How to disable FaceBook typeahead autocomplete using adblock

I find autocompletes sometimes useful, but it pissed me off when they modify the way I type or cause long pauses and unintuitive searches.

Facebook is no exception, their autocomplete search is crap and there is no way of disabling it in settings.


The autocomplete can be disabled using a simple adblock filter.

||facebook.com/ajax/typeahead/search.php*

Done.


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Disabling ebay auto-suggest easily and permanently using adblock

Ebay search auto suggest sucks, it is completely broken, often screwing up my typing searches, replacing words without my permission.  It is not all that useful and deserves a bullet in the brain.

There is a option to disable it "Hide eBay suggestions", but it is only cookie based and session dependent.  Not good enough.

Here is how to get rid of it for ever using adblock for good!
Add this line to your adblock plus block list: "autosug.ebaystatic.com"

If you don't have adblock you can certainly add the same domain to your hosts file, there is plenty of resourced on the inter-webs to show you how.

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Gumtree Perth Not working on Firefox [Solved]

I recently have been having trouble placing Ads on Perth Gumtree, it seems that the AdBlock Plus Subscription was causing blocking of the placement of a new ad.  Disabling the plugin allowed Ads to be placed however it was not the best method of dealing with it.

I decided to track the problem down using AdBlock Plus Diagnostics which proved useful.

Problem:  Placing a Ad on Gumtree was not working on Firefox while AdBlock Plus was enabled.

Installed AdBlock Plus Diagnostics to see what was being blocked.

Edited my AdBlock Plus subscription to disable kijiji from being blocked.

Placing a advert on Gumtree now works!

Thank you AdBlock.org for providing such a great program, saving everyone visual confusion and speeding up the net!