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PaperclipPerfector  8mo ago (text post)   2741 thread views

Friday Fun Thread for March 1, 2024

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New update of my occasional quest to make fandom.com usable:

(ping @netstack for a continuation of here)

  • Removed the useless title block at the top of each screen (more room for content)
  • The top navigation bar is always visible, restoring all of the functions of the previous point while also removing the annoying pop-in
  • Mostly fixed an error that made the page too wide, adding a superfluous scroll bar. It can still appear on narrower screens (including my vertical monitor). EDIT: Fully fixed 2024-03-03. The two new lines of filters at the end do it. I also readjusted the width a bit.
  • Updated to remove the sidebar they added back in under a new name

Gallery comparing my custom blocklist, uBlock Origin defaults, and no blocking (Note that no blocking also has an autoplaying video just below the visible part, which pops to the side and follows you down the page)

Also note that the page size shrinks from 35MB (and counting. It continually streams more.) when unblocked to about 1.3 MB with my filters in place.

My filters:

fandom.com##.notifications-placeholder
fandom.com##.wds-global-footer
fandom.com##.pathfinder-wrapper
fandom.com##.page__right-rail
fandom.com##.is-loading.top-leaderboard.ad-slot-placeholder
fandom.com###WikiaBar
fandom.com###mixed-content-footer
fandom.com##.global-navigation
fandom.com##.global-footer
fandom.com##.page-side-tools__wrapper
fandom.com##.global-navigation__top
fandom.com##.page-footer
fandom.com#$#.resizable-container{width:100% !important;}
fandom.com#$#.resizable-container{max-width:1800px !important;}
fandom.com#$#.main-container{margin-left:0px !important;}
fandom.com#$#.main-container{width:100% !important;}
fandom.com##.global-explore-navigation
fandom.com##.global-registration-buttons
fandom.com#$#.fandom-sticky-header{top:0px !important;}
fandom.com#$#.fandom-sticky-header.is-visible{transform:None !important;}
fandom.com##.fandom-community-header
fandom.com#$#.community-header-wrapper{height:46px !important}
fandom.com##.left.side-bt-container
fandom.com##.right.side-bt-container

Your filters have improved the reading experience tremendously. Keep up the good work.

Funny, I was just thinking about you. Probably because they added that nonsense sidebar.

Keep up the good work ^_^

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