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02 May 2008

MeCha Navigator (screenshot)[More:]is a version of Mefi Navigator for Metachat.

It's a script that makes navigating Metachat threads a bit easier. As the screenshot shows, when a user has more than one comment in a post, « and » buttons are added to the 'posted by' line that let you skip straight to the previous and next comments by that user. The icon pops up a little clickable list of all that user's comments in the thread, with 'first' and 'last' buttons at the top.

There is one difference from the Mefi version: I removed the tags that highlighted comments by admins or the original poster, because they didn't seem necessary on Metachat.

This is a GreaseMonkey script, which means you need Firefox and GreaseMonkey to run it.

Here, we have shorter threads and fewer users than on Mefi, so it's probably less useful. Still, I've been using it for a while, so I thought I'd release it for everyone. Let me know if you find any problems with it.
I love the Mefi Navigator, so I'm more than willing to give this a spin. Thanks, matthewr!
posted by deborah 02 May | 13:02
oooh! Little mecha gets a greasemonkey script! This is an historic day. Thanks, bunny!
posted by taz 02 May | 13:40
Eeeeeee! Kewl! Although, I really like the poster and user highlighting in the MeFi script.
posted by TheDonF 02 May | 13:53
Aww, hell yeah. I've been hoping for this. Thank you.
posted by smich 02 May | 15:37
Me like. Nice work, matthewr!
posted by Zack_Replica 03 May | 00:31
Nice work! Installed and happy as a pig in shit!
posted by dg 06 May | 03:48
Actually, now that I notice it, the "No other comments" seems a bit redundant - if there are no symbols there, there are obviously no other comments? Maybe a - would be more in keeping with the symbolic nature of the beast?

Not complainin' just sayin'.
posted by dg 06 May | 03:50
Yeah, that's been mentioned on Mefi as well. You can get rid of the "No other comments" line by opening the script in a text editor and changing line 26.

At the moment, it's mfn_zeroNode = document.createTextNode("| No other comments.");.

You can find the script in C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\profilename.default\gm_scripts\mechanavigator.user.js
posted by matthewr 06 May | 05:26
Cool - thanks!
posted by dg 06 May | 16:01
Has this really been on the sidebar for six months and I just noticed it?
posted by octothorpe 14 October | 08:26
yep, yep, yeppers!
posted by taz 14 October | 08:33
I get a 403 on the screenshot :-(

Also: 6 months without noticing? You're an amateur!
posted by pompomtom 16 February | 00:58
I'll top that - I just noticed this on the sidebar today and thought it was something new. I also got the 403 on the screenshot.
posted by Slack-a-gogo 21 December | 14:31
What's this condition called? || Five Cats That Look Like Wilford Brimley.

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