As per CrazyHorse’s suggestion, I tried my hand at fixing the issues I saw in the redesign with a Userscript. Just going back to the old button didn’t seem to work, so I just tried to fix what I noticed. It was to be pretty simple, in case TPTB come in and change things and mess my script up, but, of course, once I got started, I kept going.
As always, you will need to install either GreaseMonkey for Firefox or TamperMonkey for nearly every browser (except Internet Explorer) first. Then click the big link above and click the big blue Install button.
And, yes, this does put the colors back in the right places, fix that annoying green selection, and make the Reply box bigger. Oh, and I disable your sig by default again.
Oh, and you won’t need to adblock those fake ads, either. (And they are fake. They go nowhere. They’re just placeholders.) I don’t touch the real ads, though.
I like having the breadcrumb trail back at the top.
I haven’t seen the “Go” box for hours, but that was pre installing your new script. The info bar above each post is still the dark, dark blue. I’m a paid subscriber, so I don’t see the ads anyway.
On another subject completely, I just reinstalled your Old SDMB Smileys script, because it hasn’t worked in a couple of months. It still doesn’t work. I’m wondering if any of the privacy extensions I have are messing things up WRT the scripts. (Privacy Badger, AdBlock, AdBlock Plus, Disconnect)
Since you’re having problems with my other scripts, which I’ve tested a bunch, I’m gonna wait and see if someone else is still seeing the blue bars on every post. It should be light gray again.
That is something I’m considering, yes. I’m also considering seeing if I can get the button to cover up part of that empty space below it, but maybe just making the button the same size as it was would be enough.
I’m also trying to keep, as much as I can, the changes for desktop separate from the changes I think need to be on the mobile version, too. There is still a lot of weirdness where they didn’t modify the new theme to fit our colors.
So you don’t want it to fill the whole screen/window when you’re past that width? It can be done (though it might take me a bit to be sure of how–unless that’s the actual CSS), but I’m not sure if everyone would want that. I might make it either a separate script or just an option.
I actually am the opposite. I prefer it go across the whole window. But, again, I also use my monitor from a bit of a distance, so neck stuff isn’t an issue.
Right now, everything in there is what I personally use. If people tell me they want something to be an option, I’ll look into it.
Also, remember that I’m a bit worried they’ll change something again, so I don’t want to work too hard just to have the work undone.
I have to thank BigT, publicly, for his scripts and his willingness to help troubleshoot outliers like me. In my case, the issue turned out to be that, for whatever reason, GreaseMonkey isn’t working in Firefox for me. I removed it, installed TamperMonkey, and now all of BigT’s scripts are working and I am a much, much happier camper.
I’ve used Greasemonkey for years, but now, maybe because Firefox is transitioning away from certain kinds of add-ons, it isn’t as reliable anymore, and BigT’s script didn’t work. Installing Tampermonkey did the trick. Yay!
Looks good. My initial request is to make the Quick Reply book a fixed width of 800px or so, around how it used to be, as now it just feels too wide and makes my text look thin and weedy.
I know the QuickReply used to have the smileys down there, too. Is that all you need, or do you really need it restricted to a specific width?
I do note that you can resize the text box by dragging the bottom right corner. That’s not me–that’s just a change made by both Chrome and Firefox (and I assume Safari and Edge).
I don’t need it, it just would make it feel like the old design better. Smileys are optional, I don’t really use them, but others might.
I could probably list a whole bunch of things that I’d do if it was only my own tastes, but I shouldn’t be greedy. It’s already a huge improvement that I could easily get used to quickly, thank you sirrah.
I’m wondering if any of the privacy extensions I have are messing things up WRT the scripts. (Privacy Badger, AdBlock, AdBlock Plus, Disconnect)
