Feature Request: Hide PurpleBox (by default)

[DaveJarvis]

Description

Ghostery shows a purple box when browsing.

Expected Behavior

Ghostery does not show a purple box when browsing.

Actual Behavior

Ghostery shows a purple box when browsing.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Visit a web site.

Versions

• Browser: Firefox
• OS: Arch Linux

Additional Details

Please provide functionality to disable the purple box as it is obtrusive (covers web page content).

[DaveJarvis]

On a technical note, if you ever decide to change the colour of the purple box, then its name will be confusing. Consider renaming it to something like "TrackerBox".

[christophertino]

You should be able to disable the purple box via the settings menu. Ghostery menu (top right) > Settings > Purple Box > Show the purple box in the corner of my browser.

Fun Ghostery Fact: Years ago, the original Ghostery team worked out of a very small room that had purple walls, which they called "The Purple Box". We've kept that name in modern iterations of Ghostery as a wink and nod to the old crew.

[DaveJarvis]

Fun Ghostery Fact: Years ago, the original Ghostery team worked out of a very small room that had purple walls, which they called "The Purple Box". We've kept that name in modern iterations of Ghostery as a wink and nod to the old crew.

That would make a nice addition to the header comment of the class file.

Ghostery menu (top right) > Settings > Purple Box > Show the purple box in the corner of my browser.

Is this not available through the Add-ons Manager? That is:

1. Visit about:addons
2. Click Preferences for Ghostery
3. ???

Anyway, the default behaviour should mirror AdBlock Plus and uBlock Origin: don't overlay content (i.e., a purple box) on any web page by default. I could not find the setting using Ghostery 8 on Firefox and have uninstalled the add-on.