SALR: SA Last Read for Firefox - what about when it becomes self-aware?

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astral: Apr 26, 2004

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

Back in the old days, the forums didn't track what threads you read so biznatchio write a Firefox extension to do it for you. In time, biznatchio no longer had enough free time to keep the extension up to date with the forum changes so others took over. After some time, the extension was updated to use the Firefox 2.0 SQL engine for even better stability and thread tracking. ~~Recently~~ the forums have added read thread tracking rending much of what this extension does obsolete.

So what the heck does SALR do now?

Lots of stuff with lots of options. Here's a short, incomplete list of features:

Customizable user notes and colors - highlight your favorite and least favorite posters!
Quick Reply/Quote/Edit/Post window with smilie/vb code menus, quick imgur upload button, live post preview, and more
Shrink large custom titles
Per-user 'Hide Avatar' toggle
fetch titles of posted youtube video links and convert YouTube links into click-to-embed players with customizable sizes
Handy thread search box
can convert linked images to inline images
can convert images in read posts to links
can specify a maximum width and/or height for images (sometimes doesn't work)
ignoring threads - hides them from thread lists entirely
mouse gesture navigation
Corner navigator for multi-page forums/threads
SA Menu in the menu bar and/or SA Menu toolbar button with dropdown forum menu + pinnable forums/threads:
Adds individual post links to each post
Several little CSS tweaks, including shrinking ignored posts to not take up so much space, hiding the report button on your own posts, etc.

Keyboard Navigation:

N - Next Post
P/M - Previous Post
J - Next Page
K/H - Previous Page
O - Reanchor thread
Q - Quick Quote current post
E - Quick Edit current post
R - Quick Reply current thread

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

# ¿ Jan 17, 2016 23:00

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# ¿ Apr 24, 2024 10:06

astral: Apr 26, 2004

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)}

# ¿ Jan 17, 2016 23:00

astral: Apr 26, 2004

Multiprocess-aware SALR Beta is over!

astral fucked around with this message at 04:38 on Feb 3, 2016

# ¿ Jan 17, 2016 23:00

astral: Apr 26, 2004

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

# ¿ Jan 21, 2016 00:51

astral: Apr 26, 2004

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 ~~Grunt~~ Gulp to be able to build the extension, but for now I'll handle explaining that (and anything else about working on SALR) on a case by case basis.

astral fucked around with this message at 07:59 on Feb 5, 2016

# ¿ Jan 21, 2016 02:43

astral: Apr 26, 2004

edit: Beta's over.

astral fucked around with this message at 06:01 on Feb 3, 2016

# ¿ Jan 21, 2016 10:08

astral: Apr 26, 2004

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
Firefox blocks the link for me without giving me the option to allow it if I go directly to the XPI.

Interesting; I wonder what's blocking it. ~~Maybe it's a 'have you visited that site before?' check - after having visited a page on github, does it then let you install from the XPI link in the thread?~~

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

# ¿ Jan 26, 2016 05:20

astral: Apr 26, 2004

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.

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.

Looking into this - likeliest cause is a third-party cookie policy issue, in which case as a workaround you can either:

Add a cookie exception to always allow cookies from the SA forums, or
temporarily enable third party cookies from visited sites

and that should fix things for you.

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

# ¿ Jan 29, 2016 05:23

astral: Apr 26, 2004

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?

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

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:

# ¿ Jan 30, 2016 08:16

astral: Apr 26, 2004

Hirez posted:

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

I'm not entirely sure I understand what you're asking here.

# ¿ Feb 1, 2016 02:23

astral: Apr 26, 2004

Beta is over; thanks everyone who helped test!

astral fucked around with this message at 04:46 on Feb 3, 2016

# ¿ Feb 1, 2016 04:01

astral: Apr 26, 2004

v4.0.0 - multi-process aware SALR is out!

_{(note: you will auto-update to this version!)}

New in v4.0:

Significantly improved multi-process Firefox compatibility and performance.
Improved SALR start time.
Added support for https forum pages/links/forms.
Improved large custom title text shrinking (see this image for a comparison).
Fixed users sometimes showing up in the custom highlighting listbox when they had no custom highlighting set.
Fixed SALR Menu pin helper not auto-switching to the menus pane.
Removed click-to-embed gifv and webm support since the forums are auto-embedding them.
Fixed Quick Post window breaking when third-party cookies were disabled.

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!

# ¿ Feb 3, 2016 04:55

astral: Apr 26, 2004

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.

# ¿ Feb 4, 2016 21:55

astral: Apr 26, 2004

v4.0.1 - multi-process aware SALR is out!

_{(note: you will auto-update to this version!)}

New in v4.0.1:

Improved SALR's detection of page numbers in threads and forums.
Fixed an issue with keyboard navigation not working in forums.

New in v4.0:

Significantly improved multi-process Firefox compatibility and performance.
Improved SALR start time.
Added support for https forum pages/links/forms.
Improved large custom title text shrinking (see this image for a comparison).
Fixed users sometimes showing up in the custom highlighting listbox when they had no custom highlighting set.
Fixed SALR Menu pin helper not auto-switching to the menus pane.
Removed click-to-embed gifv and webm support since the forums are auto-embedding them.
Fixed Quick Post window breaking when third-party cookies were disabled.

# ¿ Feb 4, 2016 23:07

astral: Apr 26, 2004

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

# ¿ Feb 8, 2016 06:00

astral: Apr 26, 2004

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.

# ¿ Feb 8, 2016 08:18

astral: Apr 26, 2004

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:

Tan-colored bookmarks now display as tan in forums to distinguish between 'unread thread' and 'unread bookmark'.
Improved SALR's performance in thread lists (bookmarks list + forums).
Added option to prevent forums JS from autoplaying gifv/gfys.
- You can find this option in the Threads preference pane -> Video Embed Options.
Moved admin, mod, and OP custom highlighting into CSS classes - changes to these now take effect instantly.
Removed some redundant CSS classes (salastread_thread_*, salastread_forum_*).

If you run into any problems or have any questions / comments, feel free to post in this thread or stop by the web chat.

# ¿ Feb 12, 2016 22:50

astral: Apr 26, 2004

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.

# ¿ Feb 12, 2016 23:47

astral: Apr 26, 2004

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.

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?

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

# ¿ Mar 26, 2016 19:49

astral: Apr 26, 2004

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

astral: Apr 26, 2004

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)

Tan-colored bookmarks now display as tan in forums to distinguish between 'unread thread' and 'unread bookmark'.
Improved SALR's performance in thread lists (bookmarks list + forums).
Added option to prevent forums JS from autoplaying gifv/gfys.
- You can find this option in the Threads preference pane -> Video Embed Options.
Accidentally middle-clicking 'Add Coloring/Note', 'Show/Hide Avatar', or 'Mark as unread' buttons will no longer open useless new tabs.
Post dates/times no longer wrap to a new line.
Reduced the amount of space between lines of user notes.
Fixed imgur API breakage (now using API version 3).
Imgur upload tool enhancements:

Added a progress bar for imgur uploads.

Imgur upload tool now outputs https image links.

The deletion link for an uploaded image is now printed to the browser console (usually ctrl+shift+j), just in case.

Improved the security of the imgur upload tool.
Moved admin, mod, and OP custom highlighting into CSS classes - changes to these now take effect instantly.
Removed some redundant CSS classes (salastread_thread_*, salastread_forum_*).

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

# ¿ Apr 1, 2016 22:34

astral: Apr 26, 2004

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!

:siren:

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)

# ¿ Apr 2, 2016 21:15

astral: Apr 26, 2004

Sir Unimaginative posted:

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.

Short term: throw this in a Stylish or userChrome.css type deal:

code:

@namespace url("http://www.mozilla.org/keymaster/gatekeeper/there.is.only.xul");
@-moz-document url("chrome://salastread/content/quickquote.xul") {
  #previewiframe {
    height: 200px; /* Default: 300px */
  }
  .messagearea {
    height: 200px !important; /* Default: 300px */
  }
}

Changes take a close+reopen of the quick window to apply if you're using Stylish but probably a browser restart if editing userChrome.css. Adjust values as necessary.

Long term: Quick Quote is limping along with a massive pile of hacks and I am really looking forward to redoing it in HTML since XUL is eventually going to be removed.

edit: Clarification

astral fucked around with this message at 08:59 on Apr 3, 2016

# ¿ Apr 3, 2016 08:50

astral: Apr 26, 2004

SALR v4.1.0 is out!
_{(note: you will auto-update to this version!)}

New in v4.1.0:

Tan-colored bookmarks now display as tan in forums to distinguish between 'unread thread' and 'unread bookmark'.
Improved SALR's performance in thread lists (bookmarks list + forums).
Added option to prevent forums JS from autoplaying gifv/gfys.
- You can find this option in the Threads preference pane -> Video Embed Options.
Accidentally middle-clicking 'Add Coloring/Note', 'Show/Hide Avatar', or 'Mark as unread' buttons will no longer open useless new tabs.
Post dates/times no longer wrap to a new line.
Reduced the amount of space between lines of user notes.
Fixed imgur API breakage (now using API version 3).
Imgur upload tool enhancements:
- Added a progress bar for imgur uploads.
- Imgur upload tool now outputs https image links.
- The deletion link for an uploaded image is now printed to the browser console (usually ctrl+shift+j), just in case.
- Improved the security of the imgur upload tool.
Moved admin, mod, and OP custom highlighting into CSS classes - changes to these now take effect instantly.
Removed some redundant CSS classes (salastread_thread_*, salastread_forum_*).

If you run into any problems or have any questions / comments, feel free to post in this thread, stop by the web chat, or hop on IRC at irc.synirc.net channel #salr

# ¿ Apr 3, 2016 21:55

astral: Apr 26, 2004

FillInTheBlank posted:

Is there a way to move where the quick reply window appears?
I have dual monitors and I would like quick reply to follow FF and appear on the same screen as FF.

If that isn't possible would it at least be possible to have it always appear on my secondary screen which is where I most often have FF?

Thanks.

~~Looked into this - I can make the window remember its last position; would that suffice?~~
Scroll down for the latest dev version - Quick Quote window now opens relative to the current browser window.

astral fucked around with this message at 23:44 on Apr 3, 2016

# ¿ Apr 3, 2016 22:59

astral: Apr 26, 2004

~~v4.1.1-dev.0 - here's a build you can test with quick quote position remembering.~~

Tesseraction posted:

It'd help him but if it were possible to have it try and match the top-left of its parent window that'd be super-useful - sometimes I move screens and it's annoying to have it default to central. Hardly a big deal, though.

This should be doable; I'll look into it.

Flipperwaldt posted:

This would also prevent it from popping up on a monitor Windows didn't notice isn't connected anymore or some poo poo, unlike remembering where it was last time.

This actually shouldn't be a problem with remembering position based on the docs but someone can test to be sure.

astral fucked around with this message at 23:44 on Apr 3, 2016

# ¿ Apr 3, 2016 23:17

astral: Apr 26, 2004

SALR v4.1.1-dev.1 is out.
_{(note: you will not auto-update to this version, but this version will auto-update to the next release version)}

New in v4.1.1-dev:

Quick Quote window now opens relative to the current browser window.

quote:

New in v4.1.0:

Tan-colored bookmarks now display as tan in forums to distinguish between 'unread thread' and 'unread bookmark'.

Improved SALR's performance in thread lists (bookmarks list + forums).

Added option to prevent forums JS from autoplaying gifv/gfys.

You can find this option in the Threads preference pane -> Video Embed Options.

Accidentally middle-clicking 'Add Coloring/Note', 'Show/Hide Avatar', or 'Mark as unread' buttons will no longer open useless new tabs.

Post dates/times no longer wrap to a new line.

Reduced the amount of space between lines of user notes.

Fixed imgur API breakage (now using API version 3).

Imgur upload tool enhancements:

Added a progress bar for imgur uploads.

Imgur upload tool now outputs https image links.

The deletion link for an uploaded image is now printed to the browser console (usually ctrl+shift+j), just in case.

Improved the security of the imgur upload tool.

Moved admin, mod, and OP custom highlighting into CSS classes - changes to these now take effect instantly.

Removed some redundant CSS classes (salastread_thread_*, salastread_forum_*).

astral fucked around with this message at 23:38 on Apr 3, 2016

# ¿ Apr 3, 2016 23:34

astral: Apr 26, 2004

I started work on redoing the quick reply window in HTML, and my first reaction is that it's really a pain. I'm not really a front-end webdesigner and I'm sure it shows, but I already miss XUL's native UI elements like menus. At this point I'm just trying to make it as similar to the old one as possible, but that's subject to change.

There's not much to see yet (mainly the general layout + my first attempt at replacing the native vB code menu), but feedback and suggestions are certainly welcome. If there's something you want to see changed about the quick window, now is a good time to share it!

e: Sidenote - my plan is for there to eventually be 2 versions of the quick editor, one that lives on the forum page as an overlay that can pop out to its own window to become the more familiar/traditional quick editor. The on-page one would look different, and there would be an option to use either one as the default.

# ¿ Apr 7, 2016 09:45

astral: Apr 26, 2004

Tesseraction posted:

Been using the new relative-to-window quick reply and it's excellent - could I be fussy and ask for an option to make a custom offset? I like to have the quick reply window -15 pixels x/y from the top-left corner of the window.

Maybe eventually as a low-priority thing; my short-term focus is going to be on the HTML version of the quick reply window (important since XUL support is going to go away) and also working out the best way to rework SALR's database so that it will a) work with Firefox Sync so you can share your poster notes and whatnot between profiles, and b) be forward-compatible with webextensions.

# ¿ Apr 13, 2016 00:57

astral: Apr 26, 2004

Rollofthedice posted:

Something weird happened to me after installing SALR for the first time. After linking an MP4 off of someone's website, I was greeted with this:

"No video with supported format and MIME type found."

When I click 'view video' on the greyed-out box, it seems to be changing the format from .mp4 to .webm.

Interestingly, the problem didn't go away when I disable SALR or uninstalled it.

http://www.billwurtz.com/im-a-piece-of-garbage.mp4

A few things are happening here:

Forums javascript turns links to videos such as that one into embedded videos.
You're browsing via https:, so requests to insecure content (like that video) are upgraded to a secure request.
That webhost doesn't have a proper SSL configuration (their certificate is self-signed), so when the browser tries to request that video over a secure connection, the request fails and the resource isn't loaded.

None of that has anything to do with SALR (except maybe that you get redirected to the secure version of the page after posting), but hopefully this answers your question about what's going on. As a workaround you can browse via http:, but the real solution is either to rehost that video somewhere that has proper SSL support or encourage that webhost to properly support SSL. They can get a real certificate easily and free via https://letsencrypt.org/

astral fucked around with this message at 02:05 on Apr 18, 2016

# ¿ Apr 18, 2016 02:01

astral: Apr 26, 2004

Rollofthedice posted:

I swear it was working for me before I'd installed SALR. Unless something else happened in the meantime and this is all one big coincidence.

The only difference is you'd get redirected to the secure version of the page after posting via quick reply, so you actually know it's breaking for people browsing via https: now. :shrug:

# ¿ Apr 18, 2016 02:06

astral: Apr 26, 2004

nielsm posted:

I hope it's kosher to post this here, and I think it may also be a candidate for integration into SALR:
I wrote a userscript that replaces page-bottom "member ads" that link to external sites with another ad from the list, that links to the forums. Basically I like seeing ads for other threads/subforums, but don't really care about those that link out. (One particular advertiser in particular prompted me to finally write this.)

Here's the script, I haven't tested it on anything other than my own installation, but would love to get some feedback.

I'd consider integrating something like that if there's an easy + reliable way to detect whether the user actually has no-ads, maybe a request to the account features page when activating it or something. Otherwise I'd worry about discouraging advertisers.

e: other than that it might be a decent feature proposal for the forums themselves as a no-ads option. I'll consult the forum overlords either way.

astral fucked around with this message at 04:44 on Apr 22, 2016

# ¿ Apr 22, 2016 04:28

astral: Apr 26, 2004

Anyone have any ideas for a better way of presenting the smilies for the quick reply window? The whole menu-that-extends-past-the-window thing doesn't really work in HTML.

# ¿ May 9, 2016 01:30

astral: Apr 26, 2004

I haven't had a chance to look into it in detail yet (among other things, I've had to replace a failing power supply and a failing hard drive in the last week or so), but that sounds like a great approach. I envision it as the user would click the smilie button and a little box would overlay it with the smilie search UI.

# ¿ May 17, 2016 18:59

astral: Apr 26, 2004

ElTipejoLoco posted:

Hey Astral, is there any way that SALR can eventually be integrated into PMs for those of us with Plat so that there's quick reply and live preview functionality in there as well, or is that an impossibility?

Good idea! Added to the list.

# ¿ May 30, 2016 20:16

astral: Apr 26, 2004

Onkel Hedwig posted:

I found the tab for ignored threads in the options, but no way to add them. How do I add threads to the ignore list?

Find a thread you want to ignore, right click on it, and you can use SALR's context menu to ignore that thread.

# ¿ Jun 20, 2016 19:22

astral: Apr 26, 2004

uBlock Origin's latest update seems to be causing most of the buttons on SALR's page navigator to be hidden for me, just in case this is happening for anyone else too. Trying to figure out why.

Update: I've narrowed it down to uBlock's third-party blocking. Before yesterday it didn't block images from addons.

Update 2: I've confirmed this by reverting to uBlock Origin 1.7.4 - everything works as expected. Updating to 1.7.6 breaks it again.

Update 3: Still trying to figure out what exactly is causing it to be able to provide a reliable test case. Forum slowness isn't helping though.

Update 4: Looks like disabling "Hide placeholders for blocked elements" also stops them from being blocked. Weird. I'll try to look into it more later.

astral fucked around with this message at 23:50 on Jun 24, 2016

# ¿ Jun 24, 2016 21:12

astral: Apr 26, 2004

hooah posted:

I'm done with school (and TA-ing) now, so I'm definitely interested in contributing this button to SALR!

Great; the best place to discuss/coordinate this is probably on IRC. You can point your favorite IRC client at irc.synirc.net channel #salr or use one of those web-based clients like mibbit or kiwiirc.

# ¿ Jul 8, 2016 02:06

astral: Apr 26, 2004

ElTipejoLoco posted:

Hey astral. I just noticed that the live preview window doesn't seem to catch the BB Code tags for preserving white space. numbered lists, and lettered lists when rendering:
pre:
T h e s e   s i l l y   t h i n g s.
These
silly
things.
These
silly
things.
Is support for those tags going to be somewhere in SALR's future updates?

Definitely.

# ¿ Jul 30, 2016 17:56

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# ¿ Apr 24, 2024 10:06

astral: Apr 26, 2004

calandryll posted:

I've run into the occasional issue where images from other sites than imgur don't load. There is no box around them, I figure it has to do with inline loading but it's infrequent enough that I forget to try and fix it. Ideas of where to look?

relevant ZDR quote:

zen death robot posted:

When things moved over to the new servers I was able to use a much newer version of NGINX that supported Security Policy headers like "upgrade insecure requests" instead of having to use a meta tag that was only supported by Chrome. This is why if you're browsing using SSL some image hosts won't work properly.

You can work around this by browsing the forums via http:, but the sites hosting the images should properly configure themselves to host images over https. There's little excuse for it these days since letsencrypt exists and is free!

Also, people should stop posting images from hosts that don't support SSL.

# ¿ Jul 31, 2016 03:50

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