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philho — Friends List improvements v1.5

Published: 2007-07-04 11:06:59 +0000 UTC; Views: 11163; Favourites: 55; Downloads: 609
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Description Quick facts:

What is it? A Greasemonkey (GM) script for Firefox (FF) to ease the dispatching of friends into groups. Also adds sorting of columns (grouping unchecked items on top) by clicking on the title of the column.

History
v.1.5 - 2008/04/18 (PL) -- As suggested, moves up the Update button
v.1.4 - 2008/01/19 - OK, so (un)check all is outdated, remove it!
v.1.3 - 2008/01/16 - Changes to cope with the new look of the list.
v.1.2 - 2007/12/11 - After suggestion by `b0x0rz , I added the sort feature, and another suggestion made me add the Check all/Uncheck all features.
I also renamed from Deviants - Friends - combo box.
v.1.1 - 2007/11/05 - After another thread in the suggestion forum, I change the title from "Friends List" to "87 Friends". Of course, the number is the real count of your list...
v.1.0 - 2007/07/04 - Creation.

How to use

See my Information on Greasemonkey scripts journal entry for all needed information!

For fast, easier installation, you can go to the corresponding UserScripts.org page.

More infos:

In the suggestion forum, I saw the Drag and Drop Friends request, to ease the dispatching of friends into groups.
I had the idea to write a little Greasemonkey script to help a bit.

So, what do my script does? The screenshot says it all: it adds a combo box below the Username field, filled with the list of friends found on the page. If you select one friend, its name goes to the Username field. That's all.
Not much, but it avoids typing, and no more typos!

And if you click on the title of one column of check boxes (not the name column!), the unchecked boxes are bubbled up to the top of the column, allowing to see at a glance who have been forgotten.

I also moved the Update button on top, it seems easier for people... Or perhaps I should duplicate it? Or make this feature optional.
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Comments: 91

vvirtual [2009-08-12 09:21:43 +0000 UTC]

HI. This script stopping working fine with dA last Friend's list update.
JUst to inform you, and thanks for developing such a useful script

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synconi [2009-07-04 13:54:50 +0000 UTC]

Fabulous! Thank you for making my life easier!!!

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johohanna [2009-02-16 17:37:28 +0000 UTC]

It's not working anymore

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philho In reply to johohanna [2009-02-17 21:02:45 +0000 UTC]

How? I have the update button on top and the friends count, when I click on a title the checkboxes are sorted and the combo box is still there and functional.
What is broken for you?

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johohanna In reply to philho [2009-02-17 22:46:42 +0000 UTC]

Sorted! Gosh computers do silly things sometimes

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johohanna In reply to philho [2009-02-17 22:33:24 +0000 UTC]

Okay something must be interfering with it from my end then. (In fact, it's not just this one, some of the other scripts aren't working either. However, some are...) I shall try to figure it out... Thanks for your reply!

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johohanna [2009-01-22 17:41:55 +0000 UTC]

Oh oh oh! Oh! Have moved laptop so had to download all my browser extensions again....and am having such headaches cuz the Update button has moved lol. So I reckon making it optional would be wonderful Or, putting it in both places

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AquaSplash [2008-10-01 18:24:41 +0000 UTC]

I can't see any difference except there's an update button at the top :S Am I just being blind or has this been released officially or something

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philho In reply to AquaSplash [2008-10-01 22:57:56 +0000 UTC]

At the top of what? Did you read my instructions? Perhaps they aren't very clear.
In short, you must scan your list of watchers to see an effect.

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AquaSplash In reply to philho [2008-10-02 11:14:28 +0000 UTC]

Sorry I've figured it out now. Yeah I followed it step by step/scanned. My adblocker was causing a problem Thanks for replying so quickly though.

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philho In reply to AquaSplash [2008-10-03 21:57:48 +0000 UTC]

Good to know adblockers can get in the way, too. I already know they can bring trouble in dA's code too. Thanks for the info.

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johohanna [2008-05-09 22:05:35 +0000 UTC]

Yay this looks good!

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philho In reply to johohanna [2008-05-10 10:14:26 +0000 UTC]

Thanks. I made a minor update to put the Update button on top. I should release it...

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IreneLangholm In reply to philho [2008-06-21 16:15:28 +0000 UTC]

Most definitely you should. Scrolling's a bitch.

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philho In reply to IreneLangholm [2008-06-21 16:45:26 +0000 UTC]

Ah, completely forgot I didn't update it!
Done, now. The change date is the one when I did the new feature, not the update of this page (today!).
Thanks for the reminder.

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IreneLangholm In reply to philho [2008-06-21 17:05:01 +0000 UTC]

Excellent! So what do I do to update it?

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philho In reply to IreneLangholm [2008-06-21 18:36:02 +0000 UTC]

Just install it like the previous one (per instructions...), it will overwrite the old one.

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IreneLangholm In reply to philho [2008-06-21 21:13:20 +0000 UTC]

I clicked download, but only the script and misc text popped up. Am I being a total retard right now? lol

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philho In reply to IreneLangholm [2008-06-22 08:21:14 +0000 UTC]

No problem, it allowed me to see an issue in my comments! I point there to Information on Greasemonkey scripts , a journal entry with hopefully full instructions. If you feel they are unclear or incomplete, please tell me, I try to improve that.

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IreneLangholm In reply to philho [2008-06-22 09:53:58 +0000 UTC]

I did read that, it's just that when I right-click on the Download link, there is no choice to save the file to disk. That's where I'm gone.

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philho In reply to IreneLangholm [2008-06-22 12:11:39 +0000 UTC]

Ah? What browser to you use?
Anyway, the easier way is to go to the UserScripts.org page and left click on the download link: unlike dA, it keeps the .user.js extension, so GM will automatically handle it.

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IreneLangholm In reply to philho [2008-06-22 12:56:42 +0000 UTC]

Ah, much better! That lead me to instant download. I use Mozilla FF, btw.
Thank you!

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lilfrog [2008-04-02 11:06:08 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much for this, I've been waiting for so freaking long for the damn watch list bullcrap to be sorted.

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philho In reply to lilfrog [2008-04-02 11:45:50 +0000 UTC]

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IreneLangholm [2008-03-06 16:53:31 +0000 UTC]

This makes it a little easier to organize the list.
I'm not getting how to drag and drop though. What to I drag to where?

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philho In reply to IreneLangholm [2008-03-06 17:53:44 +0000 UTC]

Sorry, but there is no drag'n'drop... Just a combo box to avoid typing names.

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IreneLangholm In reply to philho [2008-03-06 18:51:57 +0000 UTC]

Ah. Well, it's great anyway.

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philho In reply to IreneLangholm [2008-03-06 19:56:25 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! A drag'n'drop interface would have been much harder to do, this script was originally just a quick fix for a common problem...
Perhaps dA will provide this D'n'D someday...

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IreneLangholm In reply to philho [2008-03-06 20:06:30 +0000 UTC]

It's long overdue for a revamp of the stone aged friends list, I agree.
This script at least removes the constant copy/pasting of the names.

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Darial [2008-03-05 19:33:51 +0000 UTC]

Very useful! Thank you for making this ^^ I just reorganised my list and I got to be lazy enough to never use the keyboard.

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philho In reply to Darial [2008-03-06 07:18:40 +0000 UTC]

I am glad you find it useful!

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eldris [2008-01-20 19:18:16 +0000 UTC]

No more sort? I like the new links under the column headings though Much more user friendly

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FeuSigil [2008-01-18 16:30:13 +0000 UTC]

i think I will instal it, after I'll understand how

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philho In reply to FeuSigil [2008-01-18 17:43:17 +0000 UTC]

Uuh? o_O

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Tonberry150 [2008-01-18 09:03:11 +0000 UTC]

Other than me (at first) failing to understand how to install the script, it's pretty handy.

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philho In reply to Tonberry150 [2008-01-18 12:48:12 +0000 UTC]

I understand you finally successfully installed it? Otherwise, check my journal entry for instructions. And if something is unclear, let me know!

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Tonberry150 In reply to philho [2008-01-18 14:17:51 +0000 UTC]

Alrighty thanks

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eldris [2008-01-07 15:16:44 +0000 UTC]

Bravo! A most useful script indeed I especially love the sort by column

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philho In reply to eldris [2008-01-07 15:41:19 +0000 UTC]

The bright ideas are not mine, I took them from the suggestion forum (`b0x0rz for the sort idea).
The bright implementation in mine, though!

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kevinqagoncillo [2007-11-04 10:20:20 +0000 UTC]

OMG! XD After much fiddling, I figured it out!

Thank you for this very helpful script

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philho In reply to kevinqagoncillo [2007-11-04 10:44:14 +0000 UTC]

I am glad it is useful for you.

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LemnosExplorer [2007-10-14 23:57:52 +0000 UTC]

I also hope works on mac osx10.4.10. on the save dialog says 'XP something...'

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philho In reply to LemnosExplorer [2007-10-15 05:10:12 +0000 UTC]

I would like to know if it works well on your system.

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LemnosExplorer In reply to philho [2007-10-15 14:08:19 +0000 UTC]

I cannot find the .js file, at all. Maybe I did not download from correct link ?

GM is added ok but no script !

If you can give me exact URL to have a go let me know.

I tried right click on mac on these links, and in text message says the file is html !

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philho In reply to LemnosExplorer [2007-10-15 14:43:12 +0000 UTC]

Did you tried the Download link on top left corner of this deviation? The links in my comments points to HTML pages, indeed.

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LemnosExplorer In reply to philho [2007-10-16 21:05:27 +0000 UTC]

I cannot understand what 'top left of this deviation' means in the text you write please.

Can you give me a link direct to the page you say with the daviation etc, as well as instructions as I could not find them on your main page please ?

Maybe I am browsing too fast if it is there 00:10 ~

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philho In reply to LemnosExplorer [2007-10-17 05:26:31 +0000 UTC]

I mean the Download link with the little screen icon beside it, just below my avatar... In this very page. You are at the right deviation...

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LemnosExplorer In reply to philho [2007-10-17 21:31:50 +0000 UTC]

right ! Thanks worked !

Now where do I copy it please ? Istored it on desktop but not the place for it I guess !

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philho In reply to LemnosExplorer [2007-10-17 21:41:57 +0000 UTC]

Perhaps you should try and read the How to use section I wrote, and tell me if something is unclear. Thanks.

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