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Yahoo! E-mail Easy Checker Greasemonkey Script

badsegue — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 04:45:37 +0000

Update!

The script has been updated to accommodate changes yahoo made to their old mail pages. The URL changed slightly, among other things. Re-install the script, as described below

make your clicking life easier!

This simple script makes it easier to select messages in your Yahoo! mail account. Once installed, you’ll be able to:

Select a message by clicking anywhere on the row, instead of just the tiny little checkbox.
Select a range of messages using SHIFT-click, the way you would in a file explorer.

Install this as you would any Greasemonkey script:
Yahoo! e-mail easy checker

Netflix Implements Their Own Drag and Drop

badsegue — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 16:46:55 +0000

Netflix has finally provided their own drag-and-drop capability on their Queue page. If you have this enabled, it will interfere with the queue manager. Greasemonkey users of the Netflix Queue Manager script should disable the greasemonkey script if they prefer the new Netflix page. If you wish to continue using the Queue Manager script you can disable the new Netflix feature. Simply access your Account Options page and make sure the “Enable drag and drop in the Queue” option is unchecked.

The standard Netflix queue still lacks any sorting or randomizing capabilities.

Netflix Tools Update

badsegue — Sun, 26 Mar 2006 07:11:13 +0000

updates

Netflix recently updated the visual appearance of their site, which caused some problems for the Netflix Queue Manager and the Netflix Ratings Grabber. If you notice that either of these are not working as before, clear your browser’s cache to force the latest versions to load.

The changes Netflix made really seem to slow down page loads, especially on the queue page. They also reorganized some of the page elements, so now the DVDs awaiting release form is now inside the same form that contains the DVDs currently in your queue. This threw off the Manager code that extracts the page elements. That outer form is hidden when the Manager loads, so now the unreleased DVD list is also hidden.

The Ratings Grabber was updated to handle changes in the class names used on the Ratings History page.