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Just whipped this up this morning: Comment Tweaks

Screenshot:
http://userstyles.org/styles/3202

People with Firefox can install the "stylish" extension (for controlling CSS), and, along with the "De-MySpacify" script, block all appearances of facebook apps in their browser. ( http://userstyles.org/styles/3681 ). It's about 15 lines long and incredibly helpful (not to mention aptly-named).

http://userstyles.org/styles/4615

Well, you can do it with http://userstyles.org/stylish/

Just redesign it and then put it up for other people to use, like http://userstyles.org/styles/search/slashdot

Well, you can do it with http://userstyles.org/stylish/

Just redesign it and then put it up for other people to use, like http://userstyles.org/styles/search/slashdot

It's actually extremely easy to get rid of all that crap: http://userstyles.org/styles/3681

Just add a {display: block;} for any application you actually want to see, and you are all set.

You can remove support for things like <font> in your browser today.

I hate Arial with a passion, and wish my Mac would substitute Helvetica, since Arial was actually designed as a Helvetica clone that cost less to license.

http://userstyles.org/ has a bunch dark google styles (and for other sites)

We do not want to see pages full of advertisement. Especially not when they move around. This was already clear with the tag.

I even hate it when movies I want to see start playing before I pressed start.

I myself use several different methods to avoid seeing spam.
1) http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm (Update the hosts file once per month with a cron job)
2) Adblock
3) http://www.privoxy.org/
4) Adblock

and for some sites that I want to see without the stoopid ads all over or where I do not like the standard layout (like slashdot or Toms hardware) I use http://userstyles.org/

OK, perhaps I am overactive, but I am now unable to watch the internet on an other computer, because of all the ads that are trown to me.

All this should be a hint to companies that people do niot want this. Ebay should look at who its base customers are and serve them. Ignore the extra money you can make. It pisses people off.

But as it is a company, the management will be only there for three years, or so, so as long as they can milk it, who cares, right?

Or just use the 'Bookmarks toolbar - icons only' style sheet.

Speaking of which: does anyone know of any project for standardizing re-scheming of remote sites? With enough people behind it you could really make sites stop clashing with the rest of your screen and become a lot more usable with nothing more than usercontent.css preferably, or at worst some javascript courtesy of greasemonkey

A lot of the people using userstyles.org seem to share your interest in applying a standard theme to all sites, matching Google to their custom skins, etc -- moreso than Greasemonkey users, anyway, who mostly seem into tweaking single sites one at a time, in my experience.

So if you want to try to get something going, that would probably be the best place to start..

If you use Yahoo mail beta and Firefox, just add this userstyle --> http://userstyles.org/style/show/616 into the Stylish extension to remove ads. Also, I find that Adblock Filterted.G blocks Yahoo mail beta ads as well.

My solution in situations like this is to build custom Stylish rules for sites like that. Even if they change the id a whole bunch, they're pretty much constrained to a certain number of xhtml structures, and I doubt they'll be changing that a lot. So do something like: #ad_space div>div{display: none;} (replacing the selectors with an actual path to the frustrating elements). There are also lots of scripts for stylish at http://www.userstyles.org/

http://userstyles.org/style/show/1054

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http://kb.mozillazine.org/Problematic_extensions
use https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/2108 with http://userstyles.org/style/show/299

They are still called extensions, Add-ons is the name of the new manager for both extensions and themes. I think it comes from the Firefox Add-ons site.

I am a bit disappointed about how tabs work now too, but the changes are probably for the best. Scrolling the tab strip with my mouse-wheel was I nice discovery. Too bad it's still not easier for non-developers to customize the interface. Opera lets you change the preferences through a user-friendly dialog, but in Firefox you're required to manually type in about:config, then "browser.tabs" and then not be confused with various programming terms.

For myself, I changed browser.tabs.tabMinWidth to something small so it behaves like before 2.0 and browser.tabs.tabCloseButtons to 0 (only ever displays a close button on the active tab). I'm also thinking of adding some CSS to my userChrome.css to have tabs with system appearance again.

^^(Shit, wrong formatting!)

My Firefox on WinXP has been open about 8 hours and is using only 129 MB so far. I have 16 extensions loaded right now.

Generated: Sat Oct 07 2006 00:57:46 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)
User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1) Gecko/20061004 BonEcho/2.0
Build ID: 2006100403

Enabled Extensions: [16]
- All-in-One Sidebar 0.7 RC 4: http://firefox.exxile.net/aios/
- ChatZilla 0.9.75: http://chatzilla.hacksrus.com/
- CoLT 2.2.1: http://www.borngeek.com/firefox/colt/
- Console 0.3.6: http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=3181 02
- DOM Inspector 1.8.1: http://www.mozilla.org/projects/inspector/
- FoxyTunes 2.0.2.1: http://www.foxytunes.com/
- Gmail Manager 0.5.3: http://www.longfocus.com/firefox/gmanager/
- Greasemonkey 0.6.5.20060727: http://greasemonkey.mozdev.org/
- MR Tech Local Install 5.3: http://www.mrtech.com/extensions/local_install/
- Saved From URL 1.2: http://www.google.com/search?q=Bon%20Echo%20Saved% 20From%20URL
- Stylish 0.4: http://userstyles.org/stylish/
- Tab Mix Plus 0.3.0.61001: http://tmp.garyr.net/
- Talkback 2.0: http://talkback.mozilla.org/
- Update Channel Selector 1.0.1: http://users.blueprintit.co.uk/~dave/web/firefox/u pdatechannel/index.html
- userChrome.js 0.7: http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=3977 35
- XPather 1.0.1: http://xpath.alephzarro.com/

Disabled Extensions: [1]
- Free Download Manager plugin 1.0: http://freedownloadmanager.org/

Total Extensions: 17

Installed Themes: [3]
- Firefox (default): http://www.mozilla.org/
- Halloween 1.9.5: http://edhume.googlepages.com/home
- QuBranch 1.0.20060929: http://www.schrade.com/firefox/themes/

Installed Plugins: (10)
- Java(TM) 2 Platform Standard Edition 5.0 Update 8
- Microsoft® DRM
- Mozilla Default Plug-in
- OpenOffice.org Plug-in
- QuickTime Plug-in 7.1
- RealPlayer Version Plugin
- RealPlayer(tm) G2 LiveConnect-Enabled Plug-In (32-bit)
- Shockwave Flash
- Shockwave for Director
- Windows Media Player Plug-in Dynamic Link Library

My Firefox on WinXP has been open about 8 hours and is using only 129 MB so far. I have 16 extensions loaded right now. Generated: Sat Oct 07 2006 00:57:46 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time) User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1) Gecko/20061004 BonEcho/2.0 Build ID: 2006100403 Enabled Extensions: [16] - All-in-One Sidebar 0.7 RC 4: http://firefox.exxile.net/aios/ - ChatZilla 0.9.75: http://chatzilla.hacksrus.com/ - CoLT 2.2.1: http://www.borngeek.com/firefox/colt/ - Console 0.3.6: http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=3181 02 - DOM Inspector 1.8.1: http://www.mozilla.org/projects/inspector/ - FoxyTunes 2.0.2.1: http://www.foxytunes.com/ - Gmail Manager 0.5.3: http://www.longfocus.com/firefox/gmanager/ - Greasemonkey 0.6.5.20060727: http://greasemonkey.mozdev.org/ - MR Tech Local Install 5.3: http://www.mrtech.com/extensions/local_install/ - Saved From URL 1.2: http://www.google.com/search?q=Bon%20Echo%20Saved% 20From%20URL - Stylish 0.4: http://userstyles.org/stylish/ - Tab Mix Plus 0.3.0.61001: http://tmp.garyr.net/ - Talkback 2.0: http://talkback.mozilla.org/ - Update Channel Selector 1.0.1: http://users.blueprintit.co.uk/~dave/web/firefox/u pdatechannel/index.html - userChrome.js 0.7: http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=3977 35 - XPather 1.0.1: http://xpath.alephzarro.com/ Disabled Extensions: [1] - Free Download Manager plugin 1.0: http://freedownloadmanager.org/ Total Extensions: 17 Installed Themes: [3] - Firefox (default): http://www.mozilla.org/ - Halloween 1.9.5: http://edhume.googlepages.com/home - QuBranch 1.0.20060929: http://www.schrade.com/firefox/themes/ Installed Plugins: (10) - Java(TM) 2 Platform Standard Edition 5.0 Update 8 - Microsoft® DRM - Mozilla Default Plug-in - OpenOffice.org Plug-in - QuickTime Plug-in 7.1 - RealPlayer Version Plugin - RealPlayer(tm) G2 LiveConnect-Enabled Plug-In (32-bit) - Shockwave Flash - Shockwave for Director - Windows Media Player Plug-in Dynamic Link Library

Then I must not understand the point of this line the typical approach is just to set a cookie that lets the server know that it should include a body { font-size: whatever; } rule.

You do understand what "typical" means, don't you? You said:

Wait... are you saying that they had an entire seperate page that they made simply made the font larger?

In actual fact, nobody does what you imagine to happen. They use the approach I described. Just because I described the approach, it doesn't mean that I approve of it or that I think it's the best way of doing things. It's not. You and I both agree on that, and this is the third time I've said so. If you look back through my posting history, you'll see that websites messing with the font size annoy me. I even wrote a user stylesheet when Slashdot fucked up the fonts in the redesign.

This will work: http://userstyles.org/style/show/414

http://userstyles.org/style/show/490 in combination with https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/2108/

Can be usefull for other sites as well that you read often.

Anyone else have a hard time here reading Slashdot now that it's gone to this new layout/theme?

I used to.

Is there any way I can go back to a Slashdot that values content over style?

Yes. Install Stylish, and then go here or here.

Anyone else have a hard time here reading Slashdot now that it's gone to this new layout/theme?

I used to.

Is there any way I can go back to a Slashdot that values content over style?

Yes. Install Stylish, and then go here or here.

@namespace url(http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml);
@-moz-document domain(tomshardware.com) {
#footerx, .rightCol, .pad, .info
{
    position: absolute;
    top: -10000px;
}
}

I need to switch to a serif font, at least. What's the easiest way to do this?

If you are using Firefox, install the Stylish extension and use this user stylesheet. It changes the font size, the font family and the line-height back to normal (i.e. what is configured in your browser as the default, which is what Slashdot used to use).

Install Stylish, then go here, here, or here.

Install Stylish, then go here, here, or here.

Install Stylish, then go here, here, or here.

will slashdot give me serifed fonts back

Go here to install stylish, then install this, this, or this.

will slashdot give me serifed fonts back

Go here to install stylish, then install this, this, or this.

will slashdot give me serifed fonts back

Go here to install stylish, then install this, this, or this.

Ah - thanks very much.

Figures that I use Mozilla so wasn't aware of it. Looks like I'll be installing Sylish.. I see there's a decent Slashdot style posted on userstyles.org too :

http://userstyles.org/style/show/266

This new style has got to go... the front page *looks* cool, but the usability is awful, especially once you get past the front page to read the comments.

Pretty much all the major browsers support user stylesheets.

• Internet Explorer: Tools | Internet Options | Accessibility | Format documents using my style sheet
• Opera: Tools | Preferences | Advanced | Content | Style Options
• Konqueror: Settings | Configure Konqueror | Stylesheets
• Safari: Preferences | Advanced | Style Sheet
• Firefox: Edit ~/.mozilla/firefox/*/chrome/userContent.css

Firefox is pretty awful in this respect, but it gets a lot better if you install the Stylish extension. Opera makes it easy to switch between stylesheets. Konqueror has a nice, user-friendly interface for building simple user stylesheets.

if you don't like it then tell us some specifics on why you don't like it!

The typography is absolutely awful. It reduces the font size by 18% and increases the line-height by 50%, making it way harder to read.

If you are using a Gecko-based browser like Firefox, there's a user stylesheet to fix things on userstyles.org

Agreed, but I like the current layout with these mods I made better. Makes it more consistent and sharp.

This user style removes most crap on myspace.

This user style I wrote removes the italics, and changes the font to Georgia, justifies it, and does some other stuff to make articles look better.

How can I make firefox use a custom style sheet on a per-site basis?

You can do that with Stylish.

It also doesn't mention Stylish, which provides a very easy interface to customize websites using CSS code. Its like Greasemonkey, but with CSS.

A couple of people seem to have misinterpreted me, I am in no way condoning <font> . In fact I wrote a user stylesheet to kill <font> completely. I'm pointing out that even <h1> coupled with <font> is better than using <div> elements everywhere.

.foo h1 {foo: bar; baz: bat;}

This doesn't style <h1> elements of class foo. It styles <h1> elements that have an ancestor of class foo. To do what you want, you need something like:

h1.foo {foo: bar; baz: bat;}

Although, as you say, it's better to use context than explicit classes in most cases.