PM monitor plugin for FF3 Version: 3.0.2008.06.28

Hobbes

Version: 3.0.2008.06.29

Download Location: [url=https://us.v-cdn.net/6034073/[/url]. (this version requires to unzip then drag the XPI file onto your browser).

Alternatively working builds are available here at https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/7787

Note: Can take time to become public listed so you can grab it from the Sandbox. You will need a mozilla login (free to make) to download it.

Updates:
- Minor preferences changes.
- Can specify to notify you of new PM and/or subscriptions. (Icon change).
- Last Scanned time is displayed in tooltip text so you know it is working.
- Toolbar buttons have been removed and only one in place. Has a drop down menu with same functionality as status bar.
- You can set default action of toolbar button in the preferences now.

Known issues:
- Toolbar menus don't update properly yet. Known issue. happens when customizing and works when you restart browser.

Todo (low priority):
- Menu option in the plugin but not visible.
- Add option to show/hide menu/status bar.


Cult! As to get a firefox extension nominated on mozilla is a serious pain it would be better if I had somewhere to upload to boards.ie. Will need a https url when hosting it or I need to start messing around with signatures. Let me know.

I have submitted for nominiation but requires people to give feedback on the plugin.

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FEATURES
- Faster then previous plugin.
- Much less network traffic.
- Option to add a toolbar button which acts like the status bar button.
- Can set a default action for toolbar button.
- Themes (thanks to SadisticSilence and DonkeyStyle\o/)
- Can set to monitor for PMs and/or subs.

Known issues
- Customise Toolbars can make icons vanish from toolbar (fixes on browser restart).
- Preferences don't take effect until browser restart.
- Does not support small/large icons settings correctly.

If you have a bug
1. In Firefox type URL about:config.
2. Add a new variable called boardsie.debug with value of true (if already exists set to true).
3. Open error console and attempt to reproduce issue.
4. report results in forum where you got the plugin.

If you find it useful please leave a thanks on this thread. thanks.

Hobbes

Note version has been updated to 3.0.2008.06.29

Hobbes

Actually as far as I am concerned the plugin is done. May or may not update it in future but it is unlikely to be anytime soon.

jor el

Installed the plugin, and Firefox crashed initially when I restarted. Don't know if that's causing, or a result of, the problem now, but there seems to be an error.

It says "Could not get data. Make sure you are logged in, boards site is active and network is connected"

Error console shows:

____________________________________
URL: http://developer.boards.ie/api/inbox/json/?version=3.0.2008.06.29&timestamp=1214819571392

Data header was valid

Default Data Before
info.totalPM: 0
info.unreadPM: 0
info.totalSubs: 0
info.newSubs: 0
url.gotoInbox: /vbulletin/private.php?folderid=0
url.gotoNewPM: /vbulletin/private.php?do=newpm
url.gotoSubscriptions: /vbulletin/subscription.php?do=viewsubscription
url.gotoUserCp: /vbulletin/usercp.php?
system.minScanTime: 5
system.disable: false
system.sysUrlMessage:
system.message:


Data Received from Server
info.totalPM: 132
info.unreadPM: 0
info.totalSubs: 8
info.newSubs: 0
url.gotoInbox: /vbulletin/private.php?folderid=0
url.gotoNewPM: /vbulletin/private.php?do=newpm
url.gotoSubscriptions: /vbulletin/subscription.php?do=viewsubscription
url.gotoUserCp: /vbulletin/usercp.php?
system.minScanTime: 5
system.disable: false
system.sysUrlMessage:
system.message:


Data wasn't valid. Threw error
processDataFromServer: undefined
{"info":{"totalPM":132,"unreadPM":0,"totalSubs":8,"newSubs":0},"url":{"gotoInbox":"\/vbulletin\/private.php?folderid=0","gotoNewPM":"\/vbulletin\/private.php?do=newpm","gotoSubscriptions":"\/vbulletin\/subscription.php?do=viewsubscription","gotoUserCp":"\/vbulletin\/usercp.php?"},"system":{"minScanTime":5,"disable":false,"sysUrlMessage":"","message":""}}

getImg: chrome://boardspm3/content/themes/1/bie_x.png
_______________________________________

Any ideas? The other buttons, to open CP, Inbox, etc all work fine.

Hobbes

uninstall and reinstall the plugin.

Ginger

Hey Hobbes,

Just checking this in FF.. When I go to check now, it gives me could not get data (etc etc)

Uninstalled and reinstalled as per instructions.. Boards.ie is open. Remember me is enabled.. am I missing anything (other than 6 hours sleep?)

Hobbes

If you don't have your browser set to remember your login information then when the cookie expires it will loose access to the site. Likewise if you have no network connection when it attempts to check it will bring that error back as well.

Try this URL and tell me what you get back.

http://developer.boards.ie/api/inbox/json/?version=3.0.2008.06.29

If you don't have remember on, you can switch off the autochecking feature.


Also let me know if you had the previous FF2 plugin installed or not.

Ginger

My login is remembered with the cookie.

I have never used the previous versions.. just started with this one.. never got enough PMs

Get back the following

{"info":{"totalPM":399,"unreadPM":0,"totalSubs":20,"newSubs":2},"url":{"gotoInbox":"\/vbulletin\/private.php?folderid=0","gotoNewPM":"\/vbulletin\/private.php?do=newpm","gotoSubscriptions":"\/vbulletin\/subscription.php?do=viewsubscription","gotoUserCp":"\/vbulletin\/usercp.php?"},"system":{"minScanTime":5,"disable":false,"sysUrlMessage":"","message":""}}

Hobbes

How frequently do you get the error that data could not be retrieved? How frequently are you accessing the data from the server? If you do a Check Now does it go away.

Ginger

Defaults at the moment... only changed the icon to the donkeystyle one.

I dragged the XPI file into the browser (Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-GB; rv:1.9) Gecko/2008052906 Firefox/3.0) to install it

Check disable, then click enable.. if I click check now, it goes to the boards icon with the red x through it... have to disable then enable to bring the boards icon again.. (uploaded) and since that it has changed to the crossed oyt version..

Hobbes

Ginger can you follow the debug steps above and give me the information it has.

Ginger

Righty then

getImg: chrome://boardspm3/content/themes/2/bie_enable16.png

getImg: chrome://boardspm3/content/themes/2/bie_d.png

getImg: chrome://boardspm3/content/themes/2/bie_disable16.png

getImg: chrome://boardspm3/content/themes/2/bie_a.png

URL: http://developer.boards.ie/api/inbox/json/?version=3.0.2008.06.29&timestamp=1214829404579

Data header was valid

Default Data Before
info.totalPM: 0
info.unreadPM: 0
info.totalSubs: 0
info.newSubs: 0
url.gotoInbox: /vbulletin/private.php?folderid=0
url.gotoNewPM: /vbulletin/private.php?do=newpm
url.gotoSubscriptions: /vbulletin/subscription.php?do=viewsubscription
url.gotoUserCp: /vbulletin/usercp.php?
system.minScanTime: 5
system.disable: false
system.sysUrlMessage:
system.message:


Data Received from Server
info.totalPM: 399
info.unreadPM: 0
info.totalSubs: 20
info.newSubs: 1
url.gotoInbox: /vbulletin/private.php?folderid=0
url.gotoNewPM: /vbulletin/private.php?do=newpm
url.gotoSubscriptions: /vbulletin/subscription.php?do=viewsubscription
url.gotoUserCp: /vbulletin/usercp.php?
system.minScanTime: 5
system.disable: false
system.sysUrlMessage:
system.message:


Data wasn't valid. Threw error
processDataFromServer: undefined
{"info":{"totalPM":399,"unreadPM":0,"totalSubs":20,"newSubs":1},"url":{"gotoInbox":"\/vbulletin\/private.php?folderid=0","gotoNewPM":"\/vbulletin\/private.php?do=newpm","gotoSubscriptions":"\/vbulletin\/subscription.php?do=viewsubscription","gotoUserCp":"\/vbulletin\/usercp.php?"},"system":{"minScanTime":5,"disable":false,"sysUrlMessage":"","message":""}}

getImg: chrome://boardspm3/content/themes/2/bie_x.png

Hobbes

Try this one. Same code more debugging.

Ginger

Data wasn't valid. Threw error
processDataFromServer: undefined
{"info":{"totalPM":399,"unreadPM":0,"totalSubs":20,"newSubs":2},"url":{"gotoInbox":"\/vbulletin\/private.php?folderid=0","gotoNewPM":"\/vbulletin\/private.php?do=newpm","gotoSubscriptions":"\/vbulletin\/subscription.php?do=viewsubscription","gotoUserCp":"\/vbulletin\/usercp.php?"},"system":{"minScanTime":5,"disable":false,"sysUrlMessage":"","message":""}}

Data Received from Server
info.totalPM: 399
info.unreadPM: 0
info.totalSubs: 20
info.newSubs: 2
url.gotoInbox: /vbulletin/private.php?folderid=0
url.gotoNewPM: /vbulletin/private.php?do=newpm
url.gotoSubscriptions: /vbulletin/subscription.php?do=viewsubscription
url.gotoUserCp: /vbulletin/usercp.php?
system.minScanTime: 5
system.disable: false
system.sysUrlMessage:
system.message:


Default Data Before
info.totalPM: 0
info.unreadPM: 0
info.totalSubs: 0
info.newSubs: 0
url.gotoInbox: /vbulletin/private.php?folderid=0
url.gotoNewPM: /vbulletin/private.php?do=newpm
url.gotoSubscriptions: /vbulletin/subscription.php?do=viewsubscription
url.gotoUserCp: /vbulletin/usercp.php?
system.minScanTime: 5
system.disable: false
system.sysUrlMessage:
system.message:

Hobbes

Click "Clear" on the error console then do a Check Now (to reproduce the issue) and give me after that.

Ginger

I did that originally but here it is again

Data wasn't valid. Threw error
processDataFromServer: undefined
{"info":{"totalPM":399,"unreadPM":0,"totalSubs":20,"newSubs":2},"url":{"gotoInbox":"\/vbulletin\/private.php?folderid=0","gotoNewPM":"\/vbulletin\/private.php?do=newpm","gotoSubscriptions":"\/vbulletin\/subscription.php?do=viewsubscription","gotoUserCp":"\/vbulletin\/usercp.php?"},"system":{"minScanTime":5,"disable":false,"sysUrlMessage":"","message":""}}

Data Received from Server
info.totalPM: 399
info.unreadPM: 0
info.totalSubs: 20
info.newSubs: 2
url.gotoInbox: /vbulletin/private.php?folderid=0
url.gotoNewPM: /vbulletin/private.php?do=newpm
url.gotoSubscriptions: /vbulletin/subscription.php?do=viewsubscription
url.gotoUserCp: /vbulletin/usercp.php?
system.minScanTime: 5
system.disable: false
system.sysUrlMessage:
system.message:


Default Data Before
info.totalPM: 0
info.unreadPM: 0
info.totalSubs: 0
info.newSubs: 0
url.gotoInbox: /vbulletin/private.php?folderid=0
url.gotoNewPM: /vbulletin/private.php?do=newpm
url.gotoSubscriptions: /vbulletin/subscription.php?do=viewsubscription
url.gotoUserCp: /vbulletin/usercp.php?
system.minScanTime: 5
system.disable: false
system.sysUrlMessage:
system.message:


Data header was valid

URL: http://developer.boards.ie/api/inbox/json/?version=3.0.2008.06.29&timestamp=1214830511450

Hobbes

Install the new plugin I posted, then post the debug. You are still using the old plugin.

Edit: Apologies wrong plugin. this is the correct one.
https://us.v-cdn.net/6034073/

Also what version of FF3 are you using and what OS?

OK try this one.
https://us.v-cdn.net/6034073/

Ginger

Ok debug info

Data wasn't valid. Threw error
processDataFromServer: undefined
{"info":{"totalPM":399,"unreadPM":0,"totalSubs":20,"newSubs":1},"url":{"gotoInbox":"\/vbulletin\/private.php?folderid=0","gotoNewPM":"\/vbulletin\/private.php?do=newpm","gotoSubscriptions":"\/vbulletin\/subscription.php?do=viewsubscription","gotoUserCp":"\/vbulletin\/usercp.php?"},"system":{"minScanTime":5,"disable":false,"sysUrlMessage":"","message":""}}

Starting update process

Data Received from Server
info.totalPM: 399
info.unreadPM: 0
info.totalSubs: 20
info.newSubs: 1
url.gotoInbox: /vbulletin/private.php?folderid=0
url.gotoNewPM: /vbulletin/private.php?do=newpm
url.gotoSubscriptions: /vbulletin/subscription.php?do=viewsubscription
url.gotoUserCp: /vbulletin/usercp.php?
system.minScanTime: 5
system.disable: false
system.sysUrlMessage:
system.message:

Default Data Before
info.totalPM: 0
info.unreadPM: 0
info.totalSubs: 0
info.newSubs: 0
url.gotoInbox: /vbulletin/private.php?folderid=0
url.gotoNewPM: /vbulletin/private.php?do=newpm
url.gotoSubscriptions: /vbulletin/subscription.php?do=viewsubscription
url.gotoUserCp: /vbulletin/usercp.php?
system.minScanTime: 5
system.disable: false
system.sysUrlMessage:
system.message:

Data header was valid

URL: http://developer.boards.ie/api/inbox/json/?version=3.0.2008.06.30&timestamp=1214836288002

OS is Windows XP Pro SP3

FF version from Help About

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-GB; rv:1.9) Gecko/2008052906 Firefox/3.0

Hobbes

Your debug doesn't make sense. It is backwards? Are you pasting it backwards? ( right click error console window and select First->Last order).

Will have another update shortly to debug deeper.

Hobbes

try this one now.
https://us.v-cdn.net/6034073/

Ginger

Sorry Hobbes my bad

From top to bottom excluding images

URL: http://developer.boards.ie/api/inbox/json/?version=3.0.2008.06.30&timestamp=1214841365620

Data header was valid

Default Data Before
info.totalPM: 0
info.unreadPM: 0
info.totalSubs: 0
info.newSubs: 0
url.gotoInbox: /vbulletin/private.php?folderid=0
url.gotoNewPM: /vbulletin/private.php?do=newpm
url.gotoSubscriptions: /vbulletin/subscription.php?do=viewsubscription
url.gotoUserCp: /vbulletin/usercp.php?
system.minScanTime: 5
system.disable: false
system.sysUrlMessage:
system.message:

Data Received from Server
info.totalPM: 399
info.unreadPM: 0
info.totalSubs: 20
info.newSubs: 1
url.gotoInbox: /vbulletin/private.php?folderid=0
url.gotoNewPM: /vbulletin/private.php?do=newpm
url.gotoSubscriptions: /vbulletin/subscription.php?do=viewsubscription
url.gotoUserCp: /vbulletin/usercp.php?
system.minScanTime: 5
system.disable: false
system.sysUrlMessage:
system.message:

Starting update process

Starting tooltiptext

building scan date

Updating Tooltip text

Data wasn't valid. Threw error
processDataFromServer: undefined
{"info":{"totalPM":399,"unreadPM":0,"totalSubs":20,"newSubs":1},"url":{"gotoInbox":"\/vbulletin\/private.php?folderid=0","gotoNewPM":"\/vbulletin\/private.php?do=newpm","gotoSubscriptions":"\/vbulletin\/subscription.php?do=viewsubscription","gotoUserCp":"\/vbulletin\/usercp.php?"},"system":{"minScanTime":5,"disable":false,"sysUrlMessage":"","message":""}}

getImg: chrome://boardspm3/content/themes/2/bie_x.png

Hope that reads better

Hobbes

ah ha! I think I copped it. I am guessing you are not using the toolbar icon?


Verified. OK the reason for it is that the browser doesn't see the toolbar button if it is not visible to the user. So fails to update it. If you add the toolbar button and restart it will work. Will update it shortly.

Ginger

And Tada! she works... Added the toolbar button and it worked first time..

Thanks for the help Hobbes.. gotta love remote debugging of applications.. thanks for all the help!

Sorry for the runaround..

Hobbes

Will work if no toolbar button is active.

Rb

Working perfectly on FF3 for me, Hobbes. Nice job

Zaph

In the preferences it's set to check for new messages every 5 minutes. I can't seem to change that, it goes back to 5 minutes automatically. Is it meant to do that?

Hobbes

Zaph wrote: »

In the preferences it's set to check for new messages every 5 minutes. I can't seem to change that, it goes back to 5 minutes automatically. Is it meant to do that?

5 mins is default minimum. If you set it lower then when clicking OK it will reset it back to 5 mins.

You can hack it in the about:config but as soon as you query the server the server will set it back to the minimum time set by the server (which at this time is 5 minutes). No way to get around that. This is to stop the server being hammered.

If you think you have mail waiting before the 5 mins you can do "Check now" option.

Zaph

Hobbes wrote: »

5 mins is default minimum. If you set it lower then when clicking OK it will reset it back to 5 mins.

You can hack it in the about:config but as soon as you query the server the server will set it back to the minimum time set by the server (which at this time is 5 minutes). No way to get around that. This is to stop the server being hammered.

If you think you have mail waiting before the 5 mins you can do "Check now" option.

Cheers Hobbes, I just wanted to be sure there wasn't something wrong with it as I was having a problem with the autocheck before downloading the latest version.

Rb

Weird, it keeps telling me there's a new post in one of my subbed threads, yet when I open subs theres not. I hit "check now" a few times to see if it clears but it doesn't.

Hobbes

Rb wrote: »

Weird, it keeps telling me there's a new post in one of my subbed threads, yet when I open subs theres not. I hit "check now" a few times to see if it clears but it doesn't.

That is cults doing. The server only checks for new subs every 30 mins I think.

jor el

Thanks Hobbes, that new version works fine for me too.

Kur4mA

mmm tasty. I shall install this when I get home later. GG.

Zaph

I'm using the Old Skool skin, and I had a bunch of PMs when I logged in today but the icon stayed blue instead of changing to green. When I hover over it it says Not Set. Any ideas?

Hobbes

Not set means it hasn't checked for messages yet. Are you sure you haven't disabled it. Drop down menu it will say "enable". If that is set follow the debug mentioned before.

Zaph

No it's enabled all right, it gives me the option to disable it when I click on it. I'll do the debug thing and post it here in a few minutes.

Zaph

Or maybe not:

1. In Firefox type URL about:config.
DONE

2. Add a new variable called boardsie.debug with value of true (if already exists set to true).
How do I add a new variable?

3. Open error console and attempt to reproduce issue.
There's nothing to reproduce, I didn't attempt an action so what should I do?

Dingatron

I'm getting this 'Not Set' as well. PM enabled etc. See debug below:

Error: uncaught exception: [Exception... "Component returned failure code: 0x804b000a (NS_ERROR_MALFORMED_URI) [nsIIOService2.newURI]" nsresult: "0x804b000a (NS_ERROR_MALFORMED_URI)" location: "JS frame :: chrome://boardspm3/content/boardspmOverlay.js :: getDataFromServer :: line 48" data: no]

Hobbes

The error message relates to trying to get the cookie information from the browsers secure area. The malformed URL would suggest one of the following.

1. Are you using the latest version of the plugin. (June 30th).

2. Where you using the previous old plugin? If you were try this.
- go to about:config address.
- Click "I'll be careful".
- in filter type boardsie.
- on each of the boardsie.* variables right click and click "reset".
- Close down firefox and reopen.
- Set up your preferences again.

Hobbes

Incidently to turn on debug.

3. if the issue still happens after that, then.
- go to about:config address.
- Click "I'll be careful".
- in filter type boardsie.
- In a blank area of the screen where the variables are right click and select New->Boolean
- give it the name boardsie.debug
- give it a value of true.

After browser restart debug is on. you can go back into the about.config and set debug to false when your done (unless you like error console spam).

Dingatron

Hobbes wrote: »

The error message relates to trying to get the cookie information from the browsers secure area. The malformed URL would suggest one of the following.

1. Are you using the latest version of the plugin. (June 30th).

2. Where you using the previous old plugin? If you were try this.
- go to about:config address.
- Click "I'll be careful".
- in filter type boardsie.
- on each of the boardsie.* variables right click and click "reset".
- Close down firefox and reopen.
- Set up your preferences again.

Nice one that did it. Working fine now thanks a lot Hobbes. I had been using the old version and may have installed the latest version over it.

Zaph

That's done the trick for me too Hobbes, thanks a lot. I was using the old one before, so that must have been what was causing the problem.

Kinetic^

Just wondering if there could be an addon to the plugin whereby it monitors activity on your items on adverts.ie?

Hobbes

Kinetic^ wrote: »

Just wondering if there could be an addon to the plugin whereby it monitors activity on your items on adverts.ie?

Do up a spec of what you need. Can't guarantee anything.

Kinetic^

You lost me at spec!

Well an advert you make or post in automatically becomes subsrcibed to, similar to subbing to a thread. You get emails when people reply to your ads/subbed ads. You can disable this but if there was an addon to the PM monitor I think it would be great.

No big deal if it's not possible though.

Random

Is it possible to have this let you know if you have new visitor profile msgs too please?

THanks

CuLT

Hobbes, I've built visitor message data into the inbox API, so you should be able to add this to the plugin if you wish.

new variables should be obvious from looking at the API, but in JSON it's:

totalVM => Toal Visitor Messages (Numeric)
unreadVM => Total Unread Visitor Messages (Numeric)
gotoProfile => URL pointing to users profile (String)

Hobbes

Ok I need to think about the UI on this. What about the adverts request. Is that possible as well?

CuLT

Anything's possible. Whether it's worth the investment of time depends on what it's supposed to be doing.

I imagine it would be fairly trivial to include a count on current notifications, or new replies, but how to meaningfully represent that and have it be more than just a ticker within the current UI of the PM checker eludes me.

Tell me what you need it to supply and I can tell you if I can supply it.

Random

Any more luck increasing the functionality of this?

Dingatron

Bump for FF 3.5 compatibility please if possible.

Lemming

Dingatron wrote: »

Bump for FF 3.5 compatibility please if possible.

Bump. FF 3.5.2 no likey