Discussion on Gmail: Random Signature | Userscripts.org

Archived Comments, replied by Trent The Thief

Trent The Thief — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 23:49:11 +0000

CAUSES A PROBLEM IN GMAIL V1.X
With script enabled, modifications to gmail signatures are used ONCE. Then, gmail begins using the unmodified/previous signature. I shuffled script loading order, wiped out cookies, etc. I spent over an hour troubleshooting. The script does use random the taglines as advertised, the problem is that it hoses the regular gmail signature.

WORKS IN GMAIL V2.0
In gmail v2.0 (the one with chat), the script works without conflicts.

Archived Comments, replied by CoolNick

CoolNick — Wed, 07 May 2008 18:12:21 +0000

Sorry if you already seen this explanation of Google, but may by it helps to solve the issue with this Script

http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2008/01/gmailgrea...

Archived Comments, replied by Jake Lauer

Jake Lauer — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:03:36 +0000

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/24913

Archived Comments, replied by Jake Lauer

Jake Lauer — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 06:20:59 +0000

Is there ANY way this can be updated? I love Gmail v2, but I don't want to switch to it because I don't want to lose the functionality of this!

If anybody is wondering, the way to make GMail stay in v1 is to change the language settings to English (UK).

Archived Comments, replied by Dhruva Sagar

Dhruva Sagar — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 11:20:24 +0000

Wish I could somehow make this to work! I will try it this weekend, this scripts rox dude, I just wish I or you or anybody can get it to work on the new GMail too...

Archived Comments, replied by N Flanders

N Flanders — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 21:06:18 +0000

Robson, I loved this script, but with Gmail v2 it has stopped working.

Here's a vote for an update!

We appreciate your time and work.

Archived Comments, replied by enmi

enmi — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 03:26:26 +0000

Robson,
Would you be interested in a freelance project regarding Greasemonkey scripts? If so, please let me know where I could email you off-forum. I can be reached at: esung@post.harvard.edu

Archived Comments, replied by MrFocker

MrFocker — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 14:31:24 +0000

It appears the new version of gmail is using a dynamically generated id for the textarea instead of a fixed one (atleast the 2 or 3 mails I opened and checked the values of the textarea were different. However the name of the element is fixed so maybe one of us can update the script to look at the name instead...

Archived Comments, replied by dfm

dfm — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 18:38:39 +0000

This seems to have stopped working in the new version of GMail. Any chance it's going to be updated? (BTW, thanks for having put it together in the first place -- it's what allowed me to happily migrate to the GMail interface at all!)

For others fighting with this problem, the old version still works fine. I don't know how long Google's going to keep it going, though. If like me you're annoyed at constantly having to hit that "Older Version" link in GMail, you may benefit from the hack I'm using to get around it -- I've changed my link to GMail to add "?ui=1" and that seems to keep me consistently going into the old one.

Archived Comments, replied by ned

ned — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 18:40:33 +0000

Great script! Thank you. I use Google Apps the branded version of Gmail. The script causes JS errors. I don't know if it causes the same errors on Gmail.

The error is:

document.getElementById("prf_g") has no properties
undefined
gmailrandomsignature.user.js (line 163)

Also in "Settings" I when I select the "No taglines" Radio Button I am unable to Save the change.

So the only way to disable the Random Signatures is to disable the script in the "Manage User" Interface of Greasemonkey.

Despite the errors and the broken Settings Radio button the script still works and inserts random signatures.

I don't have the skills to fix the problem... i'm a designer. But I can help test any fixes.

Additional Request: Enable the script to add HTML signatures... that would rule.

Archived Comments, replied by Pali

Pali — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 16:21:01 +0000

Hi, plz I would like to know If is it possible to put random signature in front of the original-the one put by gmail. Thanks.

Archived Comments, replied by peuh-bugmenot

peuh-bugmenot — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 17:11:09 +0000

Why does this page always say: "Script was last updated on <today>"? Surely the script is not updated every day. What gives?

Archived Comments, replied by Adam Stewart Iredale

Adam Stewart Iredale — Mon, 11 Sep 2006 01:04:44 +0000

When it works, it is an excellent script!
Here is when it works:
*In the main GMail page, select compose or press 'c' (if keyboard shortcuts are enabled). A random tagline will adorn your fresh email.
Here is when it doesn't work:
*When you click on mailto links or send link - this is especially true if only the "compose" window is loaded and not an entire GMail page. I find the former a very fast way to shoot off an email, as it closes when done. Unfortunately this is not supported and only the first tag of your taglines list is printed.

Archived Comments, replied by ClintJCL

ClintJCL — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 11:48:38 +0000

Too bad this requires Firefox/Greasemonkey, because I also send emails from work where the only choice is IE.

I would like a bookmarklet that simply uses javascript to pull a random quote from a file (c:\quotes.txt), and simply append it to whatever text field i am in. so I would simply sign my messages by clicking the button.

More work, but I think it would work in more situations. Not just gmail, but anywhere (like right here).

Archived Comments, replied by Robson Braga Araujo

Robson Braga Araujo — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 12:58:02 +0000

Updated to fix the script for the new gmail layout.

Archived Comments, replied by jeroen

jeroen — Thu, 20 Apr 2006 09:35:04 +0000

There seems to be a new issue, through i'm not sure if it's due to the firefox 1.5.0.2 upgrade or some new gmail change.

The getUsername function no longer works, and i didn't really find another way to retrieve the username ... so for now i just hardcoded my own username in the script ...

Archived Comments, replied by Trent The Thief

Trent The Thief — Sun, 12 Mar 2006 07:03:41 +0000

Robson, great work! I'm so glad to have the random sigs working now. I wish Google would stop "tweaking" gmail and hire you instead!

Archived Comments, replied by Robson Braga Araujo

Robson Braga Araujo — Fri, 10 Mar 2006 13:23:02 +0000

Updated script:
- Workaround for bug in Firefox 1.5.0.1.
- Fix for new Gmail layout.
- Make it faster when loading Gmail.

Archived Comments, replied by Trent The Thief

Trent The Thief — Fri, 24 Feb 2006 15:47:04 +0000

Hi Robson,

Where I am, we're using your script and the signature float userscript. Both seem to have been crashing us out for three days, but for some reason (without updating scripts or firefox or anything) both are working today. I suspect it had something to do with chat in gmail. I'm running gmail _without_ the chat client now. Your script and the sig floater are exactly what gmail needed. Thanks for the time and work!

Archived Comments, replied by Robson Braga Araujo

Robson Braga Araujo — Thu, 23 Feb 2006 17:08:52 +0000

Shiloh, what other userscripts are you using with Gmail? Please, send me an email as it is easier to track the conversation that way. The email is in the script source code.

Archived Comments, replied by Shiloh Madsen

Shiloh Madsen — Thu, 23 Feb 2006 15:35:16 +0000

Hmm...crashes my computer every time I load up gmail. Running the latest version of the script and the latest version of greasemonky (just reinstalled for this script). Firefox is ver 1.5.0.1. Any ideas?

Archived Comments, replied by kaz

kaz — Mon, 13 Feb 2006 20:51:37 +0000

This script seems to cause firefox to crash when used with "GMail CSS Skin" userscript OR "Gmail Skins 0.8" extension

Archived Comments, replied by Dylan

Dylan — Fri, 03 Feb 2006 17:06:16 +0000

The new version works like a charm. I really wish i understood the whole greasemonkey stuff i still would like to see a button that lets you see the next random signature (just in case you don't like the one that is currently showing). But i must say kudos to the great script and the great fix.

Archived Comments, replied by Trent The Thief

Trent The Thief — Thu, 26 Jan 2006 08:09:38 +0000

I don't know what's causing the exception, but I can do it every time. Disabling either script fixes it. I checked the spam count hider and there's a bit of .css linked there that I added to my userContent.css. It hides the spam count just fine.
Robson, thank you for all the effort on this script! You, too, Kaz, for helping him test!

Archived Comments, replied by kaz

kaz — Tue, 24 Jan 2006 14:19:26 +0000

thanks for the update! spamcounthider still works still works for me as well. Is there a reason theres an extra \n inserted into line 196? I've found this extra newline annoying and always edit the script: (['p', ['sx_sg', static_part + dynamic_part]])