Comment stalking for the win!

[_jems_]

So, comment stalking has once again paid off, and I now have a script that has useful links from the LJ user icon menu. And I found a few more that I just had to install. All of them:

• LJ useful user popup. The one I already mentioned. I don't like that it disables the actual user icon, so when LJ starts linking the user icon from their own menu (

Comments

[spectralbovine]

One thing that really annoys me are the collapsed threads on entries with more than 50 comments, but with this script you can open them up "in situ", as it were. You can open specific threads (without being redirected to another page) or open all of them! LOVE!
Duuuude! Okay, how does this work? This whole Greasemonkey JavaScript thing kinda scares me.

Why did they have Lauren Graham guest star and then have her do nothing? Is she coming back?
She's on next week, too, and it looks like she actually gets to do stuff. A little more stuff, at least. This was just setup, I guess.

I don't know why, but I just love this show. It's fun and interesting and I really enjoy the pacing so far.

I was a little consternated by the mention of the heroes banding together to save Claire in several entries on my flist, though. Was that something from the previews or did I zone out at a bad time?
It's in the promos. It's actually been in the promos from, like, the beginning, but it's apparently finally going to be made explicit next week. And I agree with you on the show.

I'd really like a Heroes icon, but I'm just not inspired by what we've seen so far. It's pretty, but there are no stand-out scenes for me, except for possibly Isaac and his "world ending on the studio floor", but I don't care enough about Isaac to have an icon of him. I really want something with Hiro, but not even his future self made me itch to cap and icon.
Yeah, I'd like an icon too, but I'm not sure of what. And while I love Hiro...EVERYONE loves Hiro. So...I don't want to be an icon sheep!

he's a real-life version of all those characters I hate on TV. You know, the Nice Guy Who's Really a Passive-Aggressive Asshole in Disguise.
I always wonder if I am, in fact, That Guy.

[_jems_]

I linked the Greasemonkey extension in the entry. Install that, reboot your Firefox and then click the link to the script and select the Install button. I love being able to open the comment threads all on one page instead of having to go back and forth between threads.

It's in the promos. It's actually been in the promos from, like, the beginning, but it's apparently finally going to be made explicit next week.
Ah, that explains it then. I never get the promos unless I actively search them out and who wants to do that? They're called promo monkeys for a reason.*nods*

I've loved Hiro since the beginning and I'm not about to change my mind just because others love him too. He's very loveable!

[spectralbovine]

Yatta!

It takes a while to load all the individual threads, but it's definitely easier than clicking them all individually! That's so hot! And it's also really, really nice for archiving purposes.

I'm confused on how the "new comments" one works, though.

[_jems_]

The New Comments script remembers how many comments you've seen on a certain entry, and displays the number both on your journal (and flist) and on any entry. It also lets you jump to any new comment if you press N on your keyboard. Very good for comment stalkers like myself.

I noticed that it takes a while, but so does loading a new page and this saves you the back and forth confusion.

[spectralbovine]

I noticed that it takes a while, but so does loading a new page and this saves you the back and forth confusion.
Yeah, although I have discovered one rather bad bug.

Once you decide to Unfold...you kind of have to go through with it. It's really hard to get your tab back. Well, hitting Stop might work. But you can't just navigate away easily.

The New Comments script remembers how many comments you've seen on a certain entry, and displays the number both on your journal (and flist) and on any entry. It also lets you jump to any new comment if you press N on your keyboard. Very good for comment stalkers like myself.
Ah, very cool. I am also a comment stalker.

[_jems_]

I haven't really had a chance to use it yet except on old entries, but I guess it's just something to get used to. Or not. I usually switch tabs if I'm going to go somewhere else.

[spectralbovine]

Hrm. I'm not seeing the number of new comments, but I am seeing the "New" link on your comment here.

Also, the "pressing N" thing is probably overridden by my having the "Begin searching when typing" function turned on.

[_jems_]

The default comment pages don't have the number of comments on them (now that's a script I'd like to see!), but you can see them on most other layouts and on your actual friends page and journal page.

Yeah, I heard about that overriding that function. There's apparently some fix for that if you're script-savvy, which I'm guessing you're not since you just installed it. You'll have to settle for clicking on the New link or disable the function.

[spectralbovine]

you can see them on most other layouts and on your actual friends page and journal page.
I'm not, though! And I'm using, like, Punquin Elegant. It's not a complicated layout!

[_jems_]

I see it! (Sorry about the sucky quality, I didn't know 60% would be that bad.)

[spectralbovine]

Huh! I don't know what's going on, then. You don't do anything special?? I just installed the script. And I don't get that "new" thing.

[_jems_]

Nope, it just looks like that on every single journal I visit, be it my own or someone else's. Do you have any other scripts that might counteract it? I noticed that the Unfold script disabled the Popup script, for instance.

[spectralbovine]

The only scripts I have installed are the Unfold, New Comment, and Friends-Of (because, um, I guess I can be nosy sometimes too?).

[spectralbovine]

Hrm. It also seems to have its limits, which is pretty unfortunate. Try unfolding that post. It misses a few threads.

[_jems_]

Hmmmm, I'm thinking that's probably due to your connection timing out rather than a glitch in the script. I could be wrong, though.

[spectralbovine]

Gah, sorry, that post is flocked.

But that post only had 95 comments. All on one page, so I guess it got overloaded.