Facebook Fixer
— Last update Nov 18, 2009 — Installed 362,974 times.|
Script Summary:
Enhancements for Facebook: bigger profile pictures and photos, easier viewing of albums, links to download videos, showing people's age and sign, google calendar integration, keyboard shortcuts & more. Compatible with new Facebook and fully customizable! Version: 2.0.0rc |
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Now in English, Spanish, French, Italian, German, Bulgarian, Greek, Dutch and Slovak
Version 2.0.0rc (2009-11-17): This release fixes several features that were broken by Facebook changes, fixes a couple bugs and also introduces quite a few new features:
- Added options for hiding several types of stories in the live feed: event, fan, friend, group, link, photo, profile pic, tag, relationship, video.
- Added option to show the number of notifications and unread inbox messages to the title bar.
- Added ability to replace or append Facebook timestamps (eg. "45 minutes ago") with Facebook Fixer timestamps (eg "11:30").
- Added ability to stetch homepage to 100% width (thanks to jsb).
- Added ability to auto click on 'read more' links.
- Added 2 new localizations:
- Added Slovak localization (thanks to Peter Miksik) and support for dates when using Facebook in Slovak.
- Added Dutch localization (thanks to Larissa van Sunder).
- Updated the list of Facebook Fixer languages on the config screen so that each language name is also written in its own language.
- Updated to detect when you're viewing the home page even though "home.php" isn't in the URL.
- Improved ability to hide sections on the home page: filter list, requests, suggestions, events, pokes, connect with friends.
- Improved cross-browser compatibility (especially with Google Chrome/Chromium).
- Split the config screen into sections.
- Added "advanced" options (changing timeouts/intervals).
- Added some new keyboard shortcuts:
- D - Birthdays
- E - Events
- L - Logout (only selects the link, you have to press Enter afterwards to actually logout)
- R - Requests
- Plus several new shortcuts for chaning the filter on the home page (check out the list on the config screen)
- Fixed ability to make chat buddies bold/italic since Facebook broke it.
- Fixed ability to hide idle contacts.
- Fixed bug causing excessive CPU usage and/or freezing of the browser (the script now processes the page at regular intervals).
- Fixed bug causing the video download link to appear repeatedly when using facebook fixer in certain languages.
- Removed a lot of code that is no longer needed: listening for changes; auto-refreshing the feeds; hiding/moving highlights; showing rounded profile pics; much more...
- Started to implement proper version numbers and added a proper license (BSD-style).
- General code maintenance and improvements.
Want to request a feature or report a problem? Send a message.
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Overview
Facebook fixer provides the following features and more:
- Big Profile Pictures and Photos
- Big Album Pictures
- Video Download Links recently improved
- Load Full Albums
- Homepage Customization recently improved
- Localization recently improved
- Translation
- Age and Sign recently improved
- Calendar Integration
- Keyboard Shortcuts recently improved
- Re-Title
- Error Page Reloading
- Automatically Check for Script Updates
- and more...
Features in Detail
Most features are enabled by default, but can be enabled/disabled independently - see the customization section below.
Bigger Profile Pictures and Photos
Makes a bigger picture popup when hovering the mouse over thumbnails of profile picture or photos, even if the person is not your friend. You can choose to have the bigger picture stay visible until you click the 'x' to close it. Or you can have it disappear when you move the mouse off of the small picture. You can also hold CTRL, SHIFT or ALT when putting the mouse over a picture to prevent the popup from appearing, or hold them when taking the mouse off a picture to keep the popup open. More customization options are available in the scripts configuration.
Bigger Album Pictures
Provides a link to "show big pictures" which shows the full-size versions of pictures from albums, profile pictures and pictures a person was tagged in.
Load Full Albums
Thumbnails for every image in an album can be loaded onto a single page. By default this is done when you click on the 'all' link, but it can also be down automatically by changing an option in the config popup.
Video Download Links
Provides links on video pages to download the video (underneath the links for tagging/reporting the video). Facebook uses more than one format for videos - files with a FLV extension must be played using an FLV player. If the file doesn't start downloading when you click 'Download Video', right click on the link and select 'Save Link As'.
Homepage Customization
By default the homepage will look the same, however you can use the script's configuration to hide the filter column to the left of the feed, or the entire column to the right of the feed. Instead of hiding the entire right column, you can also hide most of its sections independently.
The latest versionnow also allows you to customize the live feed by filtering out types of stories that you don't want to see.
Localization
Facebook Fixer will output text in the same language that you are using Facebook in, if the language is supported. See the Localization section below for more details.
Translation
Select any text in Facebook and press T (shift + t) to translate it using Google Translate. This feature requires keyboard shortcuts to be enabled, and the translation language can be selected in the config screen.
Age and Sign
Shows a person's sign and age if they have made their birth date public. These options can be enabled/disabled separately.
Calendar Integration
Adds links on people's profile to add their birthdays to Google Calendar. Also adds a link on the birthdays page (http://www.facebook.com/events.php?bday=1) that lets you export an iCalendar file with all your friends' birthdays. This file can be imported into many websites/programs including Google Calendar, Mozilla Sunbird, Apple iCal and many more. (If you have a lot of friends it can take a while to generate this file)
If you use Google Apps you can specify your domain in the scripts configuration so that the script can provide the right links for you.
Keyboard Shortcuts
Provides site navigation and access to Facebook features using keyboard shortcuts. For example press "P" to jump to your profile, or press "b" to see full-size pictures when viewing an album. A full list of shortcuts is available in Facebook Fixer's configuration. If a shortcut is not working, try clicking anywhere on Facebook's white background and trying the shortcut again.
Re-Title
Removes "Facebook |" from the title of every page.
Error Page Reloading
Automatically reloads the page when application errors occur.
Automatically Check for Script Updates
Automatically checks everyday to see if Facebook Fixer has been updated. You can also check for updates on demand in the scripts configuration. (Thanks to Jarett for his Script Update Checker)
Customization
Every feature listed above can be turned on and off independently in the scripts configuration. There are three ways to access the configuration popup:
- Put your mouse over
Settingson any Facebook page - the last item in this popup should beFacebook Fixer - If you have not disabled keyboard shortcuts you can type
C(case sensitive - that's a capital c) - If you are using Greasemonkey/Firefox, you can use the Firefox menu:
Tools > Greasemonkey > User Script Commands > Configure Facebook Fixer.
Browsers Without Greasemonkey
This script might run (at least partially) in browsers without Greasemonkey. I have tested it in Opera 9.6 and Chromium 4, and others have tested it in Safari.Because the functions that Greasemonkey provides are missing in these browsers, the normal way of storing settings doesn't work and the settings have to be stored in cookies instead. This has three side-effects:
- Cookies must be enabled for settings to be saved.
- If you clear your cookies or switch between normal and private browsing modes, you will need to reconfigure Facebook Fixer.
- The cookie(s) containing your settings will be sent to Facebook when you load pages. Please note that while these cookies would allow Facebook to tell that you are using this script and access your settings for the script, no private information is sent - in most cases the cookies are simply set to 'true' or 'false'.
Localization
Facebook Fixer now supports outputting text multiple languages.
The script currently has built-in support for English, Spanish and French and more will be added if contributed. If you are willing to translate to a new language, and you will be able to keep the translation up to date, please send me a message.
Contributors:
- Spanish - Glen Farmer
- French - Aelidnel
- Italian - HeartRipper
- German - Connum
- Bulgarian - dbnace
- Greek - DoSMaN
- Dutch - Larissa van Sunder
- Slovak - Peter Miksik
Recent Updates
Updated November 17 2009i> (version 2.0.0rc):
- Added options for hiding several types of stories in the live feed: event, fan, friend, group, link, photo, profile pic, tag, relationship, video.
- Added option to show the number of notifications and unread inbox messages to the title bar.
- Added ability to replace or append Facebook timestamps (eg. "45 minutes ago") with Facebook Fixer timestamps (eg "11:30").
- Added ability to stetch homepage to 100% width (thanks to jsb).
- Added ability to auto click on 'read more' links.
- Added 2 new localizations:
- Added Slovak localization (thanks to Peter Miksik) and support for dates when using Facebook in Slovak.
- Added Dutch localization (thanks to Larissa van Sunder).
- Updated the list of Facebook Fixer languages on the config screen so that each language name is also written in its own language.
- Updated to detect when you're viewing the home page even though "home.php" isn't in the URL.
- Improved ability to hide sections on the home page: filter list, requests, suggestions, events, pokes, connect with friends.
- Improved cross-browser compatibility (especially with Google Chrome/Chromium).
- Split the config screen into sections.
- Added "advanced" options (changing timeouts/intervals).
- Added some new keyboard shortcuts:
- D - Birthdays
- E - Events
- L - Logout (only selects the link, you have to press Enter afterwards to actually logout)
- R - Requests
- Plus several new shortcuts for chaning the filter on the home page (check out the list on the config screen)
- Fixed ability to make chat buddies bold/italic since Facebook broke it.
- Fixed ability to hide idle contacts.
- Fixed bug causing excessive CPU usage and/or freezing of the browser (the script now processes the page at regular intervals).
- Fixed bug causing the video download link to appear repeatedly when using facebook fixer in certain languages.
- Removed a lot of code that is no longer needed: listening for changes; auto-refreshing the feeds; hiding/moving highlights; showing rounded profile pics; much more...
- Started to implement proper version numbers and added a proper license (BSD-style).
- General code maintenance and improvements.
- Addressed a change by Facebook that caused Facebook Fixer to detect characters as keyboard shorcurts when typing a status message.
- Corrected interval between checks for new posts in the news feed.
- Added a Greek localization (thanks to DoSMaN).
- Updated the Spanish localization.
- Fixed bug where some dates were not being parsed correctly.
- Added support for parsing dates in Bulgarian.
- Added a Bulgarian localization (thanks to dnbace).
- Added ability to change menu transparency on hover.
- Added more granular control over transparency levels.
- Added option to hide idle buddies in the buddy list.
- Added option to differentiate available and idle buddies using bold and italic text.
- Added option to delay appearance of popup pics by a small amount of time.
- Added option to keep the home page's filter list on the screen even after scrolling down (only if it is in the left column).
- The option to move highlights to the bottom of the right-hand column of the home page is now enabled by default.
- Ability to block third-party posts should work in Safari again (thanks again to sizzlemctwizzle).
- Modified link for opening config screen so it looks like the links next to it.
- Modified link for viewing all tagged photos so it looks like the links next to it.
- Updated style for 'all' link on tagged photos page so it fits in properly.
- Fixed problem where age might be shown incorrectly on the person's birthday.
- Fixed bug preventing the filter list from moving to the right-hand column in some circumstances.
- Removed option for showing rounded profile pictures due to a change made by Facebook.
- Popup pictures once again work with profile pictures and thumbnails of videos.
- The video download link has been restyled to match the links above it.
- The link for loading all thumbnails in an album has been restyled to match the links next to it.
- Localization:
- Added a German localization (thanks to Connum).
- Added an Italian localization (thanks to HeartRipper).
- Added option to force Facebook Fixer to use a certain language.
- The "Update Now" button in the update notifcation works again.
- Added ability to run on HTTPS pages. Please note that some scripts that modify Facebook links to point to HTTPS URLs do so in a way that stops Facebook Fixer from working. I will be adding this functionality (in a more compatible, less obtrusive way) to the next version of the script.
- Added a refresh button to the bottom of the configuration screen.
- The method of checking for updates has been rewritten to use less bandwidth.
- Added support for a new type of popup picture.
- Localization:
- Added a French translation (thanks to Aelidnel).
- Added translations in a couple more places.
- When using Greasemonkey/Firefox, tranlating text by selecting text and pressing T (shift + t) will show the translation on the page instead of opening a new window.
- Improved cross-browser compatibility - should now work in Safari as well as Opera. Please note that checking for updates in these browsers does not work as yet, and you should also read the Customization section further down on this page.
- Fixed a bug where loading all tagged photos would redirect you to the person's profile.
- Fixed a bug preventing the 'Suggestion' section of the home page from hiding completely when set to do so.
- Fixed a bug that caused the filter list to appear in the wrong place when set to appear in the right hand column.
- Fixed a bug in Opera preventing some popup photos from showing.
- Added support for multiple languages. See the Translations section for details.
- Selecting text on any page and pressing T (shift + t) will open a new window translating the text with Google Translate (use the config screen to modify the language to translate to).
- More modifications options to the home page (all are disabled by default, use the config screen to enable):
- Move the filters to the top of the right-hand column
- Move the highlights to the bottom of the right-hand column
- Left-align homepage content so its not blocked by the chat popup
- Modified to support the new username system.
- Holding CTRL when searching from the top menu bar will open results in a new tab.
- Today's birthdays are shown in bold on the home page.
- The links to show all images now works for any number of images in regular albums, profile pics and tagged photos.
- Added an option to automatically block messages on the homepage from applications not created by Facebook itself. (thanks to sizzlemctwizzle)
- Made modifications that make the script more likely to run in other browsers. Other browsers will not be able to save settings however. I have tested in Opera 9.6 and everything apart from saving settings seemed to work fine.
- General improvements to script efficiency and miscellaneous bug fixes.
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