not4chan grab

what's the url for the not4chan grab firefox extension? the one that grabs all the images in a thread

Can you also add an option to save the images with the names the board has generated it. Otherwise it working's great!

I am unable to get Ren's addon to work.

I'm on FF 3.5.6 and the option will not appear.

the guy who posted his version. it doesn't work.

hey ren, your version of the add-on doesn't seem to work if you've got a post number in the url

Josh: Your version is conflicting with the other 4chan extension (See http://www.4chan.org/tools/) ... You should rename your chrome:name to "4chanGrab" or "4chanExtension". As soon as I enable both extensions yours disables the old one and starts screwing w/ the browser. Please Fix!

Ok, I changed the name to 4chanGrab to hopefully avoid any extension conflict.

http://jooshed.com/share/sw/4chanGrab-1.15b.xpi

Thanks, it now works as expected.

>>86
Thanks for this. Apparently this thread came back to life right before I made a couple of threads on /g/ and needlessly edited my own version. Yours is far better.

I think the one thing left that has always bothered me is the lame renumbering. "grabxxxx" easily defeats itself. I haven't looked at the code close enough to see if there's a trivial way to do something more elegant.

>>88
Im working on this. Currently Im trying to make it ask for a prefix each time its pressed. If you can think of a better way let me know.

I'm not >>88

But I think having an option to save with the name the board renumbered it to would be a good idea in this instance.

it's called not4chan grab, why are you hijacking it and changing the name?

unless you make a new app from scratch you have no right to change the name. fixing errors in the code is one thing, renaming the whole app is another.

>>91
Well not4chan doesn't exist as a Website any more so I don't see a problem. Maybe "Josh" should create a new Website and give the newly redeveloped app a new homepage. And perhaps he can give credit to the original development from there.

>>92
Well not4chan doesn't exist as a Website any more
Actually wait, never mind it does, but not under the original owners anymore. The author of not4chan grab has abandoned the project though, it seems.

While im thankful for the update, i kinda agree on keeping its old name.

As long as this awesome tool is kept working I don't care what it's called.

Thanks for the fix.

>>91
Im not trying to hijack this project or steal credit at all. The original maintainer hasnt updated this in ages, and I
updated my personal version to make it work with the newly formatted boards since the previous extension quit working.

Personally, Ive never even been to not4chan and doubt the majority of people using this extension have. If people using the "not4chan Grab" extension upgraded to mine based solely on the version number, they may not like some of my modifications. Changing the name was a personal preference since I only use 4chan, but also a way to differentiate between a "bugfix" for the previous version, and my own changes which may be drastically different.

I have not changed any other references or credit in the files and do not plan to take over this project. I only uploaded it because someone asked and I thought it would be helpful to others since Ren's version wasnt working for me. If the name change is that big of a deal I will change the name back for releases or stop uploading. I was only trying to help and Im sorry for creating an issue.

http://jooshed.com/share/sw/4chanGrab-1.16.xpi

• Added option to change the file prefix when renumbering

>>96
Since the original maintainer obviously has given up on the project, you should take over. Perhaps you can create a new homepage for it and promote it? That would be nice. I'm sure there would be many 4channers who would love to use this app.

http://www.cafepress.com/digitalnasties

Josh, you are my fucking hero.
Thanks a million for doing this.'

A quiet note of appreciation to the original author, too.

http://jooshed.com/share/sw/4chanGrab-1.17.xpi

 • Changed the textbox to a editable menulist to keep track of your previous 12 save locations w/ sorting


>>100
I liked your ideas on the timestamp and suffix's to the original filenames. I have it all coded up but I need to finish working out the layout in the xul for this many options.

Im also converting it so the actual filelist is editable. So in addition to being able to batch rename, add timestamps, or prefix/suffixs, you'll be able to edit the individual filenames before saving. I thought that gave a large enough variety to make everyone happy, but if anyone has any other ideas let me know.

I am not a programmer and have never used javascript before, so if there are any bugs in this version just let me know. I tested it thoroughly but the saving/sorting of the menulist was a PITA and its very dirty.  I set it to remember 12 save locations, but let me know if you would like more/less. Ill also try to get some preferences for this but thats a whole other challenge.

I will change the name back for the next release to appease everyone and sorry I didnt get to it this release. Let me know what else it needs and enjoy!

Ever thought of adding this to the Firefox list of add ons?

Can you add more imageboards for support, like the original www.2chan.net ?

Or the German knockoff of 4chan? (krautchan.net)

etc.

>>103
Yes, it should be really easy and Ill try to add those in. If theres any others just let me know and Ill try to incorporate them.

4chanGrab-1.17.xpi doesn't work with FF 2.0.0.20

Any other options for saving all images with the original file names?

Thx for you work on this

Would you be a dear and strip
question marks from filenames?
The grabber gets stuck on those
while windows silently refuses
illegal chars. I blame Macs.
Thanks!

>>102

>>88 again, might as well put a random name on here if I'm going to reply again.

Thanks for considering the suggestions and even bothering with this stuff. I hadn't thought of an editable file list. If it works well enough then it seems to me simply number suffixing the original filenames would suffice. I only suggested the timestamp names because it's a simple way to uniquely number them, but just the ability to edit any failed ones would resolve conflicts.

I'd say don't get too crazy with feature creep and trying to add something for everybody, but I'm not the one doing the work, heh. I know it's all still relatively small and simple code.

Also, I wouldn't sweat the name thing so much, though it's reasonable to change it back. With the stuff you're adding I'd almost consider it a fork at this point (that's not a bad thing).

I was wondering if you could make it watch a thread and download the new pics as they get posted? like a "Watch" button along with the other ones?

>>108
This is actually what Ive been working on since yesterday.

Hopefully it will be done by tomorrow and Ill upload it along with the fix for the windows filenames.

>>109
you are brilliant. have all of my internets

>>106
The Macs blame you right back.
For your hate crimes.

But yes, this has always bugged me in Windows.  I'd prefer that illegal chars only be changed if the current OS doesn't support those chars, though.  Just because Windows chokes doesn't mean you neuter everyone else.

U don-t need any extension just download downthemall and it works in any page.

>>112
The whole point of this extension is to retain the original filenames.

Downthemall doesnt do that.

>>113
And it's fucking clumsy to use.

>>80
Thanks.

Josh, awesome of you to pick up this project and run with it.  Bloody good form.

Any updates since your last post?

I basically started a total rewrite to add in auto-updating threads & auto-rename features.

The new version has 1 window with expandable threads in a list instead of the previous 1 window per thread. I added in several auto-renaming options for files when you add a thread, so you can add a prefix/suffix to all filenames or add timestamps/numbering/custom to only dupes. The UI is all done and everything works with the exception of the actual image download code.

Once I get all the code working Ill release the completed new version with all the bells and whistles and the current version with an auto-update feature for the people who are nostalgic.

A couple of other projects popped up lately so its been busy, but Im hoping to have everything done & released in a couple of weeks. There was also Chrome version in the works but the file access restrictions are much different for chrome than firefox.

>>118
Incredible effort, much appreciated!  Great idea to update the old interface too, since I'm a keyboard person and I'm really used to the old version.

Any plans to address question marks in names hanging the extension in Windows, as described in >>106 and >>111?  OS X and other OSes don't have this problem (so probably no need to strip characters there), but in Windows, being able to replace them would be very useful.

>>119
Thanks for reminding me! I had totally forgotten about that issue and Ill work on getting a fix for it tonight.