How to get rid of this wallpaper?

RobertDK · Post by **RobertDK** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 3:03 pm

Have a look at this very popular startpage.

http://www.ni.dk

The wallpaper-ad is getting on my nerves.
I can remove the wallpaper picture (Mostly ad from norwegian.no) but after removal I still get the link-clicking hand when hoovering the mouse where the ad used to be.

How do I disable the link in the background?

Normally when the ad isn't activated by www.ni.dk there's no hand appearing when hoovering.
I have a habit to quickly click either in the big white part to the left or right to make the page active for scrolling.
Now I often click the hidden wallpaper-banner by habit and that's pretty irritating.

Any help?

W2K, Firefox 3.1 b3, Adblock Plus 1.0.1

fanboy · Post by **fanboy** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 10:15 pm

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*/Norwegian_wallpaper_100x100.gif

RobertDK · Post by **RobertDK** » Tue Mar 24, 2009 1:16 am

fanboy wrote:
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*/Norwegian_wallpaper_100x100.gif

Nice try.
Try it Yourself, the red ad is gone but the big white parts left and right is still a link, and it still redirects via some doubleclick adress to norwegian.no.

How to stop the link behavour in the white fields?

Filter subscriptions used: Ares + Easy list, Cedrics, dutchblock and Dr. Evil

I hope You can figure it out.

RobertDK · Post by **RobertDK** » Tue Mar 24, 2009 7:51 pm

This afternoon the ad left the site for a while.

I'll let You know when it comes back on.

RobertDK · Post by **RobertDK** » Fri Apr 03, 2009 1:04 pm

Wallpaper link is active again with new redirect.
Have a look and tell what to block.

Impossible?

Post by **Hubird** » Fri Apr 03, 2009 1:22 pm

I don't think it is possible with ABP. I added the filter * to block everything but still could not do what you wanted.

Wladimir Palant · Post by **Wladimir Palant** » Fri Apr 03, 2009 2:16 pm

This did it for me:

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|http://www.ni.dk/aktuelt/asa/Holiday_wallpaper_100x100.gif

So maybe generalize the filter into:

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_wallpaper_100x100.gif$side=ni.dk

Post by **Hubird** » Fri Apr 03, 2009 2:32 pm

The space where the background is / was (on either side of the page content) is a clickable link, I think the OP wants to stop that behaviour as well as block the image.

Wladimir Palant · Post by **Wladimir Palant** » Fri Apr 03, 2009 2:40 pm

I see. The clicks are handled by the JavaScript function wallpaperClick in the page itself - nothing to block there. You will need GreaseMonkey to fix that.

RobertDK · Post by **RobertDK** » Sat Apr 11, 2009 6:27 am

Thank You guys for at least trying.
I think greasemonkey is too much for just one ad.
If You find a way to block the invisible clickable wallpaper.... please post it here.

Robert

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