[technomage]

Originally Posted by Brian

The thinking behind the current behavior is that it preserves the original layout as created by the designer, as well as giving the visitor something to click if they want to see something we've blocked. Call the boxes "hideous" if you must, but it's by design.

I much prefer the choice Omnigroup made here. Collapsing these elements can create layout and readability issues. I've also run into many cases where a match string clobbers an element needed to use a site, unintentionally or otherwise, and knowing where elements are is necessary to load them. Case in point, I block paypal cross-domain web bugs, but sometimes you just have to use their stuff.