Screenshot showing this script in action -- An image of a hedgehog is the comment pointer, instead of the triangle. (In this case, it's pointing to jessamyn's request to use the hedgehog.)
Screenshot showing the default MetaFilter triangle, pointing to the comment where pb announced the new feature:
Screenshot showing this script in action: Instead of the default triangle, a hedgehog points to pb's comment!
Change log:
- Version 2.1: 2014-05-23 - Replaced @namespace with script home page.
- Version 2.0: 2014-05-23 - Changed script URLs to point to greatest.deepsurf.us since userscripts.org hasn't been stable recently.
- Version 1.1: 2013-11-01 - Added support for automatic script updates (had to upload to userscripts.org first to get the URLs).
- Version 1.0: 2013-11-01 - Grand opening.
What this script does:
If you're logged into MetaFilter and you've authored any comments that are recent enough to appear in the "Recent Activity" section, normally your comments have a solid border around them. This script replaces that line border with lots of little rainbows (atop puffy clouds, no less). Works for both the "Recent Activity on My Posts & Comments" and/or "Recent Activity on My Favorite Posts" pages.
This script was inspired by a MetaTalk comment from phunniemee. I didn't have a chance to work on it then, but since no one else has posted anything similar yet, here it is.
(Here's some further info from pb about the border around a member's own comments in Recent Activity.)
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This script works with the plain theme as well as the default theme.
Browser compatibility: Version 1.1 has been tested as working in Firefox 24 and Chrome 30 for Windows. No guarantees that this script will work anywhere else or with other MeFi-related scripts (e.g. it has not been tested in Opera).
If you'd like to modify the script, please feel free. Disclaimer: I am not a programmer, but if you have suggestions for improving it, I'd be interested in learning about them.
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Credits:
The original rainbow cloud graphic is from an Art Explosion clip art library I got over 15 years ago. (I tried to find other pony/rainbow/heart images (re: phunniemee's original comment) that would work okay in a border context while scaled down small without being too distracting; ended up going with this simple graphic to create the border.)
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More rainbows/animals/cuteness for your MeFi experience:
If you like this script, you might also want to check out the MetaFilter hedgehog comment pointer and the MetaFilter inline video fishy icon (other scripts I posted), as well as Rhomboid's MetaFilter unicorn and narwhal buttons (with rainbows) and laser kitty.
