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txnca: Just wanted to say thanks. Looks like it will be a great addition to my browser!
Slowly catching up, I see. Well done! ;-)
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skeletonbow: Would it be possible to have the addon display a total count of all of the games on the wishlist page at the top of the page somewhere also like on the main game shelf page? Would be a nice addition.
I can do that. I'll add that to my list of things to do.
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skeletonbow: Would it be possible to have the addon display a total count of all of the games on the wishlist page at the top of the page somewhere also like on the main game shelf page? Would be a nice addition.
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Barefoot_Monkey: I can do that. I'll add that to my list of things to do.
Sweet, thanks!
Just installed it. Many thanks BM!
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Barefoot_Monkey: Barefoot Essentials 2.0 is now out :)

This update adds visual hints for shortcut keys nest to the quick post box, and changes the appearance of the "Post edited" notes that the forum puts at the bottom of edited posts. It's not a huge change from the previous version, but it has changed so much since version 1.0 that a major version bump is in order. And since the fall of userscripts.org means that everyone will need to manually install this update before future ones can be delivered automatically, this is the perfect time to have that version bump. And a good time to have an entirely new thread to commemorate it.

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Barefoot Essentials is userscript which adds many enhancements and improvements to the GOG.com website and forum (click here for more information), and also gives you the ability to easily share your GOG game collection and wishlist on the GOG community wiki.

Installing Barefoot Essentials is a 2-step process:

Step 1
It is implemented as a Greasemonkey userscript, which means it will work on most browsers, but you'll first need to have some extension to add support for Greasemonkey-compatible userscripts.
- For Firefox, I recommend installing the original Greasemonkey extension
- For Chrome-based browsers (such as Google Chrome, Chromium, SRWare Iron and newer Opera browsers) I recommend installing the Tampermonkey extension
- For older versions of the Opera browser (version 12 or earlier) I recommend getting Violent Monkey

Step 2
Once you have one of those extensions installed on your browser (and restarted your browser if necessary), simply go to this page and click on the "Install this script" button to install it.

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Alternatively, users of Chrome-based browsers (such as Google Chrome, Chromium, SRWare Iron and newer Opera browsers) can get Barefoot Essentials as an actual Chrome extension from the Chrome Web Store. Because it's a native Chrome extension, you won't need Tampermonkey installed. At the time of writing the extension on Chrome Web Store is still at version 1.10.6 (from 2 months ago), but it still works well and you'll be automatically upgraded to version 2.0 as soon as it arrives on the store.
Ok the changelog on every page (main site or forum) came back.
Skeletonbow said he had the same problem, but seems to me we were talking about two different things so I'll try to explain again what's happening.

While I browse the site, any time I load a page on GOG (main site, forum, wishlist, you name it) I'll have the HUD of the changelog right in my face every time. This happens even when I'm replying to someone in a new window (by pressing reply to), and after my post is displayed (once the page is reloaded).

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skeletonbow: Yep. Also, whenever I post in the forums, then refresh the GOG homepage in another browser tab I'm automatically logged out of GOG and have to log back in again (GOG site flaw I presume), however whenever this happens barefoot essentials re-displays the new release splash screen every time, as well as the first time visiting gog.com after a browser restart. Just started doing that in Firefox 30 a few days ago.
Edit: thinking about it though, I believe this problem did arise once I updated to Firefox 30 as skeletonbow was saying.

Edit 2: again, it stopped occurring after a few times I had closed and reopened Firefox.
Post edited June 18, 2014 by Shambhala
It happened to me just now. I added a bunch of debugging code to my local copy, so if I see the changelog again then I'll know why, but in the meantime I have a good guess of what might be happening so tonight I'll make a minor update which should stop this from happening again (if my guess is right).
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Barefoot_Monkey: It happened to me just now. I added a bunch of debugging code to my local copy, so if I see the changelog again then I'll know why, but in the meantime I have a good guess of what might be happening so tonight I'll make a minor update which should stop this from happening again (if my guess is right).
Great news, thanks!
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Shambhala: Ok the changelog on every page (main site or forum) came back.
Skeletonbow said he had the same problem, but seems to me we were talking about two different things so I'll try to explain again what's happening.

While I browse the site, any time I load a page on GOG (main site, forum, wishlist, you name it) I'll have the HUD of the changelog right in my face every time. This happens even when I'm replying to someone in a new window (by pressing reply to), and after my post is displayed (once the page is reloaded).

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skeletonbow: Yep. Also, whenever I post in the forums, then refresh the GOG homepage in another browser tab I'm automatically logged out of GOG and have to log back in again (GOG site flaw I presume), however whenever this happens barefoot essentials re-displays the new release splash screen every time, as well as the first time visiting gog.com after a browser restart. Just started doing that in Firefox 30 a few days ago.
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Shambhala: Edit: thinking about it though, I believe this problem did arise once I updated to Firefox 30 as skeletonbow was saying.

Edit 2: again, it stopped occurring after a few times I had closed and reopened Firefox.
It recurs for me randomly although I'm not certain if it is related to Barefoot Essentials or not. I should also say that Firefox 30 is just an observation of corelation too, but there may not be a causal relationship. Hard to say on that one easily. :)
I see you released the update!
I'm waiting for the changelog then :)
Thanks for your tireless efforts to continuously enrich this irreplaceable tool with features that we request. :-D

Having said that, I noticed that if you click on "Open your user page on GOGWiki", it opens the requested page in the same tab you access the Barefoot Essentials menu. That's a tiny bit inconvenient, as you then have to click your way back to GOG. I was wondering if it's possible to have it open the GOGWiki user page in a new tab.

Thanks ahead for considering this request. :-)
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HypersomniacLive: Thanks for your tireless efforts to continuously enrich this irreplaceable tool with features that we request. :-D

Having said that, I noticed that if you click on "Open your user page on GOGWiki", it opens the requested page in the same tab you access the Barefoot Essentials menu. That's a tiny bit inconvenient, as you then have to click your way back to GOG. I was wondering if it's possible to have it open the GOGWiki user page in a new tab.

Thanks ahead for considering this request. :-)
Yeah, that would be cool too! I've been working around that by middle-clicking on a random link on the page first to open a new GOG window that I can then open barefoot on and if it follows a link I'm not losing track of the page I was viewing. That works but is a change of habit when clicking on links. Perhaps making it do as-is for a click, but open in another tab for a middle-click? That would follow existing browser conventions for Firefox at least. Or even some config option would be cool. Not a big deal either way though. :)

I haven't seen any updates yet though, not sure why... lemme try a reload...
I just came up with an idea for an enhancement to the GOG website which might possibly be something that would accentuate the enhancements Barefoot Essentials provides. On the GOG homepage in the list of Top Sellers down below, and also on the "Browse Games" page, the entire catalogue of games shows up as a list which is demand loaded as you scroll down. They show the game name on the left and on the right they show the prices if you are not logged in. If you are logged in, they show the price if you do not own the game but they show "OWNED" if you do own the game.

It is convenient to know which games you own if you wish to look only for games you do not own to make a potential purchase, but you might be looking quickly through the list for good bargains for a friend, or to buy extra copies of something for giveaways or gifts etc. including games that you might already own. Right now the "OWNED" label hides the price from you and the only way to get the price is to click on the link of every single game you're interested in and look at the price on the game card page of each game. That's not the most convenient way of presenting the information. Additionally, there might be a game on sale pretty cheap that you would not even look at because you own it or it is not on your mind and all it says is "OWNED", but if you happened to know it was $1.49 right now just casually you might think "oh crap, that's on sale pretty cheap and I didn't even know it... I think I'll pick up a copy for Bill and Fred, and maybe another 5 as future giveaway games" for example. In other words, it is always advantageous for the customer to be able to see the price and not have to dig around for it as it can generate opportunity buys, and it is a huge convenience to see all prices all the time. But it doesn't have to be one way or another either, the site could simply display the price always, and if you own the game, display some indication of ownership that does not hide the price of the game.

I am going to submit the idea to GOG Support as I think it would enhance the website, make the site more user friendly and convenient, have the potential to generate GOG more revenue from sales that people spot that they would otherwise possibly not have known about but might opportunity-buy as gift codes if they see the actual price of games regardless of whether they own them or not.

I thought I'd mention it here also as it is something that could possibly be integrated into Barefoot Essentials as an optional feature. The website appears to send the prices to the browser as they flash on the screen briefly while it is rendering, only to be covered up by OWNED tags a fraction of a second later - presumably by the page's javascript code I'm guessing. Anyhow I thought I'd throw it out here in case it sounds like a useful idea for Barefoot, or even as a separate optional script. Hopefully GOG will modify the site to do it in the future themselves though as it would be a useful feature with no downsides that I can think of.

Anyhow, let me know what you think of the idea and its feasibility in BE. :)
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Barefoot_Monkey: Barefoot Essentials 2.0 is now out :)

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Thank you very much for taking the time to improve my enjoyment of using GOG.com. I've been using the older version for so long that I have forgotten what the old GOG site looks and functions like, and I don't think I could handle going back! :)

And already I'm loving the improvements with this version! (notices control+space next to the quick reply option) :)
Post edited June 24, 2014 by Tarnicus
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Tarnicus: And already I'm loving the improvements with this version! (notices control+space next to the quick reply option) :)
Just now noticing this! Handy.
On the forum front page, would it be possible to have low rated thread titles show up in a different color from visited threads? Right now, they're both sort of greyed out and it would be nice to to be able to tell the two apart from a quick glance.