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385 votes
auto update scripts
create some sort of an updater and check for updates for our installed scripts
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210 votes
To create a better script classification system
Instead of just throwing the scripts into a huge list, classify them according to categories; like site, purpouse, etc.
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144 votes
Vote for removal
Hi,
Please add some option where people can vote for removal of outdated, malware, stealing scripts.
For exmaple if a script receives 3 times as much "Remove" votes as "Keep" votes, after a total of 100 votes, the script gets deleted.
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131 votes
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83 votes
protect us from bad scripts
"Cookie Stealing Scripts " and other fraudulent scripts... figure out a method to better protect us from these problems
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68 votes
show sites userscript runs on (or if global)
when viewing a script you be able to see the sites the script is setup to execute on by default.
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58 votes
Show that script is already installed in Greasemonkey
This could eliminate the need to install a style when it's already in Greasemonkey. Stylish has this on their site, and also when a style is updated it says: Style has been updated since your last install.
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50 votes
clean up forum
There should be a group of moderators who cleanup the forum and expand the forum maybe. The forum is so cluttered that I don't like coming there.
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47 votes
Amount of unique installs
Add an amount of unique installs for userscripts.
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42 votes
Implement "flag as spam" in the forums
plannedThis would hopefully eliminate the need for the "Spam and malware" topic. Also, a better system to actually follow through and remove spam (eg. I've personally had spam in comments of one of my scripts for weeks, I flagged it and posted on the forums and it's still not been removed - http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/9580#comment-38856).
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42 votes
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31 votes
Possibility to show in what browsers script works.
plannedScripts that don't use "GM_*" can work at Firefox (with Gresemonkey), Opera and probably at more browsers. Maybe scriptwriters can mark at what browsers their script can work correctly. And it will be show on the right as a small icons (they can work as a link to FAQ for specified browser). Or You can search on server for "GM_*" tags, and mark scripts as working only at Firefox or (if You don't find any "GM_*") Firefox and others.
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30 votes
Multiple authors of the same script
If one person creates a script initially, then another person alters it substantially (or rewrites it but provides the same features), it would be nice if the second author could be added as an admin for that script for credit where credit is due, and for future maintenance.
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29 votes
Add statistics
Add statistics, i.e. downloads per day, week etc. etc.
You could easily implement something using Google Chart API (http://code.google.com/apis/chart/) -
27 votes
Links black list for spammer
Each time that a spam post is removed from the forum, if it contains links, these are added to a black list, if a new post has a link contained in the black list it will considered as a spam post as well and trashed directly.
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22 votes
A frontpage describing the site and its purpose for new user
plannedThis would contain a SHORT description of what Greasemonkey is (and maybe UserJS, GreaseKit etc.) and how to install scripts (so new users won't ask this in forums).
Followed of course by a nice friendly welcome from the site admins :) and then whatever else. Maybe a short FAQ for new people as well, or links to reccommended reading. Just general helpfullness.
P.S. I think this could be seen as a duplicate of some other ideas mentioned before, but I have read through them all and they are either poorly worded and difficult to understand, or less specific (there's an idea suggesting having links to an FAQ page - my idea just suggests a helpful frontpage so there's no need for FAQ)
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20 votes
add preview script function!
like stylish add a preview button before installing that script ...
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18 votes
"Users Who Use This Script Recommend ..."
Ala Amazon.com. The idea here is to both:
Avoid script bit-rot. for any given script you can recommend what you think is an updated or better version of the script.
Further spread knowledge of useful scripts.
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13 votes
let scriptwriters grade other scripts
plannedLet scriptwriters (with say 10 and more scripts) grade other people scripts to get a good script revieuw.
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12 votes
Implement some form of "deprecated" tag for old scripts
Some scripts may no longer work but can be of use to some people for coding or interest reasons. Since a majority of users won't want to install such a script, there should be some way of unlisting a script without actually removing it.
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12 votes
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12 votes
Allow to upload resource files
Allow the scriptwriter to upload together with the script also resource files. I find the possibility to include resource files very powerful, overall if you want to write a multi-language script. Removing all the texts from the script reduce its size and the script became also more readable. Also the translation of the texts will became more simple and accurate.
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11 votes
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11 votes
Diff last update modifications
So you want to update a script but need to be sure the modifications aren't malicious... That's where a diff-like feature comes essential. Highlight the removals and additions and we're set.
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10 votes
Show New Comments/responses - Alert Author
I continuously go to each of the scripts I left a comment on seeing if someone responds. It would be great if there was a "New!" tag on the comments page next to your responses indicating there were new comments. It would also be great if the author was notified (optionally) when a comment is left on his script so they can know whether their script is broken or needs attention.
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10 votes
add as-you-type preview of posted comments
plannedThe current post filtering rules are probably easy enough to emulate client side to give a live preview of how your post will look as you submit it (should lessen the amount of test posts, and need of editing one's own comments). I think I'll volunteer implementing this some nice weekend too. :-)
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10 votes
Provide RSS feeds for scripts by any users
This will make it easy if you want to see if a user has updated his/her scripts
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10 votes
Report Scriptwright Feature
In addition to being able to report a particular script, it would be extremely nice to be able to report a particular scriptwright for spamming. This would be an ideal way to eliminate Orkut spammers.
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10 votes
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9 votes
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8 votes
Add on all pages a huge blinking link to a faq page
Each week at least one user ask for the same question: How to install a script?
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7 votes
allow authors to remove comments on their scripts
as part of another fix, this is now trivial to implement, but I think I need to add the ability to see deleted comments (or how do we deal with people who write evil scripts and delete comments that warning others?)
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7 votes
integrate with Google Code
Google Code offer many useful thing like svn, issue management, wiki, etc etc ...
You can integrate with them or implements all their features.I'm yet thinking to write a script to integrate those sites but an official action from you is a better thing.
P.S. sorry for my bad english.
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7 votes
share revenue from adsense ads with script authors
i figure by now, the site must be making enough money to cover costs of hosting, plus more
an option for script authors to add their adsense code, if they have them, and then randomly using their code on pages detailing their scripts, would be a cool option, and encourage more people to add their scripts
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6 votes
Revamp Front-Page to be more useful and visually pleasing.
The Front Page modified when we needed access to data in a particular way. The way people view information about userscripts is changing, and the frontpage needs a revamp!
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6 votes
store the number of favoriters a script has
so that we can sort by it and display it in the script listing page
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6 votes
Integrate with github, improving collaborative development
Today, the hurdles for collaborative script development (accepting fixes and improvements on your own scripts, and providing them on those of others) has rather high hurdles and is largely a manual process mediated by the (for that purpose not very well adapted) script comments system.
Letting users host their scripts (and their @require / @resource dependencies, for GM 0.8+ only scripts) on their github account would address that problem well.
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6 votes
allow merging of tags
This would make it easier to find all the relevant scripts you're searching for. For example, the following tags could all be consolidated: Googlemaps, gmap, gmaps, google maps, googlemap, googlemaps, maps.google.com.
Let users vote to merge tags. After a sufficient number of votes, automatically merge them.
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6 votes
Developer feedback system for Scripts
Why don't we have an ebay-like rating system?
Positive feedback for good scripts, negative feedback and a spam flag for the crappy dudes
who just recycle other scripts.In the right side of the page where it shows
"Written by
superdeveloper
Has 20 other scripts.
Has 90% Positive Feedback with 100 Feedbacks"So if you're a newbie in the site and you want to download a script you look at the feedback level for the user and you decide if he's trustworthy or not.
If the script is really new from a new user and is stealing cookies or doing something harmful perhaps the fact that you see that the user has 0% feedback level would be an indication that
a) the script developer is really new
b) the script sucksIn order not to be sued out of existance from ebay you can call the feedback mechanism "rotten bananas" or something
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6 votes
handle uploads of non-UTF-8 files
plannedSee <http://userscripts.org/forums/3/topics/2302> and <http://my.opera.com/community/forums/topic.dml?id=240396>.
Better messaging of the issue (than a 500 internal server error) is the plan - since non-UTF8-ness can be a MAJOR issue and I'm not smart enough
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5 votes
Provide feed for an author's scripts
plannedI'd like to subscribe to a given author and be notified every time s/he posts something new. Over the time I have found a couple of people which generate lots of great ideas and/or have a very good programming style. The currently available feeds are great but fail to offer this information.
A good idea. Perhaps I should switch making a favorite to "follow" like it is on github. On github you can "follow" a project or person, and your get a activity feed on them.
- anotherjesse
