I’m no fan of Experts Exchange and prefer to use Stack Overflow whenever possible (which is actually EE’s arch-enemy) – which is 99.9% of the time.  But there’s still that rare occurence when something shows up in Google from their site which looks like it might be helpful, and then they use all sorts of sneaky tactics to try and get users to register, though the answers do display at the bottom of the screen. Fortunately, there’s a couple of ways we can improve the experience and reduce the pain of using their site during those rare moments.

Install AdBlock+. This is an absolutely required Firefox extension.

Install GreaseMonkey.

Add a new user script. Right-click on GreaseMonkey icon, select New User Script.

Click OK.  Past the following into Notepad:

// ==UserScript==
// @name           BlurredAnsweres
// @namespace      ee
// @include        http://www.experts-exchange.com/*
// ==/UserScript==

var GM_JQ = document.createElement('script');
GM_JQ.src = 'http://jquery.com/src/jquery-latest.js';
GM_JQ.type = 'text/javascript';
document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(GM_JQ);

function GM_wait()
{
	if(typeof unsafeWindow.jQuery == 'undefined') { window.setTimeout(GM_wait,100); }
	else { $ = unsafeWindow.jQuery; letsJQuery(); }
}
GM_wait();

function letsJQuery()
{
	$(".blurredAnswer, .relatedSolutions, .allZonesMain, .qStats, .lightImage, .startFreeTrial").remove();
	$("#EchoTopic + .clear + div").remove();
}

(Credit for this script goes to Jared Blitzstein)

Save and close.

Install RefControl Firefox add-in.

Restart Firefox

Click Tools – RefControl Options on the menu.

Click Add Site

Click OK, and then OK again to exit out of the ‘RefControl Options’ dialog box.

Quick comparison of a question on Experts Exchange between Google Chrome without any scripts or add-ins and Firefox with the above changes.

Should still keep away from Experts Exchange whenever possible though.  Stack Overflow is significantly better and doesn’t use any questionable practices to push users into registration.