Comments on: Google Groups KillFile 3.5.1 Released

By: Damian

Damian — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:20:59 +0000

Thanks for the fix. I've incorporated the change into version 3.5.2 which can be found here I've also closed comments for this version, please post any new comments to the 3.5.2 release post

By: Kyle M

Kyle M — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:02:36 +0000

@Tater
Fixed it… I just changed some xpath stuff:

// Add the Killfile Menu Option to the top nav
candidates = document.evaluate(“//DIV[@class='gtopbar']//nobr//a”, document, null, XPathResult.ORDERED_NODE_SNAPSHOT_TYPE, null);

becomes

// Add the Killfile Menu Option to the top nav
candidates = document.evaluate(“//DIV[@id='guser']//nobr//a”, document, null, XPathResult.ORDERED_NODE_SNAPSHOT_TYPE, null);

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:01:59 +0000

@Tater
Fixed it… I just changed some xpath stuff:

// Add the Killfile Menu Option to the top nav
candidates = document.evaluate(“//DIV[@class='gtopbar']//nobr//a”, document, null, XPathResult.ORDERED_NODE_SNAPSHOT_TYPE, null);

becomes

// Add the Killfile Menu Option to the top nav
candidates = document.evaluate(“//DIV[@id='guser']//nobr//a”, document, null, XPathResult.ORDERED_NODE_SNAPSHOT_TYPE, null);

By: gentsquash

gentsquash — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:20:55 +0000

Dear Damien. [Running Firefox 3.5.5 under Mac OSX 10.5.8]
I’m seeing the same phenomenon as reported by Tater
Gumfries (October 19th, 2009) that no killfile button is
visible. I can find no way to see nor edit the killfile.

While I have not done extensive experiments, I’ve
verified that no other greasemonkey script is triggering
on the google-groups page, and I’ve disabled most
add-ons, and returned FF to its default theme; alas no
joy. Is it possible that Google Groups has changed its
format? (By the way, in FF on MacOSX, in what file is
the killfile stored?)
Thanks again Damien for your fine script.
Sincerely, -gentsquash

By: James Annan

James Annan — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 01:22:20 +0000

Same issue here, I just noticed it yesterday (and found this thread by googling) but don’t know how long it’s been like that.

By: damian

damian — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:56:53 +0000

I’ll see if I can take a look and figure out what’s happened. Bear with me.

By: Tater Gumfries

Tater Gumfries — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:55:01 +0000

The killfile button no longer appears on my upper right set of choices, and it is the same on all my computers. I have tried reinstalling both the Google Groups Killfile script, as well as Greasemonkey, and there is no effect. I cannot access the killfile contents to set old offenders free.

By: Tater

Tater — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 18:20:41 +0000

Tater is unable to see the kill bin anymore. They’s folks in the bin that Tater wants to let out, but there ain’t no way of doin it no more. Tater tried uninstallin and reinstallin, both the greasemonkey and the Google Groups killfile, but that didn’t help.

By: Tater

Tater — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 18:10:17 +0000

“There’s also a bug where the script wildcards too easily. eg: There’s a poster ‘Phin’ and whenever I killfile him, the posts for ‘Dr. Phineas J. Martian’ killfile as well.”

That’s not a bug — that’s a feature. Next version will killfile you automatically as the default.

By: Dilip Sarwate

Dilip Sarwate — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 02:40:32 +0000

My Firefox browser recently updated Greasemonkey automatically, and since then, the clickable link at the top of the page that allows one to access the list of blocked authors and titles is no longer visible. The killfile still works as before, and I can still add authors and topics to the killfile by clicking on the Xs, but I cannot delete authors and/or topics or edit them to include regular expressions. Can anyone tell me how to access the list again? Thanks

Dilip Sarwate