Fannish Browsing Tools, Part 2

[gnatkip]

I don't know if this is a good time to make this post, but then I don't know when IS a good time, what with all the hell and all the handbaskets. It's a list of some bells and whistles for LJ, LJ clones, and other fannish places. See also Part OneI use some of these a lot; some not at all. I am not endorsing any of them. As with anything you

Comments

[beckyh2112]

As an aside, if you roleplay on Livejournal or otherwise use multiple accounts, LJlogin is a Firefox extension that can't be beat.

[trascendenza]

I love LJLogin so very very much. <3 I keep hoping someone will come up with a del.icio.us version of it, too.

[gnatkip]

Ooh! I'd seen that but never tried it, or even talked to anyone who had. Thank you!

[only_more_love]

Thanks for compiling all this info. Can't wait to try out some of the Greasemonkey scripts you mentioned. :)

[gnatkip]

People build the niftiest things, don't they? Glad you found some useful stuff.

[trascendenza]

Ah, this post is so very much love. <3 I just installed about half the stuff from this one and the previous one. *g* I was curious--how did you change the colors on the ljwho links? I'm test-running it now and sort of hate the red/black/green scheme. I also really appreciate you sharing the modifications to the comments in ?style=mine in the last post, because that was exactly what I wanted from the script.

I, too, love the way the little contextual hover tells me if I'm in a community or not. It makes my compulsive leaving/re-joining of communities so much easier. I think the only thing I really wish it would have is a link to userpics; 90% of the time I'm more interested in looking at people's icons before I even go to their profile. But I'm just kind of rambling, now. Modifying browser space is just too much fun.

[gnatkip]

"Modifying browser space is just too much fun." I KNOW, RIGHT?! Hee!

Oh yay! Did the ?style=mine changes work for you?

The hover does link to userpics, if you click on their default. Unless I'm misunderstanding. I wish it linked to their friends page, though.

About ljwho: It's been so long since I fiddled with it, I'd forgotten what I did. ;) Ok, near the top of the code, there's this:

var color = "#88FF88;";
if (!realName) {
color = "#FF8888";
}
child.setAttribute("style",
"cursor: pointer; " +
"margin: 4px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 8px; " +
"background-color: black; color: " + color + ";");
if (realName) {
child.setAttribute("title", realName);
}

And then at the bottom of the code there's this:

if (realName != "") {
thisSpan.style.color = "#88FF88;";
} else {
thisSpan.style.color = "#FF8888";
}
In both places, #88FF88 is the text color for names that have been annotated, and #FF8888 is the text color for names that have not yet been annotated. You can change these to whatever you want. (Change them both places

Part 1

[gnatkip]

How I changed my ljwho script:

// ljwho user script

Part 2, blankety-blank comment character limit

[gnatkip]

function getCompleteText(node

[megyal]

Thanks for this. I'm testing out the LJ Addon now and finding it interesting.

[gnatkip]

Yeah, it's cool, isn't it? I haven't played with it much, but I think that it could replace several of the greasemonkey scripts I'm using.

[megyal]

Well, I have absolutely NO idea about scripts (when my computer programmer of a brother starts talking tech-speak, my eyes glaze over) but I do appreciate a lot of the features, especially the insert function. Just the other day, I had said to myself, "Self, there MUST be an easier way to do this than typing up all those HTML codes."

So there is!

And the alerts features are pretty nifty too.

[_bettina_]

Great list! Thanks!

I've been using the Livejournal Addons for a while now and it's really great. Especially the part where it automatically checks my friendslist for new entries.

[gnatkip]

I'm glad you found it useful.

Ooh, I haven't used that feature! Apparently it does all kinds of crazy stuff. Neat. :D

[_bettina_]

I also find it very useful that you can recover your last comment, especially when LJ has a hiccup and doesn't actually post the comment. I don't use every feature of this addon, but I really love it a lot :-).