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I want to stop the scrolling ads on ebay before they fry my cpu.

Ideally I would like an ebay site-wide rule.

To give you an example of what I am finding annoying please go to http://www.ebay.co.uk/ and search for item # 380648406267. (Sorry, I did paste the exact web page here but when I hit the preview button it had shortened the link.

I have all the scripts on the page enabled except for ebayrtm.com (I don't remember why I don't allow this one but I don't appear to have broken anything).

I only want to stop/remove/hide the scrolling part of the ad. I want the main body of the advertisement to remain (i.e. to see description relating to the ebay item, but not what else the advertiser has for sale).

You'll need to try writing a surrogate script if you want to do this. You can go to about:config and search for 'surrogate' to find examples.

By the way, to post a longer link, you can use [ url ] tags.

Thrawn wrote:You'll need to try writing a surrogate script if you want to do this. You can go to about:config and search for 'surrogate' to find examples.

By the way, to post a longer link, you can use [ url ] tags.

Thanks for the reply. I did take a look in about:config (and often make small adjustments there), however looking at the volume of surrogate variations I wouldn't know where to start.

I'm hoping someone has a solution using noscript, abp or one of the others fx addons.

Just create the following two about:config string preferences:

noscript.surrogate.ebayscroll.replacement
window.setInterval=function(f,t) f.name=="move"?-1:window.__proto__.setInterval.call(window,f,t);

noscript.surrogate.ebayscroll.sources
@.ebay*

Giorgio Maone wrote:Just create the following two about:config string preferences:

noscript.surrogate.ebayscroll.replacement
window.setInterval=function(f,t) f.name=="move"?-1:window.__proto__.setInterval.call(window,f,t);

noscript.surrogate.ebayscroll.sources
@.ebay*

Thanks for personally replying Giorgio - appreciated.

Unfortunately, still the scrolling ad stubbornly refuses to bulge.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/380648406267

troubled wrote: Unfortunately, still the scrolling ad stubbornly refuses to bulge.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/380648406267

It works for me. Could you double check your preferences and/or PM me your prefs.js file?

Hi Giorgio,

I tried your settings using a live linux cd with firefox 19 - it works beautifully!

The OS I am using at the moment is dated and uses an older version of firefox - I will soon be replacing it.

BTW, I also tried your solution using a live cd (with a fresh copy of firefox 3.5.16). The solution does not work on Firefox 3.

That's ok I don't expect legacy support.

I will use your fix in my next OS build and I can adapt it for other sites should the need arise.

Thanks for all the fine work your doing with noscript.

Martin