Flickr Hacks / Discuss

GEEZETH    says:

Thank´s doc18 !!!
Posted 44 months ago. (permalink)

Vaguely Artistic    says:

Thanks for adding the colon to the to-do list!

Back when I first noticed you adding icons to to your replies you explained how I could add the code manually; When I started adding the icons to my own replies the response was so crazy that I had to create a boilerplate reply that included step-by-step instructions for all the questions I was getting about the icons. I'm glad to see that all these years later your hard work has paid off with such a popular script :)
Posted 44 months ago. (permalink)

peemo says:

I'd like to confirm that version 3.3 of your script works perfectly in Safari on the Mac, so I would like to express my appreciation of your efforts. I'm not a computer hacker but I knew my way around the file system enough to be able to install GreaseKit 1.5 (on my wife's iBook OS10.4.11/Safari 3.0.2) before installing your script.
FYI: I made a minor change to the script so the page would display 'reply with name / icon / icon&name' instead of 'reply with name / icon / icon' (using & in one place).
Thanks again.
Originally posted 43 months ago. (permalink)
peemo edited this topic 43 months ago.

corn1971    says:

Works like a charm. Thx
Posted 43 months ago. (permalink)

Faisal~    says:

doc18, This the most useful script I have found on Flickr :-)

Thanks...
Originally posted 43 months ago. (permalink)
Faisal~ edited this topic 43 months ago.

saicode    says:

Raymond:

Very nice idea to have icons there but I feel like those icons are little too big and clutter up the page visually as you see them repeatedly (especially if you have some other scripts installed). Some simple icon with small size and matching Flickr's color palate would be less obtrusive.

This is how it looks on my screen:


This is what I mean:


keep up the nice work!
Originally posted 43 months ago. (permalink)
saicode edited this topic 43 months ago.

saicode    says:

Btw, I really like the V3_3 !
Posted 43 months ago. (permalink)

saul.davis says:

This is my favourite flickr GM add on. Thanks. I agree with saicode, the icons are way too big. Actually 3 buttons are too much, enough to have a name and icon reply OR the double name + icon only. Thanks again and really my only complaint is the domineering size of buttons on the page.
Saul
Originally posted 43 months ago. (permalink)
saul.davis edited this topic 43 months ago.

Dr. RawheaD    says:

I would just like to add that I too can confirm that the script works with Safari + Greasekit (which is almost a miracle... a good 80% of Greasemonkey scripts don't), so THANK YOU!


And

peemo

Thanks to you, too, for that tip. For a second there I couldn't figure out why there were two "icon" links. Fixed mine as well to read "icon & name" ;-)
Posted 42 months ago. (permalink)

starphototegal [deleted] says:

thanks alot!
Posted 42 months ago. (permalink)

starphototegal [deleted] says:

starphototegal starphototegal
thanks alot [just wanna to try]..
Posted 42 months ago. (permalink)

starphototegal [deleted] says:

rawheadrex saul.davis saul.davis
hi guys.. just another try.. wow! it's work... thanks doc!8
Posted 42 months ago. (permalink)

Ken Mott    says:

Looks like i got it fixed.
Posted 42 months ago. (permalink)

polapix    says:

doc18
Cool - it works now after I cleared the error console. Thanks !
Posted 42 months ago. (permalink)

MUNDOJO says:

it works perfectly!!!
thank you very much :D
Posted 42 months ago. (permalink)

PopsiclePete says:

clearly I'm on something because I've got GM, then I clicked on your link for v3.3 and I link to a page and it doesn't prompt me, I just get a jumbled mess of text
Posted 41 months ago. (permalink)

Sailor.Dave says:

Works beautifully, and I use it all the time now- thanks so much!
Posted 41 months ago. (permalink)

Arty Smokes (deaf mute) says:

PopsiclePete www.bobochu.com/files/greasemonkey/flickrbuddyiconreply3_... should automatically ask if you want to view the source or install it. Something in your browsing preferences is presumably automatically showing the JS text in your browser instead of letting you install it. You probably need to change your file associations for .js files. It depends which OS you are using as to how to do that, but re-installing GM might fix it.
Posted 41 months ago. (permalink)

Gerla Brakkee    says:

Hi Doc18,

I've got Firefox 3.0.5 now and your wonderful script is not working for me. Before the upgrade it worked fine and now I am missing it very much.

Other scripts I use are:
All Sizes
Contacts organizer
Rich edit
inline text editor
Groups organizer
More sparkles
Quick comment
Flickr PM

I hope you can help me!
Posted 41 months ago. (permalink)

Arty Smokes (deaf mute) says:

Gerla Brakkee Try re-installing the script. No probs here with FF3.
Posted 41 months ago. (permalink)

Gerla Brakkee    says:

I did that already and it's still not working.
Posted 41 months ago. (permalink)

kraig7777 says:

Gerla Brakkee Just a test. Looks like it's working for me.
Posted 41 months ago. (permalink)

Mustafa Maluka    says:

Nice :)
Posted 40 months ago. (permalink)

f e d o r a [deleted] says:

Hi Doc 18,
I agree with Gerla Brakke - After the upgrade (to version 3.0.6) it stopped working when I click on the "icon reply" it does nothing. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling it a couple of times. Also tried uninstalling all the other scripts to prevent confliction. Still it doesn't work. I was wondering if you could help me with this..
Posted 40 months ago. (permalink)

zyrcster    says:

If you're using this with FlickrPM, make sure PM is above it the list.

Also, I am using this with no problem on FF 3.0.6, but I am on Mac OSX.
Posted 40 months ago. (permalink)

Wil C. Fry    says:

I began using "Better Flickr" extension for Firefox, and it made this script unnecessary... No problems so far.
Posted 40 months ago. (permalink)

doc18    says:

I have latest FF on OSX, WinXP & Ubuntu and the script works fine. As usual probably a clash with other scripts works in similar areas of the page. Re-installing your scripts in different order may fix it as zyrcster said.

I don't believe the creator of "Better Flickr" ever contacted me about including this script in the add-on, but it does so you are using without realising. Well, it includes an old version of my script anyway.
Posted 40 months ago. (permalink)

doc18    says:

I know it is frustrating but before re-installing, it is a good idea to clear your broswer cache and restart FF.
Posted 40 months ago. (permalink)

Alex Dram says:

Thanks for creating this awesome script in the first place!
It seems that it stopped working today on the image comments but works in the discussions (like here). Is is so or is it just me?
Posted 40 months ago. (permalink)

(matt)    says:

me to, same thing, in discussion it works. but, on images it doesn't.
Posted 40 months ago. (permalink)

Claudecf    says:

for me it doesn't work anywhere. Not in discussions and not on images. I cleared my browser cache, restarted and it still doesn't work Will try to move it in the queue. I love that script!
Posted 40 months ago. (permalink)

Claudecf    says:

(matt) sorry, it just looks different but it does work in discussions!
Posted 40 months ago. (permalink)

zyrcster    says:

Yea, the underlying code on the photo pages seems to have changed, so it's not working on photo pages, but does work in discussions.
Posted 40 months ago. (permalink)

VisualFlux™    says:

yes, like here. doesn't ANYWHERE else anymore -- broken as of about an hour ago.

=(((
Posted 40 months ago. (permalink)

.Manisha.    says:

Doesn't work for me anywhere. I thougt it was a problem with my install so I reinstalled but to no avail. There is a whole bunch of new errors in the Error Console.
Posted 40 months ago. (permalink)

VisualFlux™    says:

flickr must have made a major change to its CSS. pity they couldn't do something useful like upgrade their servers.
Originally posted 40 months ago. (permalink)
VisualFlux™ edited this topic 40 months ago.

(matt)    says:

looks like a structural change. discussions still use tables and photos appear to just use divs now.
Posted 40 months ago. (permalink)

Ouissi    says:

I'm glad I found this thread...i thought I was going mad as the links were there not long ago. Now they are just gone ;(
Posted 40 months ago. (permalink)

Cayusa    says:

I'm glad I'm not the only one. Mine stopped working as well. Thought I had done something.
Posted 40 months ago. (permalink)

(matt)    says:

i have a hack that works until doc18 gets an official fix out.

insert this at line 177 (right after "comments = "... on line 176)

if (comments.snapshotLength == 0) { comments = document.evaluate("//div[@class='comment-owner Who clearfix']",document,null,XPathResult.UNORDERED_NODE_SNAPSHOT_TYPE,null); }

insert line above as one line and then go to line 183 (right after "var said = who"...) and insert this line:

if (said == null) { said = who.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1]; }

save, reload photo page.

should look like this:
farm4.static.flickr.com/3334/3270307146_4726f90513_o.jpg
Originally posted 40 months ago. (permalink)
(matt) edited this topic 40 months ago.

Glatze mit Kamera says:

for me it works also just in discussions...
has anyone noticed that there are a few other scripts also not running? like "move comment form up" and "easy photo post"
Posted 40 months ago. (permalink)

(matt)    says:

yeah, i noticed that 'move comment form up' stopped as well.
Posted 40 months ago. (permalink)

~~dave~~    says:

hmm.. work around doesn't seem to work for me..

edit - nevermind.. I need to learn to read more closely. bless you for the quick work around :-)
Originally posted 40 months ago. (permalink)
~~dave~~ edited this topic 40 months ago.

VisualFlux™    says:

i have the latest rev. of Flickr Buddy Icon Reply and lines 176 & 177 look like this:

if (imgSrc.indexOf('http://www.flickr.com/images/buddyicon.jpg') == -1) {
h4.appendChild(document.createTextNode(', '));

also, there is no "comments = " anywhere in the script.
Posted 40 months ago. (permalink)

(matt)    says:

hmm. the source i modified was 3.3 (from the link at the beginning of this topic - www.bobochu.com/files/greasemonkey/flickrbuddyiconreply3_...
Posted 40 months ago. (permalink)

VisualFlux™    says:

thanks matt, but now it's completely broken -- not even working here anymore.
Originally posted 40 months ago. (permalink)
VisualFlux™ edited this topic 40 months ago.

Eric M Martin    says:

Here's my fix for v3.3:

Change (line 176):
//td[@class='Who']

to:
//div[contains(@class,'Who')]

And then change (line 181):
var said = who.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('td')[1];

to:
var said = who.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1];

Note: this just fixes the script on the photo page
Originally posted 40 months ago. (permalink)
Eric M Martin edited this topic 40 months ago.

doc18    says:

oh page code changes... v3.3 still works for me on here but not on the photo page. I am looking at it now.
Posted 40 months ago. (permalink)

soul food café    says:

I just installed it for the first time in my live 10 minutes ago and kept wondering why it wasn't working on photo pages. I picked the worst of time, I guess. ^^
Posted 40 months ago. (permalink)

(matt)    says:

ahh, contains(), much more elegant. but, changing td to div will break it in discussions which are still using tables. why they changed the markup for comments and not for discussions is a wonder.
Posted 40 months ago. (permalink)

larigan.    says:

@Eric - thought I copied and pasted it perfectly but it hasn't helped :-(

Right - installed 3.4 and got it back on my photos which is the most important place - thanks a lot! Just lost it on the groups instead which I'm not so fussed about!
Originally posted 40 months ago. (permalink)
larigan. edited this topic 40 months ago.

doc18    says:

Hello everyone. I have just uploaded a quick fix for the photo pages here (v3.4). The reason that it has been broken as discussed above is that Flickr has changed the photo pages HTML structure, and I have geared the code towards the change.

Please note that since the HTML structure of the discussion thread remains in the old format, I am going to wait a little bit to see if Flickr is going to update it inline with the photo pages. So for the time being v3.4 does not work in the discussion threads.

The best way to update is to right-click on the Greasemonkey icon and choose Manage User Scripts, select Flickr Buddy Icon Reply from the list click Uninstall (with the Also uninstall associated prefences checkbox checked). Clear your Firefox's browser cache, restart the browser and navigate back to this page. Finally click on the script link and install it.

Good luck (^_^)

UPDATE: new v3.5 now works for both photos and discussions pages, Flickr Buddy Icon Reply v3.5
Originally posted 40 months ago. (permalink)
doc18 edited this topic 40 months ago.

Eric M Martin    says:

Yeah, realized that after I posted it ;) Your solution catches that, as well as the following (see below)

Thanks for the update. Until we know if they are going to update the group code, the following works on both (modified from 3.3):

Change:
comments = document.evaluate("//td[@class='Who']",document,null,XPathResult.UNORDERED_NODE_SNAPSHOT_TYPE,null);

to:
comments = document.evaluate("//td[@class='Who']",document,null,XPathResult.UNORDERED_NODE_SNAPSHOT_TYPE,null);
var el = 'td';
if (comments.snapshotLength == 0) {
comments = document.evaluate("//div[contains(@class,'Who')]",document,null,XPathResult.UNORDERED_NODE_SNAPSHOT_TYPE,null),
el = 'div';
}

And:
var said = who.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('td')[1];

to:
var said = who.parentNode.getElementsByTagName(el)[1];
Posted 40 months ago. (permalink)

larigan.    says:

I'm totally confused! I'm looking at a picture I uploaded earlier and I have the icon buddy on all the first people who commented but all the comments in the last 60 minutes haven't got the buddy icon. I changed to 3.4 about 40 minutes ago so this is so weird.....I'm going to sleep on it now and trust that something will be better tomorrow :-)
Posted 40 months ago. (permalink)

VisualFlux™    says:

still not working for me. i installed the 3.4 version -- nothing.

closed and restarted the browser too. greasemonkey says all is good, but the buddy icon script is acting like it's not even there.

i'm running FF 3.0.6 under XP Pro.
Posted 40 months ago. (permalink)

VisualFlux™    says:

crap! never mind -- i see it! =))) the option links are now in small type in a new location. seems to work fine -- thanks!
Posted 40 months ago. (permalink)

Wilhemina Lump Lump    says:

hmm mine wont work still...
Posted 40 months ago. (permalink)

Wilhemina Lump Lump    says:

ok scratch that..duh...I see it now..heheeehe new location and smaller...hehehe
Posted 40 months ago. (permalink)

VisualFlux™    says:

Wilhemina Lump Lump

sneaky ain't it. =)
Posted 40 months ago. (permalink)

ξαβλ    says:

Eric M Martin Thanks very much for posting those code modifications... they work perfectly in the 3.0 version as well (I prefer the siting of the reply links in 3.0...)

Oh, and huge thanks to doc18 for writing such a wonderful script in the first place :-)
Posted 40 months ago. (permalink)

HyeStyleShots thank you to a very generous friend    says:

I do not understand why my buddy reply is working on this page but it does not work on any other. :(
ok what are you guys talking about, options new location and smaller please help,
--
Seen in a discussion of the group "Flickr Hacks" (?)
Posted 40 months ago. (permalink)

dear*eric says:

thanks for the fix!!!!

and since you're rewriting anyway, any chance you might integrate something like the flickr quoter script in the future?
the development of that seems to be stalled at the moment..
Originally posted 40 months ago. (permalink)
dear*eric edited this topic 40 months ago.

HyeStyleShots thank you to a very generous friend    says:

oh ok I read back and found the update, thanks gosh I am a dork, I have been hooked on buddy icon so long now, could not think of not having it :) Thanks

--
Seen in a discussion of the group "Flickr Hacks" (?)
Posted 40 months ago. (permalink)

Aaron™    says:

doc... you ROCK!
Posted 40 months ago. (permalink)

RufusZulu    says:

Thanks doc! The upgrade woiks!
Posted 40 months ago. (permalink)

maryse ro    says:

when i try and install i get the following error message:

Script could not be installed [Exception... "Component returned failure code: 0x80520012 (NS_ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND) [nsIChannel.open]" nsresult: "0x80520012 (NS_ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND)" location: "JS frame :: chrome://greasemonkey/content/utils.js :: getContents :: line 244" data: no]

anyone know what this all means? thanks in advance
Posted 40 months ago. (permalink)

Lynn Morag    says:

I upgraded and it replaced the missing link to icons in comments ... but now they have disappeared from threads! :(
Posted 40 months ago. (permalink)

Zoë Gemelli    says:

Hi doc18! Just wanted to say thanks for all of your work on this script. Stopped working for me today, too. I upgraded to v3.4, but it only works in this discussion, not on any photo comments. I just wanted to let you know.
Posted 40 months ago. (permalink)

Eric M Martin    says:

see comments above. If you want it to work on both, you need to make one of the hacks suggested above.
Posted 40 months ago. (permalink)

Eric M Martin    says:

hope you don't mind me posting a modified version of your script - at least until it is working on all pages. If you want me to remove it, let me know.

Here is my modified version of 3.3, what I'm calling 3.4a: install Please use v3.5 from this thread!
Originally posted 40 months ago. (permalink)
Eric M Martin edited this topic 40 months ago.

Zoë Gemelli    says:

I could kiss you Eric! Thank you! I didn't know how to edit, but I figured it out easily enough. Works like a charm! You rock!
Posted 40 months ago. (permalink)

doc18    says:

Thank you very much Eric. I've uploaded your changes as v3.5 :) Didn't have time to work out the page differences last night and you saved the day (^_^)
Posted 40 months ago. (permalink)

doc18    says:

It appears that many folks who's been using the script version older than v3.3 can't find the new location of the links for this script on the pages. Please note in the photo that they have moved inline with the standard Flickr comment options.



The latest v3.5 fixes both photos and discussions page GM Script: Flickr Buddy Icon Reply v3_5
Posted 40 months ago. (permalink)

AMooseinBrighton says:

Thanks kindly for the update! All seems to be working fine now. (Mac OS X + FF3.06)
Posted 40 months ago. (permalink)

Lady Vélo    says:

Thank you so much! I just re-installed it & it's back again - took me a little while to spot the name/icon link - I'm so silly!!! Again, thanks :)
Posted 40 months ago. (permalink)

--Tico--    says:

thanks doc18, all is fine once again.
Posted 40 months ago. (permalink)

hommik    says:

thanks
Posted 40 months ago. (permalink)

doc18    says:

great stuff :D once again I would like to thank Eric M Martin for his help!!!
Posted 40 months ago. (permalink)

larigan.    says:

You guys are great - I'm up and running normally again with 3.5 - thanks a lot!
Posted 40 months ago. (permalink)

abbietabbie    says:

Thanks so much ...... I'm up and running again ..... I felt lost without the Buddy Icon replies ...... it's such a brilliant feature!
Posted 40 months ago. (permalink)

PhotoGraham    says:

The latest v3.5 fixes both photos and discussions page GM Script: Flickr Buddy Icon Reply v3_5

Eric M Martin    says:

No problem...thank YOU for this great script! I felt "lost" on Flickr when it wasn't working ;)
Posted 40 months ago. (permalink)

Meldrewman    says:

Excuse me for being a dummy but (having only recently migrated to Firefox) I'm new to these hacks.

After hours of starting and restarting Firefox to try to suss out why my Buddy Icon Reply add-on had stopped working - I found this strand!

BUT ... I use it via the Better Flickr compilation, am a little vague regarding scripts and don'y know how to update my add-on to make this work again ...

HELP!!! Please
Posted 40 months ago. (permalink)

zyrcster    says:

Meldrewman Just click this link to install.
www.bobochu.com/files/greasemonkey/flickrbuddyiconreply3_...

But I have no idea how or if this may interfere with Better Flickr, since Better Flickr is a compilation of a few different scripts, including this one.
Posted 40 months ago. (permalink)

passi0n says:

I just noticed how the script disappeared from Greasemonkey TODAY... weird. Glad to see there is a fix! Thank you :D
Posted 40 months ago. (permalink)

Cuddly Nutter    says:

I have been using this successfully overthe week end it just stopped. The little icons above peoples comments on which you click to select their buddy icon have disappeared I have tried reinstalling but it has made no difference.
Posted 40 months ago. (permalink)

Kris Kros    says:

I had the same problem until my friend Jack told me to reinstall it and you will find the buddy icon links underneath the comments. They're pretty small but they will be there. They're not icons now. They're just text and I prefer it that way.


It will look like this (in small font):
Posted 1 second ago. ( reply with name / icon / icon&name | permalink | edit | delete )
Originally posted 40 months ago. (permalink)
Kris Kros edited this topic 40 months ago.

Kristi Ann says:

Thanks so much for the update!! I thought I was going nuts trying to figure out what was wrong with it - glad to know I was far from the only one! :) Glad I found out about this group as well - very handy! Thanks for all the hard work!! :)
Posted 40 months ago. (permalink)

Yo Spiff    says:

Glad to know I wasn't the only one who thought it had broken. I knew this group was the place to get the answer.
Posted 40 months ago. (permalink)

The Photique [deleted] says:

I've uninstalled the old version of Icon Reply and Greasemonkey and reinstalled it plus installed the 3.5 version of Icon Reply but still no change.
Posted 40 months ago. (permalink)

*Perikita says:

Thanks I just click in the link you give here and all is ok now... ;)
Posted 40 months ago. (permalink)

exfordy    says:

I uninstalled the previous version and installed this version.
I just looked at comments on my last posted photo and I see: 'Posted 55 minutes ago. ( reply with name / icon / icon&name | permalink | delete )' but when I click on, say, 'icon' nothing appears in the comment box.
But if I do the same here, in this thread, it does work.
Help please.
Posted 40 months ago. (permalink)

doc18    says:

sounds like you are stuck with an older version, please read my post here and try a clean re-install following the steps,
www.flickr.com/groups/flickrhacks/discuss/721576059592121...
Posted 40 months ago. (permalink)

Meldrewman    says:

Thanks so much - I was using Better Flickr and it doesn't work with that - but I've now downloaded the Gresemonkey add-on and that works perfectly.
Posted 40 months ago. (permalink)

exfordy    says:

Hmmm still no.
I uninstalled Flickr Buddy Icon Reply with associated prefences checkbox checked.
I cleared the Firefox's browser cache.
I turned Firefox off and on again.
I clicked on the script link and installed it.
It shows as having been installed
Still doesn't work on my photos.
?
Posted 40 months ago. (permalink)

doc18    says:

the location of the links have been moved in-line with the rest of the comment options, you sure they are not there? please see my earlier post above,
www.flickr.com/groups/flickrhacks/discuss/721576059592121...
Posted 40 months ago. (permalink)

dis_cover_y    says:

:) i was going crazy trying to figure out what happened!!! Back to normal. What would we do without you? *hugs* Hope you feeling well.
Posted 40 months ago. (permalink)

exfordy    says:

Thanks for your patience and help. Here's the weird thing - 'Posted 17 minutes ago. ( reply with name / icon / icon&name | permalink | delete ) ' appears beneath each of other people's comments on my photos but clicking on name, icon or icon&name does not put anything in my comment box. I even did 'PREVIEW' in case there was an anomaly where only that was when I would see it.
It works here in the thread but not beneath my photos.
Weird huh?

I don't know if this helps but I noticed that when I click in the comment box I get the flashing cursor there but when I then click on name, icon or icon&name the flashing cursor disappears. I can't type in the comment box until I have again clicked inside the box.

Oh - and the 'permalink | delete' do work. It's the other two that still don't.
Originally posted 40 months ago. (permalink)
exfordy edited this topic 40 months ago.

TheHouseKeeper says:

thanks for the update! missed this script!:)
Originally posted 40 months ago. (permalink)
TheHouseKeeper edited this topic 40 months ago.

Arty Smokes (deaf mute) says:

doc18
Good to see it's now working in group discussions and on photo pages (once you've installed v3.5, closed this window and then opened it again). Cheers for fixing.
Posted 40 months ago. (permalink)