WidgetBlock for Google Chrome: All your widgets are belong to us.

There is a real push toward a more social web, and claims that it makes the web a better place. However, I am glad that someone has developed this extension. I have never liked all those auto updating twitter streams, facebook likes, etc. I have found them annoying ant distracting. "Making the web a better place" means gaining easier access to content. However those widgets only make me gain _better access to people I don't know, nor care about_ and pull me away from content.

This was the missing piece; Facebook disconnect extension is awesome and this one completes my escape from useless social cruft.

Adblock Plus can also block most widgets if configured, as far as I know.

I'm using Shellfish for Safari which does a nice job of hiding these widgets. Unfortunately it doesn't block them completely so they're still in the background slowing down page loads even if you can't see them.

http://open-bits.com/shellfish/

I should point out the big difference between an ad that provides the proprietor some meager revenue and the intrusive FB friends widget or the embedded twitter stream linking to some culinary porn, presumably someone's breakfast.

Great Extension! I have been using Fanboy's "Annoyances" filter for AdBlock, which has been working pretty well. For anyone interested, you can find it at https://secure.fanboy.co.nz/fanboy-addon.txt

Super nice - but is there anyway to extend it to also blog thirdparty javascript? Often ad services slow down the sites more than these widgets.

I have been using my /etc/hosts file to do the same thing for a while. This should make it easier when a friend wants the same.

Thank christ for that! Techcrunch loads in 50% of the time now.

Works like advertised, a button to toggle it would be nice tho.

Shouldn't that be "All your widget are belong to us"?

Any alternatives for FF?

its actually pretty good... sites load a lot faster.