[Greasemonkey] Second attempt: Greasemonkey 0.6.6.20061015.0

[Aaron Boodman]

Interesting points.

On 10/16/06, Henrik Nyh <henrik at nyh.se> wrote:
> 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

Good point, I would like to do this, but I'm not sure how much work it
is. Previously GM commands impl. took advantage of the fact that it
was the only thing in the menu. Commands aren't really working well at
all right now (sometimes there are dupes) so I think most people
aren't using them (are you?). Perhaps this can be fixed in a future
release.

> > * 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).

So this is tools > Greasemonkey > install script that we're talking
about, right? It works for me. Do you see any errors in your js
console after viewing the menu?

> 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.

That's true. Extensions have this behavior as well I believe, right? I
think that's just something we'll have to live with for now. If
someone's interested, they could look into hacking around it.

> 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.

I tried to keep it easy to view source, as I love that feature of GM
today. I think putting it in the context menu is a good compromise
between people like us and the rest of the potential users of GM who
don't know what to make of user script source.


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