Better Amazon

By Stanley Phang Last update Apr 19, 2012 — Installed 25,486 times.

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2 stars
Useful, but dishonest , Mar 16, 2012
Review written by Smite - see all my reviews (2)

The latest version of Better Amazon includes the author's Amazon referral link imbedded in every shortcut. You can find that in the function "udlks" at line 381, seen here:

function udlks() {
var lkl='aetive', lkn='1',lkc='1789';
switch(location.host.slice(location.host.lastIndexOf('.'))) {
case '.ca': lkc='15121'; lkl = 'aetiva'; lkn = '0'; break;
case '.de': lkc='1638'; break;
case '.fr': lkc='1642'; lkl = 'eativa'; break;
case '.it': lkc='3370'; lkl = 'aative'; break;
case '.jp': lkc='247'; lkl = 'aative'; lkn = '2'; break;
case '.uk': lkc='1634'; lkl = 'aetiva'; break;
default: lkn = '0'; break; }
var alks = document.links;
var host="http://" + location.host + "/gp/product/";
var sup="?ie=UTF8&ta"+"g=cr"+lkl+"-2"+lkn+"&linkC"+"ode=xm2&ca"+"mp="+lkc+"&creativeASIN=";
for (var n= alks.length; n--; ) {
link = alks[n];
if (link.host.match(/amazon/) && link.hash==="")
{ var asin = getASIN(link.href);
if (asin) { link.href = host+asin+sup+asin; }}}
return 0;
}

This wouldn't bother me if the author disclosed that he was doing it and/or I didn't use AffiliateFox to generate my own referral links to share with friends. This script freezes the browser constantly as the two compete for link generation.

Don't support sneaky coding! Delete or modify that block to remove the referral portions.

The following block will safely fix everything and produce nice, clean, sharable links. Replace the derps with your own tags if desired, else remove the tag=DERPDERPDERP portion entirely.

function udlks() {
var lkl='DERPDERPDERP', lkn='##DERPS';
switch(location.host.slice(location.host.lastIndexOf('.'))) {
default: lkl = 'DERPDERPDERP'; lkn = '##DERP'; break; }
var alks = document.links;
var host="http://" + location.host + "/gp/product/";
var sup="?ie=UTF8&tag="+lkl+"-"+lkn+"&creativeASIN=";
for (var n= alks.length; n--; ) {
link = alks[n];
if (link.host.match(/amazon/) && link.hash==="")
{ var asin = getASIN(link.href);
if (asin) { link.href = host+asin+sup+asin; }}}
return 0;
}

Support honest, and only honest, referrals!

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2 stars
Increases # of clicks required , Dec 23, 2011
Review written by script fan - see all my reviews (20)

Now I have to click to expand everything. More clicks = less efficient. Make each section expanded by default, collapsible on click.

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5 stars
Excellent , Jul 1, 2011
Review written by Ben H - see all my reviews (7)

Working wonderfully on Amazon.co.uk for me.

Thank you!

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5 stars
delete , May 6, 2012
Review written by augustmouse - see all my reviews (7)

delete

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4 stars
sweet , Jan 30, 2011
Review written by BPinard - see all my reviews (2)

what is the number next to the item? It's in green for example... That's my only question. Otherwise excellent script!

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5 stars
Perfect , Dec 22, 2010
Review written by ploder - see all my reviews (10)

Works exactly as described. Tested in Opera v11.

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5 stars
Really useful , Jul 13, 2010
Review written by juba - see all my reviews (3)

The script works great and really add usability and readability to product pages. Works well with amazon.fr pages, too.

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5 stars
Wow! , Jul 4, 2010
Review written by chablah - see all my reviews (30)

It actually works!

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5 stars
Awesome! , Mar 21, 2010
Review written by Dr. Girlfiend - see all my reviews (2)

This script is fantastic! Amazon has become a usability nightmare over the years -- the amount of clutter on the pages was driving me insane until I found this script.

99% of the time, I just want to read the reviews at Amazon while researching whether or not to buy something -- everything else on the page just gets in the way and adds needless clutter.

The only thing that would make this script even more perfect is if it would remove all reference of the Kindle from my searches and page results. I don't own a kindle and have absolutely zero intention of buying one; it annoys me that I have to waste time mentally filtering it out.

Thanks for this wonderful script, mate!

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5 stars
This one and BookInfoLine script all you'll need... , Jan 19, 2010
Review written by alexzolo - see all my reviews (2)
Better Amazon is a great script. I also use BookInfoLine, a very useful script. A must have if you buy 5 or more books per year. http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/65482
Compare book prices from various book stores. Realtime, fast and accurate. Included sites: Abebooks, Alibris, Amazon.com, Barnesandnoble, Betterworldbooks, Biblio, Borders, Craigslist, Ebay, Ebooks, Google Books, Half, Kindle Editions, Powells, Strandbooks, Thriftbooks, Walmart. Fixed and Improved BookBurro.

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