Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by latentflip 5713 days ago
This is awesome, please port it to Chrome.

Also, any chance you can release the source for the page plugins you've already written? A couple aren't working for me (for example I need the weather to search google.co.uk not google.com) and it would be nice to be able to just make a quick edit rather than starting anew.
1 comments
latentflip 5713 days ago
For anyone else looking for the plugin sources, they are embedded in the Verbal Juicer homepage.

With Firebug/Webkit dev tools, navigate to: body > #appsCode and the plugins and you can copy-paste into verbal juicer's create window.

For UK users, changing the weather code from google.com to google.co.uk seems to be all you need to do.

link
davidcann 5713 days ago
Actually, it's even easier than that! You can edit every plug-in right within the interface. Click the Edit button, then click "Go" on whichever plug-in script you want to edit. That page will load and the Go button changes to an Edit button. Click that and the code editor interface pops up. Change the URL and click Save!

I should redesign that Edit/Go button interface to make it more clear. A couple people have thought they can't edit the plug-in scripts.

link
latentflip 5713 days ago
I stumbled across that later, much easier :).

I seem to be getting a weird bug where after a while the code editor window pops up with 'undefined' in it and I can't do anything further. Uninstalling and reinstalling the extension seems to fix it, but I lose my plugins. Sorry I can't provide much more detail than that, if it happens again I'll see if I can figure anything else out.

An even more awesome feature request than porting it to Chrome for me would be letting me use JQuery in the plugins.

p.s. If this functionality was wrapped up into a slightly more stable standalone app, with really basic alarm clock functionality, I would pay for it in a heartbeat.

link
davidcann 5713 days ago
Eek, sorry about that bug. I'll look into it. Admittedly, I haven't done extensive or automated testing yet.

I agree JQuery would be a good addition and not difficult to add.

A standalone app would be nice too... that would make it easier to preload content and minimize loading delays between pages! A standalone app would also give me access to AppleScript, so it could integrate with Mail, iCal, etc.

link
latentflip 5713 days ago
I can seem to repeat the bug if I: - Open Safari - Install Verbal Juicer - Edit one of the plugins - Quit Safari whilst the code-editor is still open.

When I reopen Safari and try and edit an extension, I just get "undefined".

link