Script Summary: Add links to Google cache results to continue using the cache, keeping search terms highlighted
Version: 0.5
When viewing a page in Google's cache (e.g. Google cache of userscripts.org), this adds yellow "cache" links next to each page link. Clicking the yellow cache link opens the Google cache version of the associated page link, allowing you to continue browsing the site through Google's cache.
Based on Google Cache Continue by Jon Ramsey, this script has been updated to better work with Google's cache interface and expanded with new features.
Features
- Google Chrome compatibility
- Option to redirect links to the Google cache instead of adding cache links to the page
- HTTPS / SSL compatibility, and option to always use HTTPS
- Configure options right on the cache page (click the "show options" link near the top)
- Check for script update function, with an auto-check every 60 days
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Google Chrome users upgrading to v0.5
If you get an "Attempted to downgrade extension" error, please uninstall your previous version (in Tools > Extensions) then install the new script.
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Redux changelog:
v0.5 (2011-05-25)
- Works with cache pages under HTTPS / SSL (thanks RNiK)
- Added an option to always use HTTPS (thanks RNiK)
- Options can be saved in Chrome, if the cache page comes from webcache.googleusercontent.com
- Added a function to sync options between HTTP and HTTPS cache pages in Chrome
Must be manually triggered since it requires an iframe page load - Cache link text change takes effect immediately, instead of after page reload
- Added default styles to our elements so that they're more resistant to in-page styles
- Added an About panel
- Added a "Check for updates" function, inside the About panel (fails silently in Chrome due to browser restrictions)
- Auto-check for updates every 60 days
- Another refactoring
v0.4 (2010-02-10)
- Google Chrome compatibility (thanks Norman Rasmussen)
- Added option to redirect page links to the Google cache, instead of adding cache links
- Added options for cache link text and background colour
- Added options panel (cache link options not shown in Google Chrome since options cannot be saved)
- Should work for all language versions of Google (noCacheTitle, textOnlyLinkText and fullLinkText options no longer necessary)
- Refactored code
v0.3 (2008-11-27)
- Fixed duplicate "http://" in uncached link when search URL includes the protocol
v0.2 (2008-08-19)
- Externalized strings in about:config prefs
v0.1 (2008-07-31)
- Initial version
