Privacy icon in Less Detail mode?
The next feature I would like to add to the Ma.gnolia Condenser would add the privacy action icon (a lock) visible even in Less Detail mode. More exercise for XPath syntax, which I like. I started off making a mental checklist:
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Check to see the Less Detail version of the page is displayed
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Check to see if the script is running on a page of the signed in user
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Use the Greasemonkey function GM_xmlhttpRequest to grab the More Detail version of the page so I will know which links are private
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Get the "shortname" of the link so I can compute the href and the element ID for the privacy options link
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Create the necessary DIV, A, IMG elements to show a lock image
Then it occurs to me there seems to be a simpler, faster, and easier to maintain way to do the same thing.
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Check to see the Less Detail version of the page is displayed
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If so, redirect to the More Detail version of the page, then hide the description and extra action icons using CSS (show the Privacy icon only)
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Change the More Detail link so that it unhides the same on a click
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If the More Detail version of the page is displayed, change the link so that it hides the same on a click
If I write the script the second way, the real Less Detail never appears, only a greased version of the More Detail page. It almost seems unethical! I am still considering any possible downside to doing it the easier way.
