johnnyawesome / Drillbit

Drill through annoying fullscreen overlays and zap annoying ads!

Drillbit

Drill through annoying fullscreen overlays and zap annoying ads!

In the early 2000's Popup-Windows were so rampant, that nowadays every webbrowser has an integrated Popup-Filter. Now, we get tormented with Fullscreen Overlays we cannot skip

This Bookmarklet lets you remove them in one click!

How do fullscreen overlays work?

Websites that use fullscreeen overlays use JavaScript to mainly do two things:

• Create a DIV element which covers the whole window
• Remove your scrollbars so you can't scroll anymore

What does Drillbit do?

• Drillbit lets you delete a single element at a time
• It also restores your scrollbars every time you use it

Basically, Drillbit lets you drill a hole through these overlays.

How do I install Drillbit?

• Download Drillbit and unpack it
• There is a file called DrillBit.URL in the folder you just unpacked
• Drag this file into the Favorites Bar of your Browser as shown in the animation above
• That's it! You're done! 👍

How do I use Drillbit?

• Surf the web, until you want to remove something from a website
• Click the Drillbit Bookmarklet
• When you move the mouse over the website again, the element under your mouse will be colored yellow
• That's how you know which element is currently selected
• If you click on this element, you'll remove it

IMPORTANT: These fullscreen overlays often contain 2-3 layers on top of each other. Just run Drillbit as many times as you need! It will drill through one layer at the time until they're all gone!

Here's Drillbit in action again! The installation is literally done by dragging and dropping DrillBit.URL from the ZIP-File you can download here into your browser's favorite bar:

Wait! AdblockPlus can do this - Why do I need your Bookmarklet?

You are right. Adblock Plus has the possibility to Block elements, and you should use this function whenever you can.

But every time you do this, it adds a permanent entry to your Blacklist. Having a big filter list will slow down your browser.

This is where Drillbit comes in. It gives you the same functionality without adding clutter to your Blacklist.

• Use Drillbit if you want to remove something from a website you don't visit often.
• If you're browsing through Google Results, use Drillbit, because you'll probarbly never return to these sites.
• Use Adblock Plus Block elements if you want to permanently remove something
• On the websites you use daily, Adblock Plus Block elements is the right tool
• On sites you probably won't return to, Drillbit is the clear winner