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Download the latest version here! Last Read? Isn't that something the forums keep track of? Duz covered this pretty well: duz posted:The brief history of SALR So what the heck does SALR do now? Lots of stuff with lots of options. Here's a short, incomplete list of features:
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Required and/or recommended forum side options: + make sure to set this option to 'no' if you want to use SALR's customizable embedding: astral fucked around with this message at 22:20 on Jan 21, 2016 |
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I have a cool idea for SALR! - or - I found a bug, you people are jerks! The SALR project can be found on GitHub here. If your bug or idea isn't already on the list of issues feel free to post about it in the thread or submit a new issue for it on GitHub. Who are you people anyway? For the last few years it's just been me working on SALR, but it couldn't exist without the hard work of a lot of people! I am a Javascript wizard and I'd like to help out! Great! Feel free to contact me via PM (here's a link to the last SALR thread)
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# ? Jan 17, 2016 23:00 |
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Multiprocess-aware SALR Beta is over!
astral fucked around with this message at 04:38 on Feb 3, 2016 |
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Are there any plans to add an "open all threads with new posts in tabs" functionality? It'd be nice to be able to dump an extension.
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# ? Jan 20, 2016 13:56 |
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hooah posted:Are there any plans to add an "open all threads with new posts in tabs" functionality? It'd be nice to be able to dump an extension. That's definitely been a somewhat popular feature request (popular enough to have spawned that greasemonkey script many years ago). The historical answer has been 'no' to that request as-is, though. I could envision a more interesting version, maybe, where you could set up things like threads you always/never want the button to affect, max amount of tabs opened, min/max posts required to open, etc., but that will take some more consideration, probably require some discussion, and of course take some time. I've filed an issue for it so the ideas won't be forgotten, but right now there are some much higher priority issues to work on - finishing optimizing the multi-process stuff, migrating SALR's database backend away from main-thread synchronous SQL (should be a nice speed up for Firefox and SALR start times), and I'm also looking into whether we can offer an option to support Firefox Sync for SALR's database (user notes/colors, hidden avatars, ignored threads, starred threads, etc). edit: Firefox Sync support is feasible and will probably show up some time after our database backend changes are done. astral fucked around with this message at 01:07 on Jan 21, 2016 |
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Thanks. I totally understand that the multi-process stuff and everything that might be related is a higher priority. What language are Firefox extensions written in? If it's still on the to-do by the time I graduate in May, I might give a crack at adding that myself.
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hooah posted:Thanks. I totally understand that the multi-process stuff and everything that might be related is a higher priority. What language are Firefox extensions written in? If it's still on the to-do by the time I graduate in May, I might give a crack at adding that myself. Mostly Javascript. Contributions are welcome - I still need to write up something about how to get all set up with Node.js and astral fucked around with this message at 07:59 on Feb 5, 2016 |
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edit: Beta's over.
astral fucked around with this message at 06:01 on Feb 3, 2016 |
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For anyone else who couldn't install from that link, you need to go through here: https://github.com/astral-sa/salr/releases Firefox blocks the link for me without giving me the option to allow it if I go directly to the XPI.
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# ? Jan 26, 2016 05:03 |
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Malloc Voidstar posted:For anyone else who couldn't install from that link, you need to go through here: https://github.com/astral-sa/salr/releases Interesting; I wonder what's blocking it. edit: I just tested with a completely fresh Firefox profile and I still had the option to install, so I guess that's not it. I did notice one thing, though - if I middle-click the xpi link, the tab opens in the background and it doesn't give me an option to allow the addon install. However, if I left-click the xpi link, the tab opens in the foreground and it does offer the allow button. Might this be what you're running into? astral fucked around with this message at 05:39 on Jan 26, 2016 |
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Tab Mix Plus opens the tab in the background for me when left clicking and the link still works properly for me, though I have to go to the tab manually for it to actually pop up the warning that something is trying to install and start downloading.
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# ? Jan 26, 2016 11:01 |
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3.0.2 just started throwing an error in the quick post window, with 45.0b1. It just says it got a response that it didn't expect, and to close the window and try again. I'm going to try the test version and see what happens. Edit: Firefox is crashing to desktop on startup now, so this may just be a symptom of something else being lovely. Fun! Edit2: No idea what happened before, but FF is running again. The unexpected response error is still occurring under 3.1.0-beta-8. Bieeanshee fucked around with this message at 04:50 on Jan 29, 2016 |
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Bieeardo posted:3.0.2 just started throwing an error in the quick post window, with 45.0b1. It just says it got a response that it didn't expect, and to close the window and try again. Looking into this - likeliest cause is a third-party cookie policy issue, in which case as a workaround you can either:
A little info about that error: when you click a quick button, SALR makes a request for the full reply page to import any quoted text and also grab some information off the page so we can pass SA's forged-post and anti-double-posts check. Getting that error means you're receiving a response from SA, but the message box is missing. In the past (Firefox ~3.0 era) this happened if someone had third-party cookies disabled, which made SALR's request not pass along the relevant cookies. We fixed that by setting a specific load flag with our request, but it looks like Firefox may not be respecting that. edit: Fixed this for the next beta version. astral fucked around with this message at 06:00 on Jan 29, 2016 |
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That did it! Thanks. I went in and added an exception for cookies from the forums, and it looks like it's working again.
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# ? Jan 29, 2016 17:58 |
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Is there any way to make a "live thread" reload button at the bottom to reload page then go to the last unread post? Ie. for GDT threads in Sports forums, its kinda annoying going back forum then latest post. or just hitting F5 and trying to find out wtf you left off on... (especially when there's there like 5 pages in 1 second in some major play). I remember I had it before, I think I it was in the opera version Hirez fucked around with this message at 08:01 on Jan 30, 2016 |
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Hirez posted:Is there any way to make a "live thread" reload button at the bottom to reload page then go to the last unread post? If you enable the page navigator (SALR options -> Threads), the rightmost button acts the same as the 'jump to last read post' button from forums/bookmarks:
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# ? Jan 30, 2016 08:16 |
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ahh perfect. I hadn't been using the Page Navigator for years because it made everything choppy. Seems all right now though. Speaking of which, is there a need for the pshrlisting snf not just be display: none/clear; or whatever. Maybe throw in the 1-5 vote button in there and get rid of that whole line? Not that that matters even the tiniest bit :P If the page nav. seems wonky again, I'll try to figure out how to just move that button after the last thread, can't be that hard, though I haven't worked in web.dev for 10+ years :P Thanks a bunch for keeping it going Hirez fucked around with this message at 11:32 on Jan 30, 2016 |
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Hirez posted:ahh perfect. I hadn't been using the Page Navigator for years because it made everything choppy. Seems all right now though. I'm not entirely sure I understand what you're asking here.
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# ? Feb 1, 2016 02:23 |
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Beta is over; thanks everyone who helped test!
astral fucked around with this message at 04:46 on Feb 3, 2016 |
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v4.0.0 - multi-process aware SALR is out! (note: you will auto-update to this version!) New in v4.0:
If you run into any problems or have any questions / comments, feel free to post in this thread or stop by the web chat. Thanks again to everyone who helped beta test!
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# ? Feb 3, 2016 04:55 |
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The little message after you update says "If an forum..."
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# ? Feb 3, 2016 12:28 |
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FillInTheBlank posted:The little message after you update says "If an forum..." It says "If an SA forum ..." which is correct.
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# ? Feb 3, 2016 13:00 |
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Is keyboard navigation broken for anyone else while in the threadlist? I can't get j or k to change pages anymore since the last update.
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# ? Feb 4, 2016 21:27 |
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Trump Card posted:Is keyboard navigation broken for anyone else while in the threadlist? I can't get j or k to change pages anymore since the last update. Yep, and I see why. Thanks for catching this.
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# ? Feb 4, 2016 21:55 |
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v4.0.1 - multi-process aware SALR is out! (note: you will auto-update to this version!) New in v4.0.1:
New in v4.0:
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# ? Feb 4, 2016 23:07 |
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astral posted:[*]Removed click-to-embed gifv and webm support since the forums are auto-embedding them. Can we have a feature that stops them from playing until they're clicked? Some of them have been destroying my browser.
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# ? Feb 8, 2016 04:51 |
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CPColin posted:Can we have a feature that stops them from playing until they're clicked? Some of them have been destroying my browser. As far as I understand, after the forums are in the cloud, ZDR's going to work on proper BBCode support and/or forum options to handle the embeds better. Once that happens, SALR can properly interact with them and offer further customization options. If I have a chunk of spare time and a good forum solution hasn't happened yet, I can look into whipping something up that watches for when the forums JS embeds the videos (using a MutationObserver, for the technically inclined) and either prevents the conversion to video or changes the videos' properties/attributes. This falls into the hacky solution category though. astral fucked around with this message at 06:19 on Feb 8, 2016 |
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Got it. Didn't realize it was JS doing the actual embedding. No wonder videos and tweets make the page jump after everything loads. Thanks for checking!
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# ? Feb 8, 2016 06:20 |
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CPColin posted:Can we have a feature that stops them from playing until they're clicked? Some of them have been destroying my browser. CPColin posted:Got it. Didn't realize it was JS doing the actual embedding. No wonder videos and tweets make the page jump after everything loads. Thanks for checking! I read up on MutationObservers and this turned out to be a lot easier than I thought so here's a dev build you can test. After you install it, you'll need to go to about :config and toggle preference extensions.salastread.dontAutoplayGifVideos to true to enable the feature. It'll auto-update to the next release version (4.1.0) when it comes out for real.
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# ? Feb 8, 2016 08:18 |
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Could use some testing/feedback for some upcoming features and changes, so here's a prerelease build: v4.1.0-dev.2 is out (note: you will not auto-update to this version, but this version will auto-update to the next release version) New in v4.1.0-dev:
If you run into any problems or have any questions / comments, feel free to post in this thread or stop by the web chat.
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astral posted:
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Flipperwaldt posted:This doesn't affect webm's, is that right? Forum JS only sets the autoplay flag on mp4 and webm videos when they're gifv stuff from imgur or gfy stuff from gfycat; this option prevents those from automatically playing (and adds controls so you can click the videos to start playing them). It doesn't affect anything else, nor does it (at least in its current state) do anything to prevent the conversion from links to embedded video elements.
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# ? Feb 12, 2016 23:47 |
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I'm having problems with "thread id not found in live forums" when posting to threads randomly, as well as 0 result searches, which can get fixed by refreshing, and bookmarking threads getting hung up on the little "loading" gif that appears when you click it. Zen Robot Man's having none of this, saying it's on my end, the only thing I can think of is SALR. I can't really test it too much on a blank firefox profile because the bugs are intermittent, random, and sorta-rare enough to not really justify using a new profile for a while just for SA. Is anyone else on SALR having the same or similar problems as me?
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# ? Mar 26, 2016 17:44 |
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Megaspel posted:I'm having problems with "thread id not found in live forums" when posting to threads randomly, as well as 0 result searches, which can get fixed by refreshing, and bookmarking threads getting hung up on the little "loading" gif that appears when you click it. Zero result searches are a forum bug - I've seen it happen before when I clicked someone's "post history" link, and SALR certainly isn't interfering with fetching the results of those. I haven't personally run into the thread ID/live forums thing, but I have seen one or two other posters mention it. The first said they were using an iPhone though, so I'm going to say that's also probably not SALR's doing but a weird intermittent forum bug. SALR doesn't touch the bookmark stars at all. Although we do add one to the page navigator, the code that powers the bookmark stars is all handled by forum JS; any issues with it are likely going to be a network or server issue. Edit: Clarified bookmarks a bit more. astral fucked around with this message at 19:55 on Mar 26, 2016 |
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astral posted:Zero result searches are a forum bug - I've seen it happen before when I clicked someone's "post history" link, and SALR certainly isn't interfering with fetching the results of those. Cheers, I figured as much, but it's nice to have a bit of clarification. The bookmark thing may have just been a weird Firefox bug or something, who knows.
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# ? Mar 27, 2016 15:43 |
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imgur API v2 was finally disabled, which means uploading images from the quick quote window, the workaround for the forum image link bug, and the experimental gif-to-video feature are temporarily broken edit: I'll put out a new beta/dev version tonight to fix this, then hopefully a full release this weekend. astral fucked around with this message at 21:59 on Apr 1, 2016 |
# ? Apr 1, 2016 20:43 |
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Could still use some testing/feedback for some upcoming features and changes, so here's another prerelease build: v4.1.0-dev.3 is out (note: you will not auto-update to this version, but this version will auto-update to the next release version) New in v4.1.0-dev: (bolded = new in 4.1.0-dev.3)
Also fixed in this build - SALR preferences weren't opening/displaying in Firefox 48 (Nightly). If you run into any problems or have any questions / comments, feel free to post in this thread or stop by the web chat. astral fucked around with this message at 01:50 on Apr 2, 2016 |
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astral posted:Imgur upload tool enhancements: Perfect timing. I just noticed the Imgur Firefox extension no longer works. EDIT - it seems the option to highlight OP background isn't working. I can make anyone else's posts change colour, but not the OP of a thread. Here's how I have it set up: The backgrounds of posts by mods and admins still change colour, as do those of individual users I've marked. Just not the OP for some reason. Megillah Gorilla fucked around with this message at 17:25 on Apr 2, 2016 |
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Gorilla Salad posted:EDIT - it seems the option to highlight OP background isn't working. I can make anyone else's posts change colour, but not the OP of a thread. Good catch! 4.1.0-dev.4 is out (note: you will not auto-update to this version, but this version will auto-update to the next release version) (just fixes the OP background highlighting)
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Is there any way to change the size of the quick reply window to be friendlier to smaller desktops? On a 1280x720 display the title bar disappears above the top of the desktop. You'd think this wouldn't come up these days but for good or ill Firefox is almost a model HiDPI app and on Windows this is how ill appears. Yeah I'd rather not turn off HiDPI on an 11.6" 1920x1080 screen.
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