Comments on: Helvetwitter to accompany Helvetireader and Helvetical

By: Brian

Brian — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 16:22:13 +0000

@Josef Fluid allows me to Open Scripts Folder (in the Finder) or Manage User Scripts. No editing functionality. What version of Fluid are you using? I’m surprised it doesn’t work anything like your instructions indicate.

By: Josef Richter

Josef Richter — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 07:50:08 +0000

@brian try to save it as it is. then open the script menu in the browser (top menu bar in safari or monkey icon in bottom right corner in firefox). in safari, select ‘open scripts folder’ and try to edit helvetimail.user.js from there. in firefox, select ‘manage scripts’, then select helvetimail.user.js and edit.

By: Brian

Brian — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 15:48:03 +0000

“In newly opened window with some basic code, locate line with ‘// da yer thing’. Copy-paste everything from helvetwitter.user.js under this line.”

Can’t get past this step. The window which opens is un-editable. Cannot paste, cannot copy… nothing.

By: Brian

Brian — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 15:43:28 +0000

“In newly opened window with some basic code, locate line with ‘// da yer thing’. Copy-paste everything from helvetwitter.user.js under this line.”

Can’t get it to work. The window which opens will not let me paste anything into it.

By: Josef Richter

Josef Richter — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 09:40:35 +0000

@brandon I think Stylish works exactly the same way as my userscript – once the DOM is loaded, it swaps the css files. yes, the css is hellishly long, because it’s basically the original twitter css with overrides applied. not the cleanest solution, as you have to load a huge css file twice. once I have a bit more free time, I’ll try to convert it to patch-only css file.

By: Josef Richter

Josef Richter — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 09:33:20 +0000

@spookyET not sure these are absolutely necessary, but will think of it. There’s still the option to open twitter in browser in single click when you need there advanced features.

By: Brandon

Brandon — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 04:18:52 +0000

A quick fix to the lag would be to switch it to a Stylish userfile… the Greasemonkey script waits for Twitter to load and THEN applies the style overrides (I believe, I’m not sure), but Stylish just loads specific CSS attributes to instantly override their counterpart. Don’t quote me on this, I’m probably being an idiot.

Although, I looked at the CSS file for Helvetwitter, and it’s hellishly long…

By: SpookyET

SpookyET — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 23:11:13 +0000

@replies and direct messages ARE ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY for anyone who seriously uses Twitter. Following/Followers are needed too.

By: Dean

Dean — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:00:35 +0000

I like, but it would be nice if it has Stylish userstyle file. More options… can choose Greasemonkey or Stylish. What do you think?

By: Josef Richter

Josef Richter — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 06:42:02 +0000

@beachjustice thanks for the tip, will think about it. The idea behind Helvetwitter is to remove everything that’s not necessary and keep the functional core only.

Twitter is having ever more users and like most applications in this stage, they are tempted to add features to please everyone. My minimalist mindset revolts to it, so I went the opposite way.