[Greasemonkey] Greasemonkeyed.com, userscript.org, forums, source code, and the future of our community

[Jason Diamond]

On 10/17/05, Christopher Lam <christopher.lck at gmail.com> wrote:
> Is anyone still hacking on userscripts.org <http://userscripts.org>?
>
> I would love to edit my scripts in place, i.e. textbox instead of fumbling
> about with "Upload". Personally this would save me from the following:
> Edit script.user.js > Hack, hack, hack > (works!) > Upload > Locate
> script.user.js deep in FF structure > upload
> to...
> Edit script.user.js > Hack hack hack (works!) > SelectAll,Copy > Edit in
> userscripts.org <http://userscripts.org> > Submit

Since US.O tracks the original script location, I'd rather have it
update itself. Why do I have to upload a script to my server and then
log in to US.O and update it there, too?

In fact, why is US.O even "hosting" scripts at all for scripts that
have known hosts? If the script is on a host, shouldn't it just
forward users to that host for installing the script?

Caching the script is a great idea for when the original host ever
goes down but I don't see why the cached (potentially out-of-date)
copy needs to be the one most users install (because they're more
likely to click on the big title as opposed to the smaller "Original
Source Location" link).

A link that says something like
"the-original-host-is-down-please-let-me-install-the-last-known-version-of-this-script"
would be very useful.

As would metadata in the script describing the version number, release
date, etc. I know this has been discussed to death on this list but
that discussion didn't seem to end up anywhere. Maybe if US.O just
goes and implements something, we can all follow its lead and be
happy.

--
Jason