Archive for November, 2009
Im thinking of changing which ‘Extras’ are hidden by default by Facebook Purity and would like to hear some feedback from the users, what do you people think? I guess it partly depends on the number of FB friends you have as to whether you are swept away by the deluge of updates… Anyway please [...]
November 20th, 2009 | Posted in facebook, facebook purity | 4 Comments
I decided to write a guide for people who would like to see certain “Extra” story types that currently get hidden by the Facebook Purity Greasemonkey script.
Heres how you can alter your copy of the script to display the stories you want to see.
The section of the code you need to edit is close to [...]
November 18th, 2009 | Posted in facebook, facebook purity, firefox, google chrome, programming | 1 Comment
What is Facebook Purity?
Facebook Purity is a Greasemonkey script that helps you to take control of the News Feeds on your Facebook home page. It does this by filtering out the application spam, such as quizzes etc, and also the messages such as “x became a fan of y”, “x joined group y”, “x became [...]
November 15th, 2009 | Posted in facebook, facebook purity, firefox, google chrome, greasemonkey, programming, technology | No Comments
I just released v2.2a of the facebook purity greasemonkey script for firefox, google chrome, opera, and safari.
In this release: I rewrote the filter system. I also updated the “App” filter so it now treats “photos” that have been posted to the feed by an application as application spam and hides them via the “App” filter. [...]
November 12th, 2009 | Posted in facebook, facebook purity, firefox, google chrome, greasemonkey, programming | 1 Comment
I noticed a bug in Facebook today, a lot of text on the home/live stream is being made bold, when it shouldnt be. This was affecting the script, and means the script was not working 100% correctly. This release fixes that issue.
Also new in this release, ive added the Facebook for Android application to the [...]
November 11th, 2009 | Posted in facebook, facebook purity, firefox, google chrome, greasemonkey, programming | 1 Comment
some great photos by Jurgen Otto of the Peacock Spider
never seen or heard of it before, but somehow it reminds me of George Clinton
i wonder who copied who, lol
November 7th, 2009 | Posted in blogging, cool pics, fun, photo blog, photography | No Comments
I just read about the flickr app garden that was released quite recently and have created a page there, for my flickr “apps”. You can go to my flickr apps page here: http://bit.ly/flickrapps. If you like my flickr apps, please add the page as a favourite. thanks!
November 5th, 2009 | Posted in firefox, flickr, greasemonkey, programming, technology | No Comments
FB Purity Script updated 2nd November 2009
Facebook Purity v2.1 Release Notes
reset show/hide mode to default when user changes facebook filter
added workaround for facebook still showing apps that you have “blocked”, script now “hides” app as well as blocking it, when you click the “block app” link
fixed bug with whitelisted apps being intercepted by the “show [...]
November 2nd, 2009 | Posted in facebook, facebook purity, firefox, google chrome, greasemonkey, programming | No Comments