I despise those little toolbars that pop up at the bottom of some web pages, exhorting me to share the content on this or that social network, or whatever. I understand why the webmasters want them there, but I have no use for them, and on my little netbook screen, they take up valuable screen space that I can’t spare.
Is there a way to block them, without interfering with anything else on the page?
Thanks - I suspect that’s just one of many though - do you know if there’s a list I can subscribe to (in Adblock), so I don’t have to add them all manually?
I don’t mind the buttons - in fact, I find them convenient, as I do sometimes want to share stuff I stumble on, but can’t afford the vertical screen space for either an installed or in-page toolbar.
It seems you may have to block the entire wibiya.com domain to be sure. (Usually, *.wibiya.com) This is because the page may be dynamically served up depending on your location.
I don’t use Firefox or(naturally) Adblock Plus, but found the reference for the toolbar loader in the linked page source:
In Canada, it may also appear as:
…This may vary by location.
I added a loopback DNS reference for *.wibiya.com to my hosts file and this prevents the toolbar from loading… blocking the wibiya.com domain with an ad blocker should work the same way.
That makes sense, fubbleskag. Me and my provincial assumptions.
Sorry, no idea - but probably there aren’t that many to add. If you have Chrome installed you can right-click the toolbar and choose “inspect element” to see a bit about where it’s coming from. I think that there are probably just a few actual sources, and with many or customizable toolbar options.