Archive for the 'programming' Category

FaceBook Purity v2.2a released – Now Blocks Application Photo Spam Too

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” […]

Facebook Purity v2.1b – fixes display bug, facebook android added to whitelist

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 […]

Ive Created a page on the Flickr App Garden

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! :)

Facebook Purity v2.1 released today – new and improved! :)

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 […]

Facebook Purity V2.0 – Updated – Runs Even Better Than Before!

Announcing the release of v2.0 of the facebook purity script.

New release of Facebook Purity now blocks friend / event / group and fan messages

I released a new version of my Facebook Purity greasemonkey script today (28th October 2009). It now has a new filter that blocks messages telling you “x became friends with y”, “x is attending an event”, “x joined a group” and “x became a fan of y” it only hides them,  you can easily click […]

Facebook Purity Script Updated for New version of Facebook

I’ve updated the facebook purity script to work with the latest code change at facebook, you can get the updated version here: http://www.fbpurity.com N.B the script seems to be working fine now, but FB seem to be caching old data, as after blocking applications using the new “block app”  function, the apps come back again […]

Facebook Purity Update – Added Block Application Functionality

Previously the Facebook Purity  script would just hide the 3rd party application messages from your facebook homepage. Since reading that applications added by your friends can  access your personal information even if you havent installed the app I decided to step up the protection FB Purity provides, it now adds a “Block App” link next […]

Minor updates to FlickrPM + Flickr Warn and Delete Greasemonkey Scripts

Ive made a couple of minor updates to a couple of my Flickr Greasemonkey scripts. FlickrPM –  have added a relationship link (“RE”)  that lets you check/change your relationship with the specified user. Also renamed the links for consistency. So we now have RE – relationship, DN – Flickr DNA, IN -Interestingness (by Darckr), SC […]

Facebook Purity – Minor Update – Optimised the Script

Ive updated the facebook purity script again, just a minor update. Ive optimised the script a bit, so it should run more efficiently and also added a few more applications to the whitelist  ( tumblr, tweetdeck, digsby and networked blogs) have also removed livingsocial from the whitelist. N.B If you have edited the whitelist in […]