Discussion on Yahoo Mail Beta Ad Remover | Userscripts.org

Archived Comments, replied by yoyopi27

yoyopi27 — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 13:24:33 +0000

I've modified the original script to completly hide the left side ads!
You have to add this to line 62 :
var TopAd = parent.document.getElementById('nwPane'); var BottomAd = parent.document.getElementById('swPane'); var folderPan = parent.document.getElementById('foldersPane'); var folderDiv = parent.document.getElementById('foldersTableDiv'); var MaxBottom = parent.document.getElementById('calBarPane');

And this to line 81:
if ( BottomAd != null ){ BottomAd.style.visibility='hidden'; } if ( TopAd != null ){ deleteNode(TopAd); } if (BottomAd != null){ var MaxBottomHeight = pixtoint(MaxBottom.style.top)+pixtoint(MaxBottom.style.height); var DifTop = pixtoint(folderDiv.style.top) - pixtoint(folderPan.style.top); folderDiv.style.height = ((MaxBottomHeight - pixtoint(folderDiv.style.top) - DifTop - 10) + "px"); folderPan.style.height = ((MaxBottomHeight - pixtoint(folderPan.style.top)) + "px"); }

Archived Comments, replied by Sean Watson

Sean Watson — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 02:30:54 +0000

To hide the left side ads
add this to line 62
var swPane=parent.document.getElementById('swPane'); var foldersTableDiv=parent.document.getElementById('foldersTableDiv');

And this to line 76
if ( swPane != null ) { // deleteNode(swPane); swPane.style.visibility='hidden'; } if (foldersTableDiv != null ) { // resizeNode(foldersTableDiv); foldersTableDiv.style.height='100%'; }

Archived Comments, replied by BKDotCom

BKDotCom — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 18:06:15 +0000

As suggested by the author, I have uploaded a modified version of this script...
My additions include

removal of leftside ads
periodically cleans up the ads (to get the ones they occasionally put back)

Ad Remover+

Archived Comments, replied by pogue

pogue — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 23:20:03 +0000

Now they are putting ads on the left hand side too :(

http://img261.imageshack.us/img261/4976/yahoomailadszc5.jpg

Archived Comments, replied by nettrotter

nettrotter — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 06:23:22 +0000

well done you work makes my interface very clean. and it 's of great help to those who is poor at the bandwidth.

Archived Comments, replied by Chetan A. Sharma

Chetan A. Sharma — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 20:26:00 +0000

Thank you! works great. The right advertisement hides when u use this script!

Btw is there a way to hide the ads which appear above and below the left navigation (Like Inbox, Drafts, Sent etc)

Any help would be gr8. Thanks again!

Archived Comments, replied by Gary Lape

Gary Lape — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 18:14:17 +0000

I get the same runtime error as that described by Joe L. I am running Windows XP.

Archived Comments, replied by Gary Lape

Gary Lape — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 21:52:55 +0000

Does this script work on an XP platform?

Archived Comments, replied by blippy

blippy — Sat, 26 May 2007 00:09:56 +0000

will this work with CANADA yahoo beta? ;)

mail.yahoo.ca

Archived Comments, replied by Ven0m

Ven0m — Mon, 14 May 2007 20:16:12 +0000

Well, it seems that Yahoo has updated mail slightly (at least for me).

Now I have an idea and a suggestion...

It is possible to collapse the side ad space, but leave the collapsed space? I'll elaborate with screenshots.

Before:
http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/2529/beforep...

See how the side ad bar extends out every time you view different parts of the Y!Mail beta site? Well, is it possible to automatically collapse it (like you can already do with the little arrow button) and leave it collapsed? Now, look at this mock up screenshot I made...

After:
http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/8216/afterij...

See how the ad is gone, but it leaves the collapsed space? I personally like how this looks, and it fits in well with the site, giving it a nice border (minus the arrow button of course).

So what do you guys think? Is it possible or not?

Archived Comments, replied by Narayan Natarajan

Narayan Natarajan — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 01:40:39 +0000

Zoe,

yahoo re-generates the ad each time - which the script destroys each time. So, there's the flash of creation, and another for its destruction..
(wonder if you get a reaaaaly fast computer if you'd see it.. :) )

Archived Comments, replied by Narayan Natarajan

Narayan Natarajan — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 01:16:30 +0000

Hello all,
Thanks for you comments, and thanks for the extra code someone sent me (more on that in a bit).

This version: adjusts to the new yahoo's "hide" button/bar. Also, modified the behaviour of hiding the ads. Not sure if this will be better or not, but time and experience with it will tell.

Joe L: Not really sure what the matter would be, but try the new version.

bkfake: The code that you modified works fine, and maybe a good addition for people that just hate adverts. I'm not much of an advert "hater", I just hate it when advertisements are there to create a problem (such as not being able to view my email). So, at this time I'm not adding it to this code. However, please feel free to upload it as your own mod (and keep me in the credits) so if there are such people that would not care for ads then they can use yours.
Thanks!

Archived Comments, replied by Joe L

Joe L — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 13:31:23 +0000

I tried to install this script but it gave me an error.

Script: c:\document ... \5257.user[1].js
Line: 51
Char: 2
Error: 'parent' is undefined
Code: 800A1391
Source: Microsoft JScript runtime error

How can I get pass this?

Archived Comments, replied by Zoe Gillenwater

Zoe Gillenwater — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 15:06:47 +0000

Works as advertised, and makes reading mail much more pleasant. The only weird thing is that each message initially loads with a gap to the right as if the vertical banner ad was still there, then resizes to fill in the space. It's kind of distracting. Otherwise, great job.

Archived Comments, replied by Virus

Virus — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 08:22:40 +0000

G8 job dude....

Archived Comments, replied by Troc Ster

Troc Ster — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 01:24:11 +0000

A million thanks narayan. That side bar is just too big and your script works a treat.

I paid for my screen, I paid for my bandwidth, I've even paid for the damn yahoo mail service, but not to see stupid anoying, intrusive and insulting adverts.

Keep up the excelent work !

Archived Comments, replied by Ashish Agnihotri

Ashish Agnihotri — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 22:21:45 +0000

Really what I was looking for. Yahoo mail now looks even better. One glitch however, if I resize the Firefox window - the ad pane reappears annoyingly :(

Archived Comments, replied by sush

sush — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 10:22:36 +0000

Really great job :). The narrow reading pane used to take the fun off.

Archived Comments, replied by Mahesh

Mahesh — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 10:16:03 +0000

Thanx a lot buddy. I actually switched back to Old yahoomail due to this AD, now am happy using Yahoomail Beta for ever.

Archived Comments, replied by Narayan Natarajan

Narayan Natarajan — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 20:28:05 +0000

Thanks for the comments.
I uploaded a modified script with the message pane pop-sideways-into-a-tab width modifier so that it is also eats up the advert portion.
Enjoy.

Archived Comments, replied by Mahesh

Mahesh — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 11:58:54 +0000

I meant Reading pane, when the mail is previewed in next tab.

Archived Comments, replied by Mahesh

Mahesh — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 10:29:04 +0000

Narayan, Damn good script. But it only removes the adverts, if possible try to increasing Reading pane size also :)

Archived Comments, replied by bunkacid

bunkacid — Wed, 23 Aug 2006 05:56:53 +0000

could you make this script work with the calendar also to kill the ads on the right and fix the table?

Archived Comments, replied by Narayan Natarajan

Narayan Natarajan — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 09:37:00 +0000

Yahoo! Mail Beta contains a sidebar with adverts that are annoying due to the messages that extend beyond the message pane area - which means you have to horizontally scroll. This happens pretty much all of the time and this script causes the side bar to be shoved off the right edge of the window and the rest of the message area to occupy that space.
Its not perfect by far (also my first attempt at this), but feel free to evolve the script.
Thus far I couldn't find a script that does this - hope its useful to you people, enjoy!

Archived Comments, replied by Jesse Andrews

Jesse Andrews — Wed, 17 Nov 2004 01:05:04 +0000

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