How to Use Overlay Blocker to close pop-up overlays in Chrome
This Chrome extension adds a button to your right-click menu, providing a quick and consistent way to close annoying overlays.
And a reader this week asked if I'd take a look at a similar extension called Overlay Blocker and weigh in on which one is better.
Neither extension forces you to sign up for an account or even restart Chrome, but they approach the goal of overlay avoidance in different ways. While BehindTheOverlay adds a button to Chrome and lets you assign a keyboard shortcut to close pop-ups, Overlay Blocker adds an item to your right-click menu. With Overlay Blocker installed, the next time you encounter an overlay, right-click and choose the Remove Overlay to close it.
Personally, I'm going to stick with BehindTheOverlay because it eradicates overlays in one click to Overlay Blocker's two clicks. Plus, on my aging MacBook Pro, there is often a delay between me right-clicking and the right-click menu appearing.
Thanks, Evgeniy, for the question.