Script Updater

By alien_scum Last update Jul 28, 2007 — Installed 38,039 times. Daily Installs: 25, 10, 9, 16, 18, 15, 11, 19, 10, 11, 11, 10, 17, 18, 10, 13, 13, 9, 23, 14, 16, 10, 7, 15, 13, 17, 16, 20, 13, 16, 17, 12
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Regularly checks us.o for updates for all of your scripts.
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What to do

Simply install the script and refresh the page, it will open in a new tab and start looking up your scripts. Wait for it to finish (you can leave it in the background), and you're done.
It will probably spam you with updates for scripts the first time you run it but after that it should be unintrusive. If you click cancel it won't ask until the script is updated again.

Checking for scripts again

You shouldn't have to run the initial setup again, as every time you install a script off us.o it is added to the update list (this can be used as a workaround if some script is not updating correctly for some reason). However if for some reason you wish to do so simple go to about:cache#scriptupdater

Warning

Due to the way it locates your current script it will not work with Firefox portable (or have disabled disk caching for any other reason).
Any ideas on how to fix this would be greatly appreciated.

How it works

The script stores a list of the scripts you have on your computer and where to find them on us.o. It then looks for updates for them every three days. If the script on the site is different from the one on your computer it asks if you want to update. simple.

Updates

  • 28 July 2007
    • Fixed table sort. (now not case dependant)
    • Added untested vista support. (thanks ChronoStriker1)
    • Added support for long names. (thanks daniel Rozenberg)
  • 9 June 2007
    • Made table sortable.
    • fixed bug of matching tag not script. (thanks Matthew P.)
    • Added support for multiple matches.
  • 24 May 2007
    • Attempt at adding support for different language XP. (un tested)
  • 24 May 2007
    • fixed issues with white space around titles. (thanks Junk Blocker)
    • improved but untested mac compatibility. (thanks Matthew P.)
  • 13 May 2007
    • fixed for scripts with special character in the titles (thanks Junk Blocker)
  • 28 April 2007
    • fixed it so it actually works
    • removed <wbr> from profile path</wbr>
    • detected installing new scripts from us.o

If you like this script feel free to donate.

People are having problems with non-English windows and linux. I'll do my best to fix it, however, this is kind of to be expected as the script uses a complicated hack to find your profile, something greasemonkey tries hard (for very good reasons) to not let scripts do. if all esle fails you can enter the file:// url for your profile in the about:config