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Published: 2006-12-30 15:54:57 +0000 UTC; Views: 325654; 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.
Related content
Comments: 1841
BoffinBrain In reply to ??? [2007-12-27 02:29:26 +0000 UTC]
Nope, that CSS is in deviantART's own CSS files. Opacity:0.7
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Solitude12 In reply to BoffinBrain [2007-12-28 00:11:30 +0000 UTC]
Also, the mood button is gone, and instead theres just a darker box... it seems the button just disappears....though the image exists...
is this a bug? Or is it just dA ...
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BoffinBrain In reply to Solitude12 [2007-12-28 01:18:44 +0000 UTC]
It's a problem with Collections. It's mucking up the images inside the mood selector (if you click and drag the mood images, you'll see they behave like thumbnails).
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Solitude12 In reply to BoffinBrain [2007-12-27 03:34:36 +0000 UTC]
o.o
So then in journals does that?
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BoffinBrain In reply to Solitude12 [2007-12-28 01:26:01 +0000 UTC]
In theory, on deviant pages and galleries.
div.deviant small (line 2902)
{
display: block;
font-size: 8.4pt;
opacity: 0.7;
line-height: 1.5em;
}
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Atom45 In reply to ??? [2007-12-25 21:21:59 +0000 UTC]
Very nice very minor details that make the whole system look and feel better.
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Pyritie In reply to ??? [2007-12-24 10:45:04 +0000 UTC]
Awesome.
Is there a way to customize this more? So like for example I could choose whether I want the signatures to be hidden or not (they're on on my options, and when I load a page I see them for a split second before this hides them)?
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BoffinBrain In reply to Pyritie [2007-12-25 02:43:55 +0000 UTC]
deviantTIDY isn't supposed to hide the signatures - just make them less apparent. If that's what you mean, then I am aware that some people find the script runs slowly on their browser. If that's the case, you might want to try using the styles by themselves.
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arctoa In reply to ??? [2007-12-23 17:13:34 +0000 UTC]
Very nice work, on the whole. The compressed details box in the Artists Comments is not really to my liking, though: it makes it more cluttered instead of tidier.What I would prefer is to see the vertical line that is drawn to separate the two sections be dragged down to the bottom of the Artists Comments box at all times, to avoid spillover to the right once the text in the box reaches past the base of the details area.
All in all, though, this is awesome. Major props to you for taking the time to code all this; it must've been pretty mind-boggling in places. I can just-about get away with basic HTML so all this is way beyond me.
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BoffinBrain In reply to arctoa [2007-12-25 02:56:36 +0000 UTC]
Unfortunately, doing such a thing with the details pane appears to be virtually impossible, and I don't think the improvement would be that significant. Still, thanks for the feedback.
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arctoa In reply to BoffinBrain [2007-12-26 17:15:19 +0000 UTC]
Yeah, it's just personal preference and nit-picking on my part. Overall, 's awesome.
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NorwegianJon In reply to ??? [2007-12-22 18:59:15 +0000 UTC]
Ok, I'm not a computer geek by any stretch of the imagination, Surgery is more my thing... stuff like this generally confuses me. I managed to install the CSS for my journal, and am quite chuffed with the results... is this just as straight forward as installing it into my firefox browser, or am i totally at the wrong end of the stick? coz i really like what you have shown here...
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BoffinBrain In reply to NorwegianJon [2007-12-23 00:28:26 +0000 UTC]
Sure, I understand that. Fortunately, thanks to the people who have supported and improved it, the add-on for Firefox is really all you need, and you don't need to configure anything yourself if you don't want to.
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Kayris06 In reply to ??? [2007-12-21 02:58:04 +0000 UTC]
Brilliant! This is great work here,
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Iced-over In reply to ??? [2007-12-20 20:49:49 +0000 UTC]
Ah, this is a good one indeed. Thanks for developing it, I'll be using it soon.
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UnholyPaladinStudios In reply to ??? [2007-12-17 09:53:10 +0000 UTC]
WOW. I did not realize that there was that much that could be improved with the way the site is set up; this most certainly proved me wrong (in a good way!).
Excellent work with these features; these are the most significant improvements since I became a Subscriber!
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BoffinBrain In reply to UnholyPaladinStudios [2007-12-23 00:42:27 +0000 UTC]
Thanks very much for the comment. Sorry that it got pushed to the bottom of my message centre - even deviantTIDY can't prevent that.
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UnholyPaladinStudios In reply to BoffinBrain [2007-12-23 07:48:40 +0000 UTC]
That's cool. After using the custom interface for a while, I think the only thing missing is support for topic icons in the forum... but that's not really a big deal, considering all of the options this thing provides.
Keep up the great work, man!
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Solitude12 In reply to ??? [2007-12-16 22:06:49 +0000 UTC]
I also had no idea you could access v1, thanks!
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Solitude12 In reply to ??? [2007-12-16 22:04:46 +0000 UTC]
At first I was worried the new stats my interfere with my deviantSTATS, but it didnt!
(Though the Most ______ed links sorta look weird....)
Good update!
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EnzuDes1gn In reply to BoffinBrain [2007-12-16 19:05:19 +0000 UTC]
wtf is with this faceplz bullshit, are you trying to spam me boy
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billsabub In reply to ??? [2007-12-16 15:07:07 +0000 UTC]
Missing something here. Re-installing 2.3 using the extension and there isn't an .xpi file in the zipped folder.
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billsabub In reply to BoffinBrain [2007-12-16 18:10:51 +0000 UTC]
Much mo' betta.
Thank you for your quick fix, David. Works wonderfully.
I had uninstalled my previous version (1.8) and was amazed at the difference in layout. devaintTIDY is definitely the way to go!
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BoffinBrain In reply to billsabub [2007-12-16 18:17:19 +0000 UTC]
Your last version was... 1.8? Yes, you just caught up with 6 months of development! Thanks for the support.
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billsabub In reply to BoffinBrain [2007-12-16 23:14:17 +0000 UTC]
Silly me, relying on FF to keep me updated. I know better than that now.
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EnzuDes1gn In reply to ??? [2007-12-16 13:41:37 +0000 UTC]
dude where the fuck is the XPI file
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Talescaper In reply to ??? [2007-12-16 12:21:51 +0000 UTC]
I cannot find the xpi file either.
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Talescaper In reply to BoffinBrain [2007-12-17 12:57:31 +0000 UTC]
Done and done. Excellent work. I'm glad to have the specified messages back on
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Talescaper In reply to BoffinBrain [2007-12-17 18:47:13 +0000 UTC]
Like: 3 messages 1C, 1J, 1NW
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BoffinBrain In reply to Talescaper [2007-12-17 18:56:55 +0000 UTC]
Oh, the expanded message count. Yes, that's a popular one.
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