rediff.com | Annoyance | Widgets and bloat

[in4u]

Website: rediff.com

Filters enabled: Annoyances Filter

The 3 annoyances are detailed as follows. First two are applicable for desktop while the third one is for mobile.

Issue 1

URL: https://mail.rediff.com/cgi-bin/login.cgi

This is the email login page. After entering credentials, the mailbox loads as https://f[server number]mail.rediff.com/..., where server number is user-specific. Notice an annoying news widget with yellow background in the mailbox.

Screenshot of widget:

Relevant page code (with sensitive data removed) is shown in the accompanying screenshot for those who are unable to create a test account.

Screenshot of code:

The widget is loaded in an iframe. The filter ||recoprofile.rediff.com/news_recommendation/news_template.html$subdocument,domain=rediff.com successfully removes this widget. The iframe is contained in rediff.com##.news_ads so this filter may also be added but it's not really required.

Issue 2

URL: http://login.rediff.com/logout/logout.php

This can be tested without logging in or needing an account. It's the exit page after logging out but is heavily bloated with annoyances. Everything below the green "You have successfully signed out of Rediffmail." message is just unnecessary bloat and ads.

Screenshot of bloat:

The filters login.rediff.com##.panel_rgt and login.rediff.com###new_design take care of them all.

Issue 3

URL: http://login.rediff.com/bn/logout.cgi?formname=general&function_name=logout

Similar to issue 2 but this is the exit page on mobile. There's a trending products widget here.

Screenshot of widget:

Screenshot of code:

The filter ||mshop.rediff.com/trending-now/widget$subdocument,domain=login.rediff.com gets rid of this widget.

[Alex-302]

Fixed 1 and 3

[in4u]

@Alex-302 For 3, I see that you have added ||shopping.rediff.com/trending-now/widget which is the desktop version. The mobile version that I mentioned, requires ||mshop.rediff.com/trending-now/widget.

Also, is there any filter list you can recommend which would be relevant for 2nd case?

[Alex-302]

I mentioned, requires

added.

Also, is there any filter list you can recommend which would be relevant for 2nd case?

this?

Issue 2

I think this is useful element.