[Greasemonkey] Second attempt: Greasemonkey 0.6.6.20061015.0

[Henrik Nyh]

Aaron Boodman wrote:
> Here goes. Quite a few changes from 0.6.6.20061008.0:
> 
> * Got rid of the little textbox for viewing script source. Now, View
> Script Source opens the script in a tab. The tab gets the same yellow
> install banner that it did before.
> * Moved greasemonkey tools menu options into a single menu.

I would strongly suggest moving the User Script Commands out into the 
same level as Install/Manage/New. I felt they were almost too deep into 
the menu hierarchy before, and this is definitely too deep for me to 
want to use them. So my suggestion would be to have e.g. this under 
Tools > Greasemonkey:

Install User Script...
Manage User Scripts...
New User Script
---
Name of Command #1
Name of Command #2

If there are no commands, there would be nothing under "New User 
Script", or perhaps some inactive text like "No commands are available."

Oh, and does anyone use "New User Script"? Also, what with the 
installation banner and dialog, perhaps the "Install User Script..." 
menu item is not necessary. If these are both removed, I don't think 
it'd be very cluttery to put stuff into the Tools top level again, so:

Extensions
Themes
---
Some other tools
---
Manage User Scripts...
---
Name of Command #1
Name of Command #2

> * Made "Install this user script" tools menu option only visible when
> actually viewing a script (I remember several new users were always
> confused by this).

Not so for me. Firefox 1.5.0.7/Mac. Tools > GM > Install is visible and 
active (not grayed out) for non-scripts (but clicking it in that case 
does nothing).

> * Made the "install user script" option in context menu bold to
> indicate that it is the default option.
> 
> * Added "view script source" to context menu when right-clicking on a
> user script link. This goes straight to the script source in a tab,
> instead of popping up the install dialog. Should be useful for
> advanced users and developers.

Right-clicking and selecting "Open link in new tab" (I realize this != 
View Script Source), or Cmd+clicking for the same effect (on the Mac) 
will open the install dialog but also a blank tab.

I still miss the previous "ease-of-source", but since the advanced users 
that care can script around it by adding a dummy hash or query string, I 
suppose it doesn't really matter. Perhaps userscripts.org can be 
convinced to offer both installation links and "source" links.

> <snip>
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> - a

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Henrik Nyh
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