description

Simply hides/removes ads at all from facebook pages. it's like many other ones but it's much more reliable and up to date.

The main features are:
- hides the avertisments sidebar on the profile page
- removes(!) every box on every page that could contain a banner - IFrames where the src attribute matches a pattern
- removes(!) sponsored feeds on the home section - Divs where the class attribute matches a pattern
- in the home section removes the sponsor area inside the sidebar, commonly the "Invite your friends" banner but eventually other ads.

please leave some comments to help me (and you) improve the script, I'll be there in minutes.

It's been a long time since I use it regularly, I fixed little problems and added new functionality over time. It's now out of beta.

reviews appreciated, thanks! ;)

further ideas

- new ways of detecting banners

change log

4.1 - more specific remove function, setInterval calls anonymous function, css selectors changed, use of GM_addStyle, no more main function

4.0 - big change! as avg suggested before I applied css style to make it faster and avoid the bumpy effect. I used an hybrid approach, the generic adKiller is still there to detect and remove even unknown ads using generic patterns.

3.1 - just a minor change, just a better regexp

3.0 - small refactor based on avg suggestion, better pattern to identify ads

2.3 - less generic pattern...now no more problems with the trip advisor.

2.2 - updated the pattern

2.1 - The ad-recognition strategy evolved. Now I use regular expressions and complex patterns to match unwanted stuff. The patterns are smarter, now it shouldn't delete legitimate boxes too while still hiding most of the ads. Now I always remove the nodes and not only hide them except for the sidebar. The code became tinier and easier to mantain. In the future I'll still need your help updating the pattern, please leave comments if you find problems.

2.0 - I was updating the list too often so I decided to choose an universal word that should always work ... it's a bit dangerous, if some problems arise I'll go back to the previous version

1.13 - updated keywords again, I'm working on it

1.12 - updated keywords again

1.11 - updated keywords, but I still need to make it smarter

1.1 - updated keywords list

1.0 - left the beta...I finally added the string to recognize the sponsor in the home section.

0.6b - now completely removes nodes with className containing some special words, mainly sponsored feeds in the home section [asked by dennis3484]

0.5b - updated the keywords list. Maybe I'm going to try a different approach for the next versions. this is a step in that direction.

0.4b - I found my ads detection strategy to be sensitive to unpredictable site variations. Now I improved it so it uses a list of known keywords to detect an iframe as actually an ad container. Anyway in the near future I'll need to update periodically the list untill I find a better way of doing the same thing.

0.3b - added some comments, now hides the sidebar ads and every box on the page that could contain a banner. So now it completely removes EVERY ads. I only need to cut the timerInterval once it's successful to make it lighter.

0.2b - cut an unnecessary check, added one so it always works and set a recurrent interval to apply the patch ever during the page life.