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This is a screenshot from my Yahoo inbox.

You all remember, I'm sure, when Snap Shots started popping up on links in LJ posts. This is like that, only more evil, because Yahoo chooses all on its own to make mouseover links out of words and phrases in emails. So if I make the mistake of mousing over one while reading, this evil bugger pops up and I have to close it just to keep reading my email. So I have a world of hate for these "helpful" overlays.

I've been trying with Firebug to isolate the precise script or frame to block to make these go away forever, without success. Anyone know?

ETA. The filter you can add to AdBlock Plus to get rid of similar overlay frames and mouseover links in Yahoo news stories is "konalayer.swf".

Son of ETA. I found the solution and it's easier than I expected -- you go to general options and de-select everything under "shortcuts" and click save. I suppose I'll let this be a lesson to me: check the user options page before going immediately to the hacker-type solutions. I'm just so used to sites having annoying "features" that I didn't even think it could just be disabled by unchecking a checkbox.

Date: 2010-07-14 02:43 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] azaz-al.livejournal.com
i mean ive used it a long long time, and forget.. it sounds very vaguely familiar... it might be a setting.

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