[Recreate]

I saw a topic asking the same thing about the 5th time or so, And i noticed in the Description
"* The next person to ask this question gets banned *"

You can't blame them!
They don't notice the pinned topics, And by the amount of topics asking this, This probably happens Very often.
So i thought, If the cookie Is manually changed to linear(aka "topicmode"), it should appear as normal again.
So, I wrote This Greasemonkey Script, That automatically Changes your Topic Mode To Linear.

Here it is:Click Here
To install it, You need Greasemonkey installed, And if it is installed Then a windows should appear asking you if you want to install the script.
Or it should look like this...


Its kind of hard showing a picture of it in action, but whatever, It works.
But there is one problem, You have to refresh the page some times to view the topic in standard mode, and make sure that "mode=anythingotherthanlinear" is not in the address, Or else it will just cause problems...
Enjoy, Its just a little script i whipped up because i was bored and because i saw the other topic.

~ReCreate

This post has been edited by Recreate: 02 September 2009 - 05:09 PM

[Phantom107]

There is only one problem... what are the odds those total idiots will install your script?

[Recreate]

I am not sure... But since it is javascript...It could be embedded into the forum...Even into my avatar, as it is powered by php, I could set a cookie value to something with it.

[GrayAvocado]

Recreate, on Sep 2 2009, 08:51 PM, said:

I am not sure... But since it is javascript...It could be embedded into the forum...Even into my avatar, as it is powered by php, I could set a cookie value to something with it.

I don't think you could since the image is changing the mimetype and other headers sent by the server, which i think would make cookie-headers non-usable.

[Recreate]

Yeah...I think your right...
Well...the javascript code could still be embedded into the forum...right?

[GrayAvocado]

Recreate, on Sep 2 2009, 09:19 PM, said:

Yeah...I think your right...
Well...the javascript code could still be embedded into the forum...right?

It could, but what about those users who actually want to view the forum in lo-fi?

[Recreate]

Ummm...then it won't effect them?

[tangibleLime]

Recreate, on Sep 2 2009, 02:51 PM, said:

I am not sure... But since it is javascript...It could be embedded into the forum...Even into my avatar, as it is powered by php, I could set a cookie value to something with it.

What about the users who choose to use a display type other than linear? Please refrain from using your avatar or signature for such actions - nobody wants the avatar or signature of another user to modify things on their computer.

[Recreate]

Good point...It would be too hard and to time-wasting Anyways.

[makerofthegames]

Well, if he did it in his avatar, it wouldn't affect low-fi viewers.

joke

This post has been edited by makerofthegames: 02 September 2009 - 07:53 PM

[GrayAvocado]

makerofthegames, on Sep 2 2009, 09:50 PM, said:

Well, if he did it in his avatar, it wouldn't affect low-fi viewers.

joke

I ment what Roach said

[score_under]

Recreate, on Sep 2 2009, 07:51 PM, said:

I am not sure... But since it is javascript...It could be embedded into the forum...Even into my avatar, as it is powered by php, I could set a cookie value to something with it.

1. Much easier to edit the PHP script that defines the default view mode than to apply a useless cookie.
2. Cookies don't work that way, using it in your avatar would do nothing.

[Ampersand]

It's possible to set cookie values through your avatar?

I'd never even pondered it.

[Dr. Watz0n]

It is, but not for the forums. They use various naming mechanisms for cookies so it wouldn't work.

[Desert Dog]

Quote

I saw a topic asking the same thing about the 5th time or so, And i noticed in the Description
"* The next person to ask this question gets banned *"

Pin that topic. People will notice for sure.

[makerofthegames]

I hope "THe next person to ask this question gets banned" is just a joke, or a false scare-tactic.

EDIT: LMFAO! "The next person to ask this gets beaned."

This post has been edited by makerofthegames: 05 September 2009 - 12:18 AM

[Recreate]

Right now i would create another account and ask the question, to see, but when i see my warn level...I rather not...

This post has been edited by Recreate: 02 September 2009 - 09:44 PM

[syth184]

well heres something that i dont get.. if they dont see the pinned topic, what are the chances they will see this, more obscure, non-pinned topic? And if they do see this topic, it refers them to the pinned topic, and tells them that they can just do it themselves easily. so i dont really know why someone would download your script, unless they were really lazy and really dense

[makerofthegames]

I think the point of the script is to automaticly do it so if you ever accidentally do it in the future you don't have to do anything else because well it's automaticly fixed.

[Recreate]

Yes, Exactly.