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Published: 2006-12-30 15:54:57 +0000 UTC; Views: 325638; Favourites: 991; Downloads: 4060
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Description
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DeviantTidy is currently not Eclipse-ready.
At this time, I'm not sure when or if I'll update it.
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Download the Greasemonkey Script from Greasy Fork
View the project on GitHub
What's New
version 4.7.9 (2017-08-13)
For full details on what has changed, see the Full Version History .
About DeviantTidy
DeviantTidy is a set of styles and scripts to improve the layout and usability of deviantART.
Ever since dAv5, many users have been unhappy with various aspects of dA's layout and design. Some decisions on font size, margins and spacing had clearly been neglected.
And so DeviantTidy was written, to claim back much of that wasted space! Inspired by some of janvanlysebettens 's CSS mods for Firefox, DeviantTidy was a very lightweight modification to fix comment boxes and various other assets on dA pages, to make things clearer and more streamlined. Since then, it's expanded to cover lots of other annoyances, big and small, to improve the look and usability of the site, and with a JavaScript interface, it's fully customizable too.
Features
- More efficient Comment Boxes: DeviantTidy reduces the minimum height and margins on comment boxes, and further reduces the size of signatures, so you can see more comments at once. You can also add scrollbars to really long comments.
- Hide and collapse elements: Hide social sharing buttons, 'More Like This' mini-galleries and other bloat from deviantART pages so you can focus on your task.
- Indent guides: A problem that has been around as long as nested comments is the difficulty you face in working out who replied to who in long and complex discussions. With DeviantTidy, just point at a comment to see guide-lines in the left margin, showing you the exact nest level the comment is on.
- Cleaner Forum threads: Thread listings are now easier to browse, with all unnecessary icons removed, and shorter table rows (one line high instead of two, doubling the number of threads you can see per screen).
- Floating comment box: If you want to be able to type your comment on a deviation or journal while looking at the original, without having to constantly scroll up and down the page, this feature allows you to make the reply box float above the page content, following you wherever you scroll. Press ALT+SHIFT+C to activate it.
- Hide thumbnails in deviation sidebar: Reduce distractions by hiding 'more from this artist' and 'more like this' mini thumbnails when viewing art.
- Hide the orange Upgrade to CORE ad in the page header (turned off by default).
- ...and many more!
Installation
In order to use Greasemonkey scripts, you need to install Greasemonkey for Mozilla Firefox, or Tampermonkey for Google Chrome.
FAQ
How can I check that DeviantTidy is working?
When you first install DeviantTidy (or the script component), a dialog will appear when you visit any DA page to let you know that it was successfully installed. You should also see a 'DeviantTidy Options' link under the user menu on the header navigation when you are logged in.
Can I use DeviantTidy with [insert your favourite skin or script here]?
DeviantTidy can be used safely in combination with other custom deviant skins and scripts because it does the very minimum amount of changes required to get the desired effect. In the rare event of clashes in styles or broken functionality, tell me about the issue, and include info about the other mods you are using.
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Comments: 1841
This is no Advanced Critique, but ... Can you make the script ready for Firefox 3?
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I've had several people asking for it... I must make that priority for the next version. I need to sign the script - hopefully that won't be too hard.
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Sign with a digital key? ... have a look at [link]
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O.O
i like it..
including one of the daily deviations.
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it's gona take some getting used to, but I like it!
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Love this helped me with all the problems I have been having ^^
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No worky in Firefox 3 
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Yeah, I know. For the time being, I quote this from a previous journal:
To allow the installation of add-ons that don't provide 'secure updates' in Firefox 3, go to about:config and search for the variable extensions.checkUpdateSecurity and set it to False.
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That's not very good advice; you should really be telling people to just hold on, or install the scripts via Stylish/Greasemonkey. SSL Updates are mandatory because of man-in-the-middle hijack attacks that can be made on extension updates. Disabling this feature is undoing security put there to protect you against malware.
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I know... But really, what are the chances of that, really? If anyone were to start targeting extension-using clients, they would be putting themselves between the users and the Mozilla website, rather than some random server which happens to supply a few dozen deviants with deviantTIDY.
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I must say, I am a huge fan of clean and orderly looking things, no matter what it is.
This is a great addition to making dA beautiful.
Excellent work.
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The "Options" button doesn't work in the .xpi (extension) version, and there's no options in either the Stylish or Greasemonkey. Can you be able to fix this and have the options executable from the Extensions Manager?
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If the concept was going to be a Firefox extension only, then I would implement an options page, but since some people use the Greasemonkey scripts and CSS separately, this would not work. That's why the options link is embedded in the page.
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hmmm, I like the margin guides and the hover mood button, but I dont like how wide the artists comments get, as well as the regular comments. they just go wayyy too wide for me. I rather like seeing the primary background of my skin around my comments and I dont like moving my eyes across the whole damn page xDD
could you tell me which part of the script I can remove to keep it the normal way?
also, a thing to add to the mood selector, is to have the 'more' buttons hoverable as well, like the Start menu of windows, so that selecting a mood can be quicker
overall I like the script though, I just want the comments back to their original width xD
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Haha... Unfortunately for you, deviantTIDY's fundamental goal was to make better use of white-space and as such, widening and shortening comments and deviation descriptions were the first things it ever did.
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incredible. a must have for any dA user.
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Cheers. 
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This is one of my dearest extensions for Firefox!
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I don't seem to be able to make the comments have a scroll bar, even when I choose "15 lines or more" for the comments. I tried it on my user page. 
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Use [link] as a test comment. Does a scrollbar appear on this comment when set to 15 lines?
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Are you using the extension or the separate script+style? If the latter, make sure the style is up-to-date.
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Works now.
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Oh, and I installed both versions.
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oh man, i've switched to safari now
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The CSS will work with any browser that has user style support. Opera has it too, so Safari might do as well. Consult the help or look on the Internet to find out if and how you can enable custom user stylessheets.
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The Extension need to be fixed, the usermenu is in the middle :/
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They were related to bugs that have been corrected since.
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Ahh. I was expecting to see the Options button enabled in the Add-Ons dialog
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I don't know how to make one of those yet. 
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I figured that from ~awesty 's comments. Best to get the functionality first then tart it
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I spend a lot of time tarting things.
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'tis the little things that make all the difference
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This may be a dumb question... Where is the options page?
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When you installed the extension, you should have got a message telling you where to find it. If you're on any v5 page (not the message centre), you'll find it in the page footer.
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I didn't realise we were supposed to install both the stylish and the greasemonkey script. I thought it was one or the other.
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You can still use just one or the other, but they obviously work best together. With the stylesheet alone, you get the majority of the style improvements, but no customizability or content-specific fixes. With the JavaScript package alone, the options page has no effect because they relate to the stylesheet.
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I missed that too, it was actually displayed in the upgrade mesage ...
Go to the page footer on any v5 page and click deviantTIDY Options
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I still can't see it
All I see is:
deviantTIDY 2.4 | Random Deviation | Random Deviant | Our Partners
© 2008 deviantART Inc. | About Us | Contact Us | Advertise | Etiquette | Privacy Policy | Terms of Service | Copyright Policy | Services | Help & FAQ
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It should be after "deviantTIDY 2.4". Those two bits have to be inserted differently but I don't see any obvious reason why you don't get it. I think =BoffinbraiN will need to take a look at this.
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I can see it now.
It only appears for the grease monkey version, not the stylish version.
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That makes sense, stylish can only play with the existing content but the Options link requires a brand new anchor element,
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