The latest version of Barefoot Essentials is version 2.22.1

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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 on Google Chrome

Users of Chrome-based browsers (such as Google Chrome, Chromium, SRWare Iron and newer Opera browsers) can install Barefoot Essentials as a native Chrome extension through this link to the Chrome Web Store

Installing on Mozilla Firefox

Barefoot Essentials is implemented as a Greasemonkey userscript. To install Barefoot Essentials on Firefox you'll first need to have the Greasemonkey extension installed.

Once you have Greasemonkey installed you can then visit the Barefoot Essentials page on greasyfork.org to install the script.

Installing on Seamonkey

The process for Seamonkey is the same as for Firefox except that you'll need an alternative to Greasemonky, such as Greasemonkey Port. With that installed you can visit the Barefoot Essentials page on greasyfork.org to install the script.

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If you have any problems or questions then feel free to ask in this thread.

Thanks, your efforts are much appreciated. I wanted to share an issue that I have on both machines that I use this script on. One is a 32 bit Windows XP, the other 64 bit Windows 7, and both involve Tampermonkey for Chrome. I have narrowed the root cause of the problem down to the extension, however I haven't tested to see if it's an issue with Tampermonkey itself or the GOG script.

The problem is that after a few weeks of use, Chrome will start to display the message "Oops, it looks like Chrome did not shut down correctly" every time the browser is opened. This only happens on installations with both Tampermonkey and Barefoot Essentials.

The only solution that works is a fresh reinstall of Chrome, but then after a couple weeks of using Tampermonkey and the GOG script, the issue arises again, forcing me to reinstall again. I have since switched to using Firefox for GOG due to this issue, and I have no troubles with Chrome any longer.

Has anyone else ever encountered this and know of a solution? I prefer Chrome as it is more lightweight than Firefox.

I haven't seen this happening before, but I'll keep my eye out and see what I can do if it does end up happening to me. In the meantime, I'll have a native Chrome extension available sometime soonish - maybe that will work better for you.
Since you asked nicely, I'll see what I can do ;) When I get the chance I'll look into how GOG does it.
Thanks. That's a good idea. Maybe I'll add a shortcut key to toggle the hints for the next update.

I'm not sure how long it will take version 2.0 to be available on Chrome Web Store, but you can go here to get a fairly recent version of the native extension, and it will get updated to version 2.0 as soon as it's available.

Again, my thanks Barefoot. I'll try it out for a while and let you know how it turns out. It already appears to be much quicker loading than using Tampermonkey, so that's a plus already!

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.

Yeah, that's what I was trying to describe above. Happens on www.gog.com and secure.gog.com for me.

I do refresh the GOG front page whenever flash deals expire, but I don't get the issue both you and Shambhala describe - maybe because the front page acts as if the script is not installed at all?

Just installed it. Many thanks BM!

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).

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. :)

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. :)

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) :)

Thanks for this system, Barefoot, and props for the Ed avatar, one of the only anime shows I can tolerateXD


I'm encountering a problem; I can't link my wishlist,etc to the wiki because it tells me that to make a login I need to be administrator. Any ideas?