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Block online ads without leaving spaces

ne of the main problems with using an ad blocker – other than the ethical issue of depriving sites of revenue – is that it can mess up a site’s layout and leave big gaps where the ads were. A new extension called Retheme () prevents this from happening by removing ads from web pages, then cleaning up afterwards. It automatically adjusts a site’s design to reduce empty space and make the content easier to read. This gives you the best of both worlds, because you won’t see annoying ads or even know they were there in the first place. Retheme works best on ‘high-traffic’ sites that it applies custom themes to – see our ‘before’ and ‘after’).