[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":864},["ShallowReactive",2],{"project-19408329":3},{"id":4,"name":5,"line":6,"line_source":7,"title":8,"url":9,"domain":10,"maker":11,"posted_at":12,"year":13,"points":14,"comments":15,"rank_in_year":16,"shown_in_year":17,"top":18,"tier":19,"category":20,"subcategory":21,"format":22,"keywords":23,"reception":28,"sentiment":29,"stance_mix":30,"scored_comments":35,"aspects":36,"strip":46,"post_text":48,"what":49,"said":70,"maker_in_thread":181,"shape":194,"grid":199,"attempts":825,"same_week":826,"maker_shows":18,"maker_hidden":856,"reader_version":857,"card":858},"19408329","Hello Goodbye","A browser extension which blocks chat\u002Fhelpdesk widgets","title","Show HN: A browser extension which blocks chat\u002Fhelpdesk widgets","https:\u002F\u002Fhellogoodbye.app","hellogoodbye.app","bcye",1552750651,2019,510,226,29,2195,2,"legend","security_privacy","browser extension ad blocker","browser_extension",[24,25,26,27],"chat widget blocker","intercom blocker","helpdesk widget","ublock filter list","mixed",0.221,{"positive":31,"neutral":32,"mixed":33,"critical":34},47,20,10,18,95,{"idea":37,"design":40,"execution":43,"docs":45},{"positive":38,"critical":39},5,14,{"positive":41,"critical":42},4,1,{"positive":44,"critical":18},0,{"positive":44,"critical":44},[42,38,47,41,38,38,41,38,38,38,38,41,41,44,44,44,44,44,42,47,42,42,44,44,44,47,47,47,41,38,44,38,47,42,47,38,44,18,47,42],3,null,{"problem":50,"audience":48,"pricing":48,"motivation":48,"time_to_build":48,"stack":66,"openness":67,"stage":68,"team_size":69},{"value":51,"source":52,"evidence":53},"Chat and helpdesk widgets pop up and obstruct websites","inferred",[54,58,62],{"id":55,"by":56,"text":57},"19408682","munchbunny","I don't mind the help desk widget if it's actually there for when you have a question. The problem is that they almost immediately morphed into to growth marketing tactics with…",{"id":59,"by":60,"text":61},"19413061","newscracker","Chats popping up, covering a considerably big part of the screen and auto playing a sound – that's what's so annoying about these! If there were just a small icon and text that…",{"id":63,"by":64,"text":65},"19410098","tracker1","I was once considering a switch to sprint... had gone through the process of picking a phone, selecting a service level and was half way through checkout, BAM! in your face chat,…",[],"open_source","launched","solo",{"praise":71,"objections":88,"requests":123,"questions":149,"alternatives":161},[72],{"value":73,"source":74,"evidence":75},"Useful for blocking annoying popup widgets","commenter",[76,80,84],{"id":77,"by":78,"text":79},"19408446","evanscottgray","Very cool -- the widgets are getting a little out of hand these days, I prefer when they stay minimized or at least out of your face. Thank you-- will definitely try this out!…",{"id":81,"by":82,"text":83},"19411329","skilled","I feel like chat widgets have become the new email popups. Extremely annoying when you get asked if you need help one second after landing. Not to mention that many widgets also…",{"id":85,"by":86,"text":87},"19408840","numbers","Thank you, had to do manually do this through my adblocker every now and then.",[89,104,112],{"value":90,"source":74,"evidence":91},"Chat widgets are useful for support",[92,96,100],{"id":93,"by":94,"text":95},"19409341","mosselman","Many times. Just the other day I had a question about Skylight (which we use where I work) and I was promptly helped through the widget. Granted, this could also have been done…",{"id":97,"by":98,"text":99},"19409456","bastawhiz","I use intercom to provide support for my service. Yes, it pops up and asks if you have questions on the homepage. Yes, it checks in on you after using the site for a week. But I…",{"id":101,"by":102,"text":103},"19408758","tootie","I've used those chat widgets a lot and they are by far the best way to get customer service issues addressed. They respond faster than the phone line, it's async so I can use the…",{"value":105,"source":74,"evidence":106},"Blocking widgets hurts the support channel for businesses",[107,111],{"id":108,"by":109,"text":110},"19411269","cyberferret","Congratulations. You have just helped take away the #1 support mechanism for our SaaS. Can I just redirect all my irate customers to your email when they cannot reach our support…",{"id":101,"by":102,"text":103},{"value":113,"source":74,"evidence":114},"uBlock Origin or EasyPrivacy already block these",[115,119],{"id":116,"by":117,"text":118},"19408497","michaelbuckbee","While I applaud the effort that went into this, I'm not sure what this gains over adding a handful of additional rules into your current adblocker. Many adblockers use the…",{"id":120,"by":121,"text":122},"19409460","kgwxd","Can't uBlock Origin already solve this problem?",[124,135,142],{"value":125,"source":74,"evidence":126},"Block cookie and GDPR popups",[127,131],{"id":128,"by":129,"text":130},"19408732","TamDenholm","is there one that stops the GDPR\u002FCookie law popups that litter the web?",{"id":132,"by":133,"text":134},"19409398","viach","Can you please add blocking of \"Please agree to use cookies\" hollyguacamolle?",{"value":136,"source":74,"evidence":137},"Block notification request popups",[138],{"id":139,"by":140,"text":141},"19408992","YeahSureWhyNot","can it block 'this website would like to send you notifications' popups too? those irritate me more than chat widgets",{"value":143,"source":74,"evidence":144},"Collapse widgets instead of blocking them",[145],{"id":146,"by":147,"text":148},"19408759","johnchristopher","Why don't you collapse it instead of killing it ? I sometimes need that chatbox.",[150],{"value":151,"source":74,"evidence":152},"Is the source code available",[153,157],{"id":154,"by":155,"text":156},"19408470","victor9000","Is there a GitHub link? I can't seem to find it on mobile.",{"id":158,"by":159,"text":160},"19411447","avodonosov","No link to the source code",[162,170,174],{"value":163,"source":74,"evidence":164},"uBlock Origin filter lists",[165,166],{"id":120,"by":121,"text":122},{"id":167,"by":168,"text":169},"19410175","AH2mdte8kPnJS","Here's the URLs from the extension in UBlock rule form: ``` ||widget.intercom.io\u002F ||connect.facebook.net\u002Fen_US\u002Fsdk\u002Fxfbml.customerchat.js…",{"value":171,"source":74,"evidence":172},"EasyPrivacy list",[173],{"id":116,"by":117,"text":118},{"value":175,"source":74,"evidence":176},"NoScript",[177],{"id":178,"by":179,"text":180},"19410826","oliwarner","I thoroughly recommend installing NoScript. I've set it to only trust first-party-domain scripts and those from a few hand-picked sites. 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