A Better eBay Filter version 6.0 for eBay redesign

NOTE: For the script to work properly, choose List View, not Gallery View.

Summary

The Greasemonkey script A Better eBay Filter has been updated to version 6.0. An eBay redesign caused version 5.0 of the script to completely fail. A significant rewrite of code was made in version 6.0 to restore proper operation.

A Better eBay Filter is a Greasemonkey script designed for users of eBay. It filters eBay searches to hide item entries from sellers who have a feedback score or positive percentage below values you specify, or above for feedback score, or Top-rated sellers. The input values can be dynamically changed to filter items into or out of view. Last-used values are saved between browsing sessions. Purchasers use A Better eBay Filter to winnow the display of auctions to sellers they want to bid with.

A Better eBay Filter may be downloaded either from the devoresoftware.com site or the userscripts.org site.

If you have questions about using the script, this is the place to post them.

Google Reader Clicked is Read script

Download the Google Reader Clicked is Read script, grclickedisread.user.js:
http://www.devoresoftware.com/gm/grcir/grclickedisread.user.js. Also available on the userscripts.org site at http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/140290.

Summary

Written by user request, this script for Google Reader marks an item as read if the title link is clicked, when in expanded view.

Honestly, I thought Reader already did that since it seems the most logical behavior, but I checked several times and situations by clicking a title link, and the item was not marked as read.

Detail

grclickedisread works by setting an event handler for all active title links that precede and follow the current item, as set by Google Reader. It starts at the first entry if no current item is set. The event handler is triggered by a click on the item’s title link, and simulates a click on the Mark as read checkbox for that item.

The script checks for Google Reader’s internal flag of which entry is the current item five times a second. The check frequency is not set to a higher number of checks to avoid performance issues with the script running too often. Setting the check frequency lower increases the possibility that a user will click a title link before the script has a chance to set an event handler for link.

It may happen that a quick scroll and click occurs too rapidly for the Google Reader Clicked is Read script to process, but this should be a rare event. Worst case is, for that click, Google Reader behaves as it does without the script, that is, the item is not marked as read.

Post here with questions, comments, or problems.

Elance Killfile Script

Download the Elance kill-file script: http://www.devoresoftware.com/gm/elk/elancekiller.user.js. Also available on the userscripts.org site at http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/138991

Summary

Written in response to an anonymous Elance user request, elancekiller is a Elance kill-file Greasemonkey script. The script removes from your view all Water Cooler forum posts by anyone whose ID you place in the script.

elancekiller will filter out the post by the ID listed and, if present, any replies to this post. It does not filter out the starting topic post, even if posted by an ID on the kill-file list.

To properly use this script, you must edit the list of killfiled users in the script to match your own preferences. Here’s what you need to do:

Go to line 19:

var killThisIDList = [

Three names I used for killfile testing are on the lines immediately following:

“e_rajk”,
“Elance_Victor”,
“devoresoftware”

Delete or comment out (with a leading //) those three lines and add the line containing the member’s ID you wish to killfile. If you have multiple people you wish to killfile, add each ID in quotes separated by a comma, with no comma after the last name. For example to killfile Elance_Admin and elance_garnor, you would add the lines:

“Elance_Admin”,
“elance_garnor”

These are only examples! I used Elance administrators so as not to single out any normal users. Almost certainly you do not want to filter out posts by these IDs.

Remember to save and reload the browser page using the newly modified script.

If you have any questions, you can post them here.

Google Reader Kill Stars For Tags, new Greasemonkey script

Download the Google Reader Kill Stars For Tags script: http://www.devoresoftware.com/gm/grkst/grkillstartags.user.js. Also available on the userscripts.org site at http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/128712

Summary

A user requested a script which would remove stars from Google Reader entries for matching tags. Edit the Google Reader Kill Stars For Tags script to set the tags you want unstarred. When activated, the script stars items loaded in the main items pane, for expanded view only, by simulating a mouse click on each entry with a matching tag. After Google Reader is loaded, from the browser menu choose Tools/Greasemonkey/User Script Commands/Remove stars in Google Reader for tags to process the loaded entries.

Details

Google Reader Kill Stars For Tags will remove stars on entries in Google Reader which match a particular tag. To make the script work properly for you, you will need to edit the source code to insert the item tags that you want to unstar. Look at lines 14-17:

var unStarThisTag = [
"favorite",
"favorites"
];

This is the list of item tags you want unstarred. Change the current tags to your preferred tags, placing each tag in quote and ending each line with a comma, except for the last tag line. The script will loop through each tag for each Google Reader item, attempting to match it to existing tags for that item. If successful, it will remove the star for the entry.

An important restriction is that you must be in expanded view when running the script. Unfortunately, list view does not contain the tag information and the script cannot work without that information. Also, remember that only items which are loaded into the pane will be processed, Google Reader Kill Stars For Tags cannot process entries which have not been loaded.

This script is dependent on the internals of Google Reader and future changes by Google or untested browser configurations may prove problematic.

A Better eBay Filter version 5.0, works with recent eBay changes

NOTE: For the script to work properly, choose List View (not Gallery View), and turn on the Seller details option in Customize View, so that the seller information is displayed in the listings.

Summary

The Greasemonkey script A Better eBay Filter has been updated to version 5.0. Recent eBay changes to their search webpage internals broke earlier versions of the script. Several changes were made to the script to restore full functionality.

A Better eBay Filter may be downloaded either from the devoresoftware.com site or the userscripts.org site.

Let me know if you have questions or problems.

A Better eBay Filter version 4.1, supports new eBay search links

Summary

The Greasemonkey script A Better eBay Filter has been updated to version 4.1 to support new eBay search links that were not recognized by previous versions of the script.

This is a minor change. One line was added to support additional links:

// @include http://www.ebay.*/sch/*


The script may be downloaded either from the devoresoftware.com site or the userscripts.org site.

Please post if you have any problems or questions about the script.

Google Reader Make Stars, new Greasemonkey script

Download the Google Reader Make Stars script: http://www.devoresoftware.com/gm/grms/grmakestars.user.js. Also available on the userscripts.org site at http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/104626

Summary

A user requested a script which would add stars to Google Reader for matching tags. Edit the Google Reader Make Stars script to set the tags you want starred. When activated, the script stars items loaded in the main items pane, for expanded view only, by simulating a mouse click on each entry with a matching tag. After Google Reader is loaded, from the browser menu choose Tools/Greasemonkey/User Script Commands/Make Stars in Google Reader to process the loaded entries.

Details

Google Reader Make Stars will star items in Google Reader which match a particular tag. To make the script work properly for you, you will need to edit the source code to insert the item tags that you want to star. Look at lines 14-17:

var starThisTag = [
"horse",
"cow"
];

This is the list of item tags you want starred. Change the current tags to your preferred tags, placing each tag in quote and ending each line with a comma, except for the last tag line. The script will loop through each tag for each Google Reader item, attempting to match it to existing tags for that item. If successful, it will star the item.

An important restriction is that you must be in expanded view when running the script. Unfortunately, list view does not contain the tag information and the script cannot work without that information. Also, remember that only items which are loaded into the pane will be processed, Google Reader Make Stars cannot process entries which have not been loaded.

This script is dependent on the internals of Google Reader and future changes by Google or untested browser configurations may prove problematic.