Binsearch.info Easy Click
binsearcheasyclick.user.js - install as Greasemonkey User Script.
Binsearch.info is an excellent usenet search site which not only gives you neat search results, but also gives you the option to select search results and add them to a downloadable "NZB" file.
This is all very nice, you can find more info on the website.
However, there is one usability glitch, which is that you have to carefully click a select box for each search result you want to add to the output. It would be much more easy if you could just click somewhere on a row to enable/disable the result. Now that, my dear brothers and sisters, is where Greasemonkey was invented for...
This script makes every row in a binsearch result page clickable in order to select/deselect the corresponding checkbox. Also, it changes the color of the result in order to make selected rows visually stand out.
nzbperl - usenet downloader
If you need an elegant, lightweight NZB enabled usenet client, you should definitely look at nzbperl, completely written in Perl. The script runs in a terminal with full character based "graphical" interface. Installation is as simple as downloading and making the file executable, provided that you have the prerequisite Perl XML modules installed.
Nzbperl has been developed for Linux, but works without any changes for Mac OS-X as well (you should install the XML modules first - hint: lib-expat is installed with Apple's X11 nrelease).
CHANGELOG ========= Version 1.03 - 20 April 2007 Improvements again by Scott Lees - improved the shift-click to select multiple rows - improved color scheme to make selections better stand out Version 1.02 - 16 April 2007 Improvements by Scott Lees - thanks! - implemented the shift-click to select multiple rows - disabled row-toggling if you click on a link element within the row Version 1.01 - 20 July 2006 - improved click handling - better css styling Version 1.00 - 13 April 2006 - initial release
About Greasemonkey
Greasemonkey is a Firefox extension, which can change web pages by applying cleverly crafted user scripts after they are loaded in the browser.
Tip! Greasemonkey Hacks by Mark Pilgim.
More Greasemonkey User Scripts
For more, and a couple of Greasemonkey resources, see Greasemonkey User Scripts.
