Blocking the new Hotmail side-adbar?

[theremin]

Has anyone figured out out to do this yet? Element Hiding Helper cannot seem to isolate the exact element to block...

Using the latest version of FF and extensions on Windows XP.

[alex]

The ad in the sidebar is blocked on my side with Firefox 3.0.6 and Windows Vista. However, the email body frame doesn't automatically move to the right to cover the empty spot left by the blocked ad.

Adblock was moving all the frames up when the ad bar was on the top, but I guess it's just a question of time before a new update is released to adjust the email body frame on the right so no empty space is left.

[theremin]

Yes, that is what I meant. I wanted to block the sidebar such that the email body section expands horizontally to occupy the blank space.

When the adbar was on top, removing it was just a matter of selecting it via the Element Hiding Helper. This seems to be no longer possible. Is this beyond ABP's capabilities?

[B744]

The hotmail banner ad used to load up top, but now it's off to the right and blocks me from reading the right side of all my email. I would like to return the favor and block the ad from loading on my screen altogether. I've never had a problem with the ad's old placement, as I always ignored it a la banner blindness. My only solution so far is to forward all my hotmail email to my yahoo address, which is tedious and a pain in the ass.

ps- Thanks to everyone who developed the ABP addon, it has eliminated much of the stress and irritation of online browsing. Suggesstion for a future addon: Troll Block Plus

[Ares2]

I wanted to block the sidebar such that the email body section expands horizontally to occupy the blank space. [...] Is this beyond ABP's capabilities?

Unfortunately, yes.

But if you want, you can use Stylish or userContent.css and this code:

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@namespace url(http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml);

@-moz-document domain("mail.live.com") {

#MainContent { margin-right: 0 !important; }

}

[theremin]

Danke schon for your initiative; it doesn't seem to work however. I installed Stylish, added a new script with that text. Stylish icon in the FF status bar shows the style to be active on mail.live.com, but the sidebar still exists.

I don't know if this is possible, but can you modify the style such that the sidebar is only visible when I am composing an email (because the associated functions in the sidebar are actually useful then ). I know it is not Christmas yet, but is it also possible to make the sidebar collapsible via a custom button/link of some sort?

My other addons include Greasemonkey, ABP+EHH, Noscript (all latest versions). I tried toggling them all (thinking they were interfering with Stylish) but that didn't help either.

[Ares2]

Danke schon for your initiative; it doesn't seem to work however.

OK, I see, it depends on the "Reading pane settings". Try it now:

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@namespace url(http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml);

@-moz-document domain("mail.live.com") {

#MainContent {
   margin-right: 0 !important;
   right: 0 !important;
}

}

[theremin]

OMG works perfectly! Danke schon again! :D8)

[Ares2]

Bitteschön (=You're welcome).

[TK]

Using this code also disables Back to messages, previous message (up arrow) and next message (down arrow) links. Is there a way to improve this code to still allow those to work?

[DP]

Using this code also disables Back to messages, previous message (up arrow) and next message (down arrow) links. Is there a way to improve this code to still allow those to work?

I've also noted that the Next arrow and Previous arrow are also blocked. This makes it very difficult to navigate as you must go back to the in-box to get to the next or previous message.

[Jabe]

Using this code also disables Back to messages, previous message (up arrow) and next message (down arrow) links. Is there a way to improve this code to still allow those to work?

I've also noted that the Next arrow and Previous arrow are also blocked. This makes it very difficult to navigate as you must go back to the in-box to get to the next or previous message.

Sorry for the up but I have the same problem.

I like your script but I can't use those buttons.