Reading comments on the same page

[shadowwolf13]

I use Firefox and installed the LJ add on long ago that allows me to open cuts and comments and make replies on the same screen I'm reading in. Is there anything like that for DW? Or is there any chance that it's in the works somewhere? I love that feature because I don't want to open a new tab for everything.

Thanks for any help.

Comments

[zvi]

brownbetty this morning posted a greasemonkey script for commenting on the same page. I don't know if it lets you read comments and I don't think it opens cuts.

[shadowwolf13]

I tried it but either I need to restart firefox or I'm simply illiterate when it comes to installing scripts (had another one at one time for correcting links but never got it to work either). I'll keep poking at it though. Thank you so much for the information. :)

Cut expanding

[nostariel]

Have you got the most recent version of Greasemonkey installed? Make sure that you do before attempting to install any GM scripts.

To expand cuts: ElJay Cut Expander. Works on all LJ-code-based sites, including Dwdth. Once you install it, right click on the little monkey face in your status bar and choose Manage User Scripts from the menu. Select "el-jay cut expander" from the left-hand pane of the Manage User Scripts window. Click the Add button next to the list of Included Pages. Copy this and paste it into the prompt that pops up:

http://*.dreamwidth.org/*

Then click the Add button next to the list of Excluded Pages and copy and paste this:

http://*.dreamwidth.org/*.html*

When you click on cuts anywhere on Dwdth they should now automagically expand.

Re: Cut expanding

[shadowwolf13]

Awesome! Thank you so much! :)

[strikesoftly]

I use that add-on too and it's one of the things I miss most on DW. Hopefully the add-on is either updated to work here or the feature is implemented at some point!

[shadowwolf13]

I'm betting that there will be enough interest that we'll eventually have one for use over here too.

[pixel]

I'd really like to work on something like this, either as pushing as much as is reasonable into dw itself or writing a new ff-addon that has lovely features. I'm missing my html shortcuts like mad burning :(

[brewsternorth]

...I'm glad I'm not the only one. And there are certain aspects of the LJAddon that just don't work for me (I suspect I can't understand the hieroglyphics sufficient to configure the thing correctly); if someone could make a DWAddon that was as user-friendly as DW is, I'd pounce on it for sure.

[pixel]

I've always had a tough time with the hieroglyphics too. I'd definitely be looking for user friendliness, as it's one of my favorite things about DW.

[matgb]

The html shortcuts can be turned on for any site or for specific other sites, they work fine for me here.

I've actually been thinking of trying to fork that plugin anyway, not for DW, but stripping out all the LJ specific stuff and making it a general blogging addon, I'll have a hack around and see if I can figure out where to start.

[pixel]

I haven't looked too hard, admittedly, but is it released/licensed in such a was as to be easily forkable?

I'd sort of assumed that it might be more reasonable to start from scratch, I like what the plugin can do but I'm not at all wedded to the original interface.

[matgb]

Theoretically, any Fx plugin can be forked, from what I understand, might not technically be legit to do so, but the .xpi files are readable.

But I've never done it, and can't find the profile folder on this machine to have a look, I think I've hidden it somewhere silly :-(

[sophie]

Try this method for locating the folder with JavaScript: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_Firefox#Using_the_JavaScript_or_Error_Console :)

[burnishedvictory]

One thing that I love about LJ addons is the little menu bar that tells me when there's a new post on my flist and lets me open up to 50 new posts from my flist in new tabs with one click. I know that having an addon check my flist every minute is probably extremely resource intensive, but I love not having to click refresh myself whenever I think of it to find out if there's anything new on my flist.

[hermitsoul]

the little menu bar that tells me when there's a new post on my flist

This is the part I miss as well.