Better Beta FriendFeed Greasemonkey Script Release

Monday, August 25th, 2008
at 9:59pm

Comments2008-08-26+01%3A59%3A14Rahsheen

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FriendFeed made the beta site available, but in doing so they broke all my Greasemonkey scripts. Better FriendFeed no longer works, Cleaner FriendFeed is broke, and a few others I was using. The only solution I could come up with to make sure I could still add custom tabs was to update my Better FriendFeed script.

Features in this release:

Add/Remove custom tabs (access any site inside of FriendFeed so you don’t have to leave it)
Cleaner FriendFeed support allows clearer color indicators for your comments and your friends’ comments, as well as making the text easier to read overall
Change the word “Like” to another word of your choosing so that you don’t feel bad about Liking bad stuff in your feed

Whenever this actually goes live, I’ll need to make a simple update to the script because it will only work on http://beta.friendfeed.com for now.

Download Better Beta FriendFeed

Update: My main man Andrew Trinh reminded me that you have to disable the Better FriendFeed script or it will clash with the Better Beta FriendFeed script (thanks Andrew!)

FriendFeed Beta Around the Blogosphere

FriendFeed Blog - Preview the new FriendFeed design
Mashable -FriendFeed’s New Design
WebWare -FriendFeed unleashes new look, new features (in beta)
ReadWriteWeb - Keep Your Friends Organized: FriendFeed Launches Beta of New Interface
Venture Beat - FriendFeed beta rolls out to test noise filtering tools, redesign

What Now?

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August 25, 2008 at 10:05 pm Hao Chen

That was quick. :)
August 25, 2008 at 10:11 pm Rahsheen(isSoAwesome)

I wanted to use Beta, but I missed my tabs. Had to make something happen...LOL
August 25, 2008 at 10:13 pm James Cooper

whoa that really was quick!
August 25, 2008 at 10:14 pm James Fridley

Brilliant!! Just brilliant!!!
August 25, 2008 at 10:19 pm Rahsheen(isSoAwesome)

Let me know if you guys notice anything weird going on. I didn't do much testing :)
August 25, 2008 at 10:22 pm James Fridley

Just installed it, but I like it 150% more than the Better FriendFeed mark 1
August 25, 2008 at 10:27 pm Tim Hoeck

cool.. I had to make my own real quick to get the highlighted comments back.. there needs to be some changes to the css classes.
August 25, 2008 at 10:44 pm Rahsheen(isSoAwesome)

Hrm...they work for me. Are you in FireFox?
August 25, 2008 at 11:02 pm Tim Hoeck

I'm talking about the highlights for Cleaner FF.. your Better FriendFeed Beta seems to be working fine.. that doesn't highlight, does it?
August 26, 2008 at 1:11 am Mona N.

Rah: I'm using yours :)
August 26, 2008 at 1:31 am Naor

no highlights :(?
August 26, 2008 at 6:48 am Rahsheen(isSoAwesome)

Better FriendFeed does in fact "include" Cleaner FF features. Access the options panel in Tools->GreaseMonkey->User Script Commands->Better Beta FriendFeed
August 26, 2008 at 6:57 am Susan Beebe

checking it out....thanks!
August 27, 2008 at 12:27 am ChaCha Fance

You are the best! Please make more =)
August 27, 2008 at 2:47 am James Fridley

just noticed that when I add someone to a list, I lose the ability to hide them. Not sure if that is a better friendfeed script or read later script...
August 27, 2008 at 7:23 am Rahsheen(isSoAwesome)

Hrm...If you're using the Better FriendFeed script to change what's displayed for the word Like then it's possible. Read Later also plays with the same list. Both scripts are pretty careful about what they modify, but it's a possibility.