Small MonkeySpace
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How We Did It
We'll probably get around to telling you how we did it soon, honest.
What is worth noting that one of the easiest things you can do to improve your
myspace experience is get rid of the ads. Of course, myspace makes all of its
(not inconsiderable) income from these ads, so they don't want you to be able to
block them. You can't specify iframe rules to block them, and whilst there are
workarounds, using any html or CSS on your page that blocks ads will lead to
your account being terminated. So how do you do it, within the myspace terms
of service?
Easy:
Download it, for free, right now. You'll immediately notice that 95% of the
pop-ups that used to plague you no longer appear, without having to resort to
extra third-party software. Plug in a couple of extensions (also free), block java
script, and never be hassled by irritating flashing ads again. Safer, more
secure, open source, and free
How good is that?
What is worth noting that one of the easiest things you can do to improve your
myspace experience is get rid of the ads. Of course, myspace makes all of its
(not inconsiderable) income from these ads, so they don't want you to be able to
block them. You can't specify iframe rules to block them, and whilst there are
workarounds, using any html or CSS on your page that blocks ads will lead to
your account being terminated. So how do you do it, within the myspace terms
of service?
Easy:
Download it, for free, right now. You'll immediately notice that 95% of the
pop-ups that used to plague you no longer appear, without having to resort to
extra third-party software. Plug in a couple of extensions (also free), block java
script, and never be hassled by irritating flashing ads again. Safer, more
secure, open source, and free
How good is that?
Tweaks
Obviously we've gone with our usual colour-scheme, and have added our own
bespoke header to the page. Fonts are now more consistent across the page,
and the rather clunky buttons provided have been replaced with an altogether
more tasteful contact panel.
The table are now properly aligned, and look - paragraph breaks! Wonderful,
neglected paragraph breaks! Gloriously delineating your ramblings into
digestible chunks of prose! A quick aside:
Memo to:
thestreamofconciousnessneverpausingforbreathwhilstwritingsixtyeightlinesaboutt
heirfavouritebandswithoutabreakinsightIlikecheeseaswellcositisgreatbutthatbandt
heothernightwereproperrubbishIwantsomedoritos brigade.
We at Small Monkey Productions recognise that myspace is not helping matters
by refusing to recognise a carriage return in the text input fields it provides. We
realise that a complete lack of human contact over the last few years' has left
you with an attention span that makes astatine look long lived and a serious
vitamin D deficiency. However, we would appreciate it if you could pull yourself
together for just 2 short seconds and LEARN WHAT <p> AND </p> DO YOU
FRIKKIN MORONS.
Thanks.
Memo ends.
Other stuff: We've let you know just how lucky you are to be in the small
monkey's extended network. That's you and absolutely anyone else that looks
at the page then, which makes it about as exclusive as a BMW 3 series.
We've killed another pet hate - the ridiculous 'clickable links' (as myspace calls
them) in the interests boxes. There is really no excuse for these - myspace
even tells you that a simple <z> will stop them, but oh no, some people thing that
the screwed up formatting and chance to have a 'link' to the phrase 'that band
my mate Dave likes' is too good to miss out on (once you've seen them you'll
know what I mean). This doesn't even link to a specific band, it uses the phrase
as a search string in myspace's search engine! The top match will invariably be
an Eastern European spambot such as '...my Mate il dave likes to party...18
year old female'. Who comes up with this idiocy?
As mentioned above, the best way to get rid of the banner ads is to use Firefox.
However, if you are going to insist on using IE, we've nudged the banner ad
across a little so it actually lines up with the centre of the page. The link colours
have been tweaked - you will note that gentle shades of green are much more
soothing on the eyes than an infra-pink/lime green juxtaposition.
If you are using a browser that is compliant with accepted web standards (so not
IE then), you will also notice that the small monkey now has a rather large
number of friends. This is, of course, quite legitimate.
We're not quite sure what we'll do next, but we're sure there are more
possibilities with this thing yet...
bespoke header to the page. Fonts are now more consistent across the page,
and the rather clunky buttons provided have been replaced with an altogether
more tasteful contact panel.
The table are now properly aligned, and look - paragraph breaks! Wonderful,
neglected paragraph breaks! Gloriously delineating your ramblings into
digestible chunks of prose! A quick aside:
Memo to:
thestreamofconciousnessneverpausingforbreathwhilstwritingsixtyeightlinesaboutt
heirfavouritebandswithoutabreakinsightIlikecheeseaswellcositisgreatbutthatbandt
heothernightwereproperrubbishIwantsomedoritos brigade.
We at Small Monkey Productions recognise that myspace is not helping matters
by refusing to recognise a carriage return in the text input fields it provides. We
realise that a complete lack of human contact over the last few years' has left
you with an attention span that makes astatine look long lived and a serious
vitamin D deficiency. However, we would appreciate it if you could pull yourself
together for just 2 short seconds and LEARN WHAT <p> AND </p> DO YOU
FRIKKIN MORONS.
Thanks.
Memo ends.
Other stuff: We've let you know just how lucky you are to be in the small
monkey's extended network. That's you and absolutely anyone else that looks
at the page then, which makes it about as exclusive as a BMW 3 series.
We've killed another pet hate - the ridiculous 'clickable links' (as myspace calls
them) in the interests boxes. There is really no excuse for these - myspace
even tells you that a simple <z> will stop them, but oh no, some people thing that
the screwed up formatting and chance to have a 'link' to the phrase 'that band
my mate Dave likes' is too good to miss out on (once you've seen them you'll
know what I mean). This doesn't even link to a specific band, it uses the phrase
as a search string in myspace's search engine! The top match will invariably be
an Eastern European spambot such as '...my Mate il dave likes to party...18
year old female'. Who comes up with this idiocy?
As mentioned above, the best way to get rid of the banner ads is to use Firefox.
However, if you are going to insist on using IE, we've nudged the banner ad
across a little so it actually lines up with the centre of the page. The link colours
have been tweaked - you will note that gentle shades of green are much more
soothing on the eyes than an infra-pink/lime green juxtaposition.
If you are using a browser that is compliant with accepted web standards (so not
IE then), you will also notice that the small monkey now has a rather large
number of friends. This is, of course, quite legitimate.
We're not quite sure what we'll do next, but we're sure there are more
possibilities with this thing yet...
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