[TriLUG] OT: Blocking scroll video pop ups

[William Sutton via TriLUG]

I got a sure-fire solution:  lynx or links.

That said, I find them annoying as well.

William Sutton

On Fri, 4 Aug 2017, Matt Flyer via TriLUG wrote:

> It seems that a growing number of sites, especially those that have
> some sort of video at the top of the page, have this "feature" that as
> you scroll down you get a pop up window of the video in the lower right
> hand corner.  You can close the video box by clicking the large black
> X, but I would like to find a way to wholesale block them as they're
> super annoying.
>
> I have tried various ad blocking add ons, and tried to identify the DOM
> element using the object inspector and create a "no script" filter for
> them but so far have been unsuccessful.
>
> Google-fu on the subject has only provided me with links to the
> benefits of these new scroll windows with articles about including them
> in your site, not how to get rid of them.
>
> Has anyone come across an effective means put to a stop to these
> things?
>
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