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Created July 21, 2010 13:59
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A Greasemonkey script for removing stuff I don't want from Google News
// ==UserScript==
// @name Remove from Google News
// @namespace http://duncanandmeg.org
// @description Removes the "Google Fast Flip" section
// @include http://news.google.com/
// ==/UserScript==
// Add jQuery
var GM_JQ = document.createElement('script');
GM_JQ.src = 'http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1/jquery.js';
GM_JQ.type = 'text/javascript';
document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(GM_JQ);
// All your GM code must be inside this function
function letsJQuery() {
//remove items from Google News page
//For the paranoid, like me
$("#rt-col").remove(); //whole right column
//Less extreme approach
//$("#rt-col > .gadget-iframe-contents").remove(); //Fast Flip
//$("#s_POPULAR > .contents").remove(); //Most popular
}
// Check if jQuery's loaded
function GM_wait() {
if(typeof unsafeWindow.jQuery == 'undefined') { window.setTimeout(GM_wait,100); }
else { $ = unsafeWindow.jQuery; letsJQuery(); }
}
GM_wait();
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