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GM Script: Flickr disable/enable photo notes [Updated 30-Dec]

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alto maltés is a group administrator alto maltés says:

Disables notes on a Flickr photo page, and strikes out the “This photo has notes…” message. Clicking on that message then re-enables/disables notes.

Install


In more detail…

After installing the script, notes will be not be displayed on photos. However when a photo has notes you will still know it because you will still be able to see the “This photo has notes. Move your mouse over the photo to see them.” message beneath the photo description (but it will be stricken out to remind you that you have notes disabled).

You may toggle between “notes disabled” and “notes enabled” and back by clicking on that message. This setting is applied to all photos, so if you would like to re-enable notes only while viewing a particular photo, don’t forget to re-disable when you’re done.


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This script was built in response to this other post
Originally posted at 6:31PM, 27 December 2007 PST ( permalink )
alto maltés edited this topic 24 months ago.

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birdyboo  Pro User  says:

alto maltés Thank you so much for this script.

I like notes, think they have a useful place, but I can't tell you how often my enjoyment of a photo has been diminished because of a thoughtlessly placed note. It's really hard to get that initial image out of the mind.

This is the way the feature should be implemented. in my opinion It's respectful of everyone - photographer, note placer, and viewers. Thank you!
Posted 25 months ago. ( permalink )

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Zoolcar9 says:

I love it. This will come in handy.

Originally posted 25 months ago. ( permalink )
Zoolcar9 edited this topic 25 months ago.

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alto maltés is a group administrator alto maltés says:

birdyboo, Zoolcar9, daboogiemansWHAT?, great :) Thanks.
Posted 25 months ago. ( permalink )

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Pixel Wrangler  Pro User  says:

alto maltés, I installed this script in a New York Minute ! Thank you!
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

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Pixel Wrangler  Pro User  says:

Hmmm ... I was gonna let some folks know about this over in Flickr Ideas, when I stumbled upon this GM Script to block notes. (I haven't tried it.)
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

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Todd Kravos  Pro User  says:

Wow! This is FANTASTIC. Thank you so much for sharing this.
I too wonder why Flickr didn't do it this way.
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

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birdyboo  Pro User  says:

Pixel Wrangler I've tried that script. It removes the notes without a trace if I recall. That's ok if you never want to see or know about notes but if you just want to have control over when you see the notes alto maltés script is the way to go. It is by far the best implementation of notes I have seen.

Todd Kravos Me too.
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

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Pixel Wrangler  Pro User  says:

I'm running alto's scipt, Flickr disable/enable photo notes, and love it.

I just looked at a photo (one of my contacts), and saw a note that had been added by the contact (herself). There wasn't any blurb under the photo that "This photo has Notes" ...

Is this by design -- that a note added by the owner of the photo will show up, or a glitch?

I wonder what would happen if there were notes from both the owner and from a viewer ...
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

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alto maltés is a group administrator alto maltés says:

Pixel Wrangler, no it’s not by design... it's a bug!

On the assumption that all photos with notes display the blurb, I used the presence of the blurb as an indicator that the photo has notes… so that if a photo doesn’t have any notes, the script doesn’t stay trying to hide them… wrong assumption!

I’ll sort it out… thanks!
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

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Pixel Wrangler  Pro User  says:

Hmmm ... I'm torn ;-)

On the one hand, the added note from the owner "adds a lot" to the overall sentiment of the photograph.

On the other hand, the purpose of the script is to "remove notes".

(And yes, the toggle feature would allow one to see it ... but I doubt I would use it, and thus would miss that added sentiment.) It's interesting in that an owner can add a note, while still disabling others to leave a note.

Ahhh ... if this is my biggest dilemma, I'm doing pretty well ;-)
Originally posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )
Pixel Wrangler edited this topic 24 months ago.

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alto maltés is a group administrator alto maltés says:

Pixel Wrangler, apparently Flickr doesn’t insert the “blurb” when the photo contains no description (such as the photo you pointed me to). I’ve updated the script so that the way in which it detects whether there are notes or not is independent of the blurb’s presence, and if it is missing, it introduces it. All you have to do is reinstall… Thank you!
Originally posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )
alto maltés edited this topic 24 months ago.

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Pixel Wrangler  Pro User  says:

alto maltés -- FWIW, it is now working on that same photo, and I haven't reinstalled the script.

Perhaps a reinstall isn't necessary (?)

[You are a fast coder!]
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

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alto maltés is a group administrator alto maltés says:

Pixel Wrangler, hehe. It might be related to the fact that in the meantime you added a comment to that same photo… so let us consider ourselves lucky to have discovered the bug!

The updated version is better… it will work in more circumstances than the former… so if I were you I’d reinstall!
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

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Pixel Wrangler  Pro User  says:

alto maltés, oh you are the aware one! Very good catch -- I would have missed that simple fact for sure!

I have reinstalled the script -- thank you.

Happy New Year to you and yours.
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

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alto maltés is a group administrator alto maltés says:

Pixel Wrangler, same to you!
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

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alto maltés is a group administrator alto maltés says:

daboogiemansWHAT?, haha :) Happy new year!
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

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ehcloninger  Pro User  says:

Excellent script. Exactly what I was looking for. Thank you!
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

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Old Coyote  Pro User  says:

alto maltés
I installed your script as soon as I heard of it. Thanks for writing it, Alto. No more photo graffiti!!!
Posted 6 months ago. ( permalink )

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clickykbd  Pro User  says:

I haven't been in this group in a while, wowow great script idea (re: all the ranting about notes in other relevant groups).

:-)
Posted 6 months ago. ( permalink )

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alto maltés is a group administrator alto maltés says:

I’m glad you find the script useful :)

In this zone of the Flickrverse when we want something we build a script that does it. Viva Greasemonkey! :)
Posted 6 months ago. ( permalink )

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Dan Goorevitch  Pro User  says:

Alto! Wonderful! One question? Does it work in Google Chrome or just FF?
Posted 4 months ago. ( permalink )

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Dan Goorevitch  Pro User  says:

Can someone tell me how to do this please?
Posted 2 months ago. ( permalink )

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GustavoG moved to http://23hq.com/GustavoG is a group administrator GustavoG moved to http://23hq.com/GustavoG  Pro User  says:

Dan Goorevitch: go to the beginning of this thread. Click on the "install" link. That will bring you to the script page at userscripts.org. Click there on the prominent, green "Install" button. Follow instructions.

This assumes you already have GreaseMonkey installed.
Posted 2 months ago. ( permalink )

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