlay is a little extension that should not be as usefull as it is. I ude it daily, both on mobile and desktop, and I do not use Firefox mobile for this exact same reason.
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Re:Firefox desktop extensions coming soon for the upcoming A... by ReadCarlBarks on Friday August 11, 2023 @06:42AM (#37087158)
You don't need a special extension to get rid of annoying overlays. Just go to your uBlock Origin filter lists settings and enable these:

* AdGuard - Annoyances

* uBlock filters – Annoyances

uBlock Origin also has an "element zapper" feature that lets you temporarily remove overlays that aren't covered by the lists.

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Re:Firefox desktop extensions coming soon for the upcoming A... by kikokikokiko on Friday August 11, 2023 @02:06PM (#37091829)
One single click, versus at least three. And I use the annoyances lists, but they never catch the overlays I encounter, it's just a niche personal taste kind of thing.
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Re:Firefox desktop extensions coming soon for the upcoming A... by ReadCarlBarks on Friday August 11, 2023 @08:10PM (#37095551)
Well, the lists are edited manually by humans. You need to report the overlays you encounter for them to be hidden for everybody else.
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