Dinosaur Comics Overlay Chooser (version 1.7; 4 August)

[Didero]

Thanks for your input on the new location!
New version's up. The only two changes in this version are the new location for the dropdown list, and the addition of the RIAA overlay ('The RIAA Version Of The Internet').


I left the other display options in the code, but commented out. If you really want a different location for the selection box, you can edit the file and change it. Just put two forward slashes in front of the all-caps description of the current location, and remove one slash in front of the all-caps location description you do want. I hope that was clear enough, I'm in a bit of a hurry and not very good at explaining >_>

[Didero]

FEATURE CREEP TIME
And apparently also double post time but it's been over 2 months so who cares

I was looking to try out some more of GreaseMonkey's features, and this script seemed the most likely candidate for this experimentation.
So without further ado, I give you version 1.6: Fun But Useless Edition!

The main addition is some options in the GreaseMonkey menu, which you can get to by clicking the arrow next to the GreaseMonkey icon in the Addon bar:
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The options shown here are all the options that can show up, but only the ones relevant to the current situation will show up. For example, if the dropdown box is already below the comic (as is the default), the option to move it there won't be shown.

The first and simplest addition is the choice of the location of the dropdown box. Not much to say about that.

Secondly, you can now set an overlay as a favorite. Every time you visit the site, the script will redirect you to the page with the overlay you chose. You can turn this off from the same menu, if it gets annoying.

Another addition, that can also be seen in the screenshot, is custom overlays. Because of security measures in JavaScipt, these can't be local images but only uploaded ones. That does make it easier to share them though.

But the third new feature makes that even easier. It allows you to specify the url of the overlay you want to use. I'll give two examples, which will both hopefully show how this works, and why I'm a programmer and not an artist.
First, the official pirate overlay can also be accessed by entering the full URL of the image as the overlay, like this: http://www.qwantz.com/index.php?buti...om/pirates.png
Secondly, home-made overlays can be shared to, as demonstrated by my disgracing the Problem Sleuth overlay: http://www.qwantz.com/index.php?buti....com/StrNq.png

Besides the obvious functions, I also cleaned up the code a bit, but that doesn't really affect the functioning. It does mean the script should automatically update if and when I upload a newer version, if you enabled that functionality in GreaseMonkey.

I did test this new version, of course, but if any bugs should pop up, feel free to let me know here.

So, download the new version here, and have fun!


EDIT: Oh, and the other script entry in that menu screenshot is another script I made that shows the three easter eggs below the comic. You can download it here, if you're interested.

[Ryan North]

I really love how feature-rich this script is getting.

[Didero]

I really love how feature-rich this script is getting.

Thanks
It's mainly because I should be working on a paper. Procrastinating that makes me weirdly productive in other fields, like updating Greasemonkey scripts.

[gwiffon]

I noticed a conflict with the Dinosaur Comics Easter Eggs script:
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/51520

When any overlay is chosen except the default image, the easter eggs disappear.

It would be nice if these scripts played together.
Thanks!

[Didero]

I noticed a conflict with the Dinosaur Comics Easter Eggs script:
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/51520

When any overlay is chosen except the default image, the easter eggs disappear.

It would be nice if these scripts played together.
Thanks!

Without wanting to sound dismissive, that's a problem with that easter egg script. Even without my script installed, if you added an overlay to the URL yourself the easter eggs would disappear too.

I can only think of two solutions for this. One is to badger the creator of that script to update it. The better other solution is to install a different script that does the same thing like this one that I made too. My version does work with overlays (Plus I think the code looks nicer since it doesn't use an external library, but I don't think many people care about that )

[gwiffon]

The better other solution is to install a different script that does the same thing like this one that I made too. My version does work with overlays (Plus I think the code looks nicer since it doesn't use an external library, but I don't think many people care about that )

Sold! Thanks again!

[Didero]

Sold! Thanks again!

You're very welcome

[mattgcn]

Bump!

There's a new overlay today: http://qwantz.com/index.php?butiwoul...ing=brodyquest

[Didero]

Bump!

There's a new overlay today: http://qwantz.com/index.php?butiwoul...ing=brodyquest

Ah, thanks! Sneaking in new overlays via his Twitter...
The script's updated with that overlay now.