ekill
Dev tools
browser extension
SHOW HN2018
How HN took it
6 positive, 11 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 4 critical, out of 21 comments about the project. Thread score +0.04.
Idea: 6 for, 3 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful idea, like xkill for the web
From 2 comments
<3 this idea!
egonschiele on HNFor Firefox, there's Nuke Anything Enhanced https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/nuke-anything-enhanced The removals are temporary though. There used to be an addon…
sp332 on HN
Helpful alternatives exist in uBlock Origin and other extensions
From 2 comments
If you're using ublock origin on Chromium, you already have this. Go to chrome://extensions/shortcuts and set a shortcut on "Enter element zapper mode". I set it to ctrl+shift+q…
scrollaway on HNWell if you already use uBlock Origin you have multiple mode like this all with possible custom hotkeys if you want something like this
Zekio on HN
Objections
uBlock Origin's element zapper already does this
From 3 comments
If you're using ublock origin on Chromium, you already have this. Go to chrome://extensions/shortcuts and set a shortcut on "Enter element zapper mode". I set it to ctrl+shift+q…
scrollaway on HNWell if you already use uBlock Origin you have multiple mode like this all with possible custom hotkeys if you want something like this
Zekio on HNWould you look at that. I've actually been using uBlock since forever, but had no idea it could do that. Oh well, I guess sometimes you just can't see the forest for trees.
rhardih on HN
Does not kill the clock in the OSX toolbar or robocalls on Android
From 2 comments
It doesn't kill the clock in my toolbar on osx. That's what I came for.
xrd on HNI'm using it on Android and it's not killing the robocalls I often receive. That's what I came for.
muthdra on HN
Requests
Collect what elements other users kill and remove them automatically
From 1 comment
I'd love for the extension to collect what elements are being killed by other users and kill them automatically for me. Specially on mobile. I don't think that feature exists…
gota on HN
Permanent removal rather than temporary
From 1 comment
For Firefox, there's Nuke Anything Enhanced https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/nuke-anything-enhanced The removals are temporary though. There used to be an addon…
sp332 on HN
Questions
How to set a keyboard shortcut for the zapper in Firefox
From 2 comments
You're right! Please feel free to add instructions for Firefox if you know how, I suspect it's similar.
scrollaway on HNI meant instructions for the relevant keyboard shortcut.
scrollaway on HN
Alternatives named
uBlock Origin element zapper
From 2 comments
If you're using ublock origin on Chromium, you already have this. Go to chrome://extensions/shortcuts and set a shortcut on "Enter element zapper mode". I set it to ctrl+shift+q…
scrollaway on HNDocumentation is here for more details: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Element-zapper The zapper will also try to detect and remove CSS rules which prevent the whole page…
gorhill on HN
Nuke Anything Enhanced
From 1 comment
For Firefox, there's Nuke Anything Enhanced https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/nuke-anything-enhanced The removals are temporary though. There used to be an addon…
sp332 on HN
Kill Sticky
From 1 comment
Thanks for this! I've been using Kill Sticky https://alisdair.mcdiarmid.org/kill-sticky-headers/ and am now looking forward to an expanded arsenal in the fight against anti-human…
thedailymail on HN
Kill It
From 1 comment
For Firefox, there's Nuke Anything Enhanced https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/nuke-anything-enhanced The removals are temporary though. There used to be an addon…
sp332 on HN
Aardvark bookmarklet
From 1 comment
Probably http://www.karmatics.com/aardvark/?
puetzk on HN