Script Summary: Update Easynews global search results page with a new preview column and ability to remove read posts
This script updates the Easynews global search page and adds the following:
Original Search page
Updated Search page
including the new Preview column
and this new section:
Where:
Remove Read
When clicked, any posts or previews showing up as visited (using your browser's visited colour) will be removed from the list
Open Thumbs
When clicked, this will open the defined number of new tabs (see # tabs) in the current browser window.
By default, only previews not viewed will be opened, although this is configurable (see Include visited)
# tabs
Enter the number of new tabs you want to open (as a maximum)
This defaults to 10, but can be set to any number
There is a 0.2s delay after each new tab is opened so as not to overload your browser or the server.
Include visited:
If checked, visited previews will also be opened when clicking Open Thumbs
Save
When clicked, will save the # tabs and Include visited settings
Note: If this button is disabled, the settings you are using have already been saved
Displaying:...
This string details the number of posts displayed, the total number of posts prior to any removal and the number of posts removed in the last click of Remove Read
How I use this script
On a weekly basis, I check through the Easynews Search page for any new videos which catch my eye.
I used to browse various groups, then ctrl-click approx. 20 [thumbs] links and view each thumbnail to see if the clip is worth downloading, or is what it says it is.
I'd then go back to the search page and open the next 20 thumbs for previewing.
This was rather time consuming, so I wrote this script to automate most of this.
Firstly I moved the [thumb] out to another column to make it easier to find and ctrl-click quickly
The other 2 additions of removing the clips I'd already viewed and automatically opening the previews in new tabs, were logical extensions to the way I was browsing.
Anyway, not everyone may want to use all of the above as I wrote this for my own way of browsing newsgroups, but I thought I'd upload it anyway to see if anyone else would benefit from all or part of this.
One additional hint. If you use the Remove Read functionality, remember to set your browsing history large enough to preserve your list of visited links.
Update Aug 23: After recent updates at Easynews, tried to make the script a little more dynamic, so there's less hard-coding.
Still aim to do more, probably next time Easynews change the format of the search page again.
Update 1st May 2011: This is NOT compatible with FireFox 4.0.
Due to certain updates it is now no longer possible for a script to detect if a link has been visited.
This breaks the Remove Read feature, so as a consequence, this will remove all results from the list.
- Separate Preview column Configurable to split out
- Remove Read - new button When clicked, this will remove any posts or previews you've already viewed, so you are left with only a list of posts / previews you haven't visited.
- Open multiple previews in separate tabs - new button When clicked this will open a number of previews in separate tabs
[thumb], but can be used to split out other types such as [nfo], [parViewer] from the main subject line
Original Search page
Updated Search page
including the new Preview column
and this new section:
Where:
Remove Read
When clicked, any posts or previews showing up as visited (using your browser's visited colour) will be removed from the list
Open Thumbs
When clicked, this will open the defined number of new tabs (see # tabs) in the current browser window.
By default, only previews not viewed will be opened, although this is configurable (see Include visited)
# tabs
Enter the number of new tabs you want to open (as a maximum)
This defaults to 10, but can be set to any number
There is a 0.2s delay after each new tab is opened so as not to overload your browser or the server.
Include visited:
If checked, visited previews will also be opened when clicking Open Thumbs
Save
When clicked, will save the # tabs and Include visited settings
Note: If this button is disabled, the settings you are using have already been saved
Displaying:...
This string details the number of posts displayed, the total number of posts prior to any removal and the number of posts removed in the last click of Remove Read
How I use this script
On a weekly basis, I check through the Easynews Search page for any new videos which catch my eye.
I used to browse various groups, then ctrl-click approx. 20 [thumbs] links and view each thumbnail to see if the clip is worth downloading, or is what it says it is.
I'd then go back to the search page and open the next 20 thumbs for previewing.
This was rather time consuming, so I wrote this script to automate most of this.
Firstly I moved the [thumb] out to another column to make it easier to find and ctrl-click quickly
The other 2 additions of removing the clips I'd already viewed and automatically opening the previews in new tabs, were logical extensions to the way I was browsing.
Anyway, not everyone may want to use all of the above as I wrote this for my own way of browsing newsgroups, but I thought I'd upload it anyway to see if anyone else would benefit from all or part of this.
One additional hint. If you use the Remove Read functionality, remember to set your browsing history large enough to preserve your list of visited links.
Update Aug 23: After recent updates at Easynews, tried to make the script a little more dynamic, so there's less hard-coding.
Still aim to do more, probably next time Easynews change the format of the search page again.
Update 1st May 2011: This is NOT compatible with FireFox 4.0.
Due to certain updates it is now no longer possible for a script to detect if a link has been visited.
This breaks the Remove Read feature, so as a consequence, this will remove all results from the list.
