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Great script. I would like the option to sort movies that are available for instant viewing to the end of my DVD queue so I don't waste DVD slots on movies that I can watch online. Perhaps you could make that part of the functionality of the "Sort by Availability" button, but only if the user sets a preference since not everybody uses Netflix's instant viewing feature. Thanks for all your hard work. |
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Hi s.j.mck, Thanks for your message and letting me know your suggestion for improving the script. First of all, anything is pretty much possible. So with the following question I'm trying to see what would make more sense to you. Rather than moving them to the bottom, which would mean they'd be incorrectly sorted, would you benefit more from just hiding those rows altogether? Or would you want to be able to jump to the bottom of the page to review them as "separate" from the rest without having to make them visible first? The script could remember your "hide" decision so you would never see an instant playable title in your DVD Queue again unless you revised your decision. Let me know what you think. |
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Let me retract my previous statement about hiding instant playable titles from the DVD Queue. I just noticed that hiding titles will lead to confusion and disappointment. Let's say a title is in your DVD Queue that becomes instantly playable. It then also shows up in the Instant Queue. After watching it instantly, you delete it from the Instant Queue. Unfortunately perhaps, the title will remain in the DVD Queue. If my script were to hide instant playable titles in the DVD Queue, you would be unaware that an instantly playable title is at the top of your queue and you would be surprised to get something shipped to you that you just saw instantly. So I think you're right. Maybe a configurable option to sort instantly playable titles to the bottom in stead of the top would be best. I'll add your suggestion to my to-do list. Thanks again! |
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I think the best solution would be to have a "Move To End" button that functions just like the "Move To Top" button for individual titles, but I don't know that such a thing would fall within the scope of your extension. |
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Thanks again for the feedback, s.j.mck. I've split the "Sort" button for the playability column into two, so you can move the playable titles to the top or bottom of the queue. You can install it here: http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/35183 . I've added your suggestion for a "Move to End" to my TODO list. I think it fits within the scope of the script, as it deals with "queue management". I'll have to really study the Netflix JavaScript to see if it's possible to make it behave exactly like the "Move to Top" button, animation and all. That takes time, so no promises for the short term. :) |
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Thanks, Maarten. Great work! |