[Novalug] annoying gmail feature

[Paul W. Frields]

On Fri, 2008-07-11 at 08:20 -0400, Ed James wrote:
> All,
> 
>     When I use gmail via firefox, the browser hangs until the "Sponsored
> Link" cwap is displayed.  I can't "stop" the browser, can't shift to
> a different browser tab, and often can't use the taskbar to shift to
> a different program/process.  This Sponsored Links cwap oftens takes a
> fairly long time to load, and really slow down everything else.
> 
>     Is there a way to defeat this "feature" (without sending money to
> Google, of course)?  I've looked but didn't find an obvious way.

I'd bet there are Greasemonkey scripts to handle this... maybe this one?
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/9324 

I can't vouch for the script or its authors, caveat emptor.

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