Vitavonni

Tue, 07 Nov 2006

The power of userContent.css

All mozilla-based browsers have a feature called "userContent.css". It was designed to allow you to override page CSS with your own, e.g. for accessibility reasons.

It has mostly been used by people to remove ads, and I'll share two examples with you.

Create ~/.gnome2/epiphany/mozilla/epiphany/chrome/userContent.css (you'll probably need to create the chrome directory, too; other browsers use similar path names) and put these two rules in there:

a[href$=".pdf"]:after {font-size: 10px; color: red; content: " [PDF]";}
iframe[src*="devart.adbureau.net"] {display:none !important; height: 0; }
@-moz-document domain("mail.google.com") { button#ac_tr { color: red !important; } button#ac_dl { color: red !important; } }

The first one will postfix a red [pdf] to any link going to a PDF file. This is very valueable especially with Google scholar.

The second rule is an example on how to hide elements. This example hides some ads on deviantart. You can easily pick a wider term or grab some of the existing rulesets.

The third rule will color the "delete" button in Gmail red, so you find it easier. Since it moves around (UI hazard; "delete forever" replaces "archive" button in spam and trash folders.) this is quite nice to have.

But if you want to go for default ads filtering, I'd suggest to use some of the adblock extensions. These userContent tricks are mostly useful for adding rules that the extension didn't catch.

[category: /en | Permalink]
Menu
[planet.debian]
[planet.xmlhack]
[planet SELinux]
[munichblogs]
[email]
[RSS 2 feed]
[English RSS 2]
Categories
< November 2006 >
SuMoTuWeThFrSa
    1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8 91011
12131415161718
19202122232425
2627282930  
Archives
2010-Mar
2010-Feb
2010-Jan
2009-Dec
2009-Nov
2009-Oct
2009-Sep
2009-Aug
2009-Jul
2009-Jun
2009-May
2009-Apr
2009-Mar
2009-Feb
2009-Jan
2008-Dec
2008-Nov
2008-Oct
2008-Sep
2008-Aug
2008-Jul
2008-May
2008-Apr
2008-Mar
2008-Feb
2008-Jan
2007-Dec
2007-Nov
2007-Oct
2007-Sep
2007-Aug
2007-Jul
2007-Jun
2007-May
2007-Apr
2007-Mar
2007-Feb
2007-Jan
2006-Dec
2006-Nov
2006-Oct
2006-Sep
2006-Aug
2006-Jul
2006-Jun
2006-May
2006-Apr
2006-Mar
2006-Feb
2006-Jan
2005-Dec
2005-Nov
2005-Oct
2005-Sep
2005-Aug
2005-Jul
2005-Jun
2005-May
2005-Apr
2005-Mar
2005-Feb
2005-Jan
2004-Dec
2004-Nov
2004-Oct
2004-Sep
2004-Aug
2004-Jul
Other links:
Swing and the City - Lindy Hop in Munich