Fark Anal Reverteresque ReDux

By Smiths — Last update Oct 11, 2009 — Installed 1,509 times.

Script Summary:
Major Fixes needed (Fark URL structure changed, dumb header row) Farky without the extension. Farky features like "Where I've Posted", "New Comments for read threads", Headline filtering by source, arrows in comments, etc. Remove t-shirts, Toggle Ads.

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Going to be adding another toggle for that crap underneath a headline now. Just need to put in a "remove by class" thing (easy).
Update: that's done. Turn off Ads to turn off those tags.

Fark now needs headers to tell you that the headline is, in fact, a headline and the comments links are, gasp, comments. This required yet another check in the script.

Screw Yardbarker. Sports tab goes back to being the Sports tab.

Fark keeps redesigning. The "myFark" page, when loaded via GreaseMonkey in the background, doesn't seem to load content anymore... or does it?.
Also, more links with classes usually reserved for headlines are being added, so another check was put in for the click listener.

Big update to fix total botched compatibility.
Fark changed a lot of their URLs. cgi.fark and /cgi/fark/ etc. There are also more annoying ads to contend with that try to take over.

Screw the PITA bar crap. Option to hide that thing added to the Tools -> Greasemonkey -> User Script Commands -> Fark Anal Reverteresque ReDux Options

T-SHIRTS? Remove them or at least have them move to the right! I love Farky and all, but I've found it to be quite the hog lately and I don't know why. Blame my computer, I don't care. Bottom line: Fark.com has put in a lot of Farky features (new comment jumping, favorite users, etc.), and it's making it less optimal for system performance to keep Farky installed.

So, I've been slowly but surely taking a lot of the Farky features I like and putting them in a small GreaseMonkey script to streamline FireFox a bit more.

UPDATES:

03/07/2009: Big compatibility fix.

10/28/2008: Toggle the PITA meter on the Politics tab/threads in the options. Fixed z-index of options window.

10/21/2008: Fixed support on the Showbiz tab, since that's now whored out to Blender.

10/13/2008: WTF? T-Shirt links? Am I on CNN? Forced to update code to make compatible, but went the extra step. By default the t-shirts will move to the right of the comments, but in the Tools -> Greasemonkey -> User Script Commands -> Fark Anal Reverteresque ReDux Options you can disable the shirts entirely if you want!

Default:

Toggle:

09/23/08: Per request, there is now an option to hide the banners in the Tools -> Greasemonkey -> User Script Commands -> Fark Anal Reverteresque ReDux Options. Hiding the ads will also cause the main body to expand wider, utilizing the empty space created with no banners.

Also, I made it so when you click on a comments link for a (X + Y) comment block, it updates the page with the total comments. Just a minor personal annoyance.

07/08/08: Added in mikeruhlin's tweak below to make arrows clickable/counted for comments mentioning your name. Thanks for the help, great idea!
Also created a better options menu for URL/Tag filtering. It's under Tools -> Greasemonkey -> User Script Commands -> Fark Anal Reverteresque ReDux Options.

This script will track comments in threads you've clicked on the main pages, and make the comments reflect any new comments, Farky style e.g.: (12 + 8). It has not been fully tested with the "Too Many" or special character comment innerHTML, we need a good Obama or Religious thread for that.

It will load your user page to find out where you've posted, and highlight those thread links accordingly. this feature is based off the excellent work of mikeruhlin, but is optimized to load less and speed up the process.
If you're looking for a great combo with this script, use his Fark New Stories script to truly create a "Farky" feel.

It also will do the "arrow next to comments mentioning my username" thing

There's also headline and tag filtering based on the source URL/tag. You can add/delete filters via "Tools -> Greasemonkey -> User Script Commands -> Fark Anal Reverteresque ReDux Options"