Skips the welcome screen; The one with the "Thought of the Day" and the full page ad. Pretty much simulates clicking the link, "Skip this welcome screen", as soon as the welcome screen loads.
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// ==UserScript==
// @name Forbes - Skip Welcome Screen2
// @namespace https://greatest.deepsurf.us/users/2329-killerbadger
// @description Skips the welcome screen; The one with the "Thought of the Day" and the full page ad. Pretty much simulates clicking the link, "Skip this welcome screen", as soon as the welcome screen loads.
// @author KillerBadger
// @version 0.05 : 15-Sep-2016
// @include http://www.forbes.com/forbes/welcome/*
// ==/UserScript==
/*
Credits
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History
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0.05 : 15-Sep-2016 Updated to new redirect page.
0.04 : 05-Oct-2015 Added setTimeout to click, in case the script runs too early.
0.03 : 12-Oct-2014 Changed script to work
0.02 : 24-Sep-2008 Added @namespace
0.01 : 03-Jul-2008 Initial release
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Known Issues
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Fanboy's Enhanced Tracking List breaks the Forbes welcome page.
Users of that list should add the following exceptionrule (ABP Options > Add your own filters):
@@||images.forbes.com/scripts/omniture/*
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Unnecessary Comments
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I go to the site quite often and after so many days of seeing the welcome screen, I had to put something together. Grr!
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*/
url = document.URL;
newURL = extractURL(url,"toURL=","&refURL");
redirect(newURL);
function redirect(nLoc) {
document.title = 'Redirecting...';
window.location.replace(nLoc);
}
function extractURL(rawElement, startString, endString) {
b = String(rawElement);
newLoc = b.substring(b.indexOf(startString)+startString.length,b.indexOf(endString));
return newLoc;
}