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Customizing Tildes

Successor of the awesome-tildes project by @Emerald_Knight listing userthemes, userscripts, and extensions to improve your browsing experience!

Changes using the Web Browser

Extensions

Browser extensions (addons) for Firefox, Chrome, etc… They usually add a number of useful features, especially ones that require deeper integration with the browser.

Scripts

Userscripts require an extension like Violentmonkey to work. They are similar to browser extensions but are usually less powerful.

CSS Themes

Userstyles require an extension like Stylus in order to work. They allow a user to completely change the look and styling of a website to their liking.

Custom userstyles

Userstyles can also be used to make smaller and more targeted adjustments. Use the browser developer tools, a browser extension such as Stylus and a resource like the Mozilla Developer Network web docs if you want to try on your own!

For example, the style below will make comment/topic text areas larger:

@-moz-document domain("tildes.net") {
     .form-markdown textarea.form-input {
       height:700px;
     }
   }

Credits to @hungariantoast and @Deimos

Bookmarklets

Bookmarklets are script snippets that you can save as bookmarks. When you use the bookmarklet on a page, it triggers an effect.

Change your current theme

Instructions: Copy the code for the theme you want and save it as a bookmark.

• In Firefox press Ctrl+B to open your bookmarks sidebar and right click on a bookmark to select Add a New Bookmark.
  • Paste the javascript code in the Location field and fill out the other fields as you wish. Then place the bookmarklet in your bookmarks toolbar for easy access!
• In Chrome/Chromium press Ctrl+Shift+O to open the bookmark manager.
  • Right click anywhere in the manager and select Add A New Bookmark.
  • Paste the javascript code in the URL field. Once done you can place the bookmarklet in your bookmarks bar for easy access!
• White:
  javascript:(function() { document.cookie = "theme=white;path=%2F;domain=tildes.net;secure";document.location='https://tildes.net';})()
• Solarized Light:
  javascript:(function() { document.cookie = "theme=light;path=%2F;domain=tildes.net;secure";document.location='https://tildes.net';})()
• Solarized Dark:
  javascript:(function() { document.cookie = "theme=dark;path=%2F;domain=tildes.net;secure";document.location='https://tildes.net';})()
• Dracula:
  javascript:(function() { document.cookie = "theme=dracula;path=%2F;domain=tildes.net;secure";document.location='https://tildes.net';})()
• Atom One Dark:
  javascript:(function() { document.cookie = "theme=atom-one-dark;path=%2F;domain=tildes.net;secure";document.location='https://tildes.net';})()
• Black:
  javascript:(function() { document.cookie = "theme=black;path=%2F;domain=tildes.net;secure";document.location='https://tildes.net';})()

Thanks to @balooga who originally posted the bookmarklets here!

Specific Changes with Browser Extensions

uBlock Origin

Raymond Gorhill (creator of uBlock Origin):
uBlock Origin is NOT an “ad blocker”: it is a wide-spectrum blocker – which happens to be able to function as a mere “ad blocker”. The default behavior of uBlock Origin when newly installed is to block ads, trackers and malware sites – through EasyList, EasyPrivacy, Peter Lowe’s ad/tracking/malware servers, various lists of malware sites, and uBlock Origin’s own filter lists.

We can leverage uBlock Origin’s advanced capabilities to do things besides ad blocking, like filtering topics and comments from a specific user.

Custom Filters

! Filter topics from a specified user (case sensitive)
   tildes.net##article.topic[data-topic-posted-by="Example_Username"]
   ! Filter comments from a specified user (case sensitive)
   tildes.net##.comment-itself:has(> header > .link-user:has-text(/^Example_Username$/))
   ! Filter specific Tildes threads by ID (check the URL)
   tildes.net##article[id="topic-7cv"]
   ! Hides ALL comment authors on Tildes (pseudo-anonymous mode)
   tildes.net##.comment-itself > header > .link-user
   ! Hide comment vote button/count (YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO VOTE WITH UBLOCK ON)
   tildes.net##button.btn-post-action[name="vote"]
   ! Hide topic vote button/count (YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO VOTE WITH UBLOCK ON)
   tildes.net##button.topic-voting
   ! Hide a specified user's vote count (intended for oneself)
   tildes.net##article.topic[data-topic-posted-by="rfr"] > div.topic-voting
   tildes.net##.comment-itself:has(> header > .link-user:has-text(/^rfr$/)) > div.comment-votes

Instructions for use

1. Open uBlock Origin Settings.
   • Click the uBlock icon in your browser.
   • There is a big “power button”. Below it are four icons, you want to click the far right one. Hovering will show “Open the dashboard”.
2. Go to the “My Filters” tab.
3. Copy and paste the above filters to the text area.
4. Edit the filters
   • e.g. replace Example_Username with rfr.
   • The ^ and $ in the comment filter are important. Don’t remove them when changing the username.
   • Check the “short link” in the side bar for the topic id.
5. Copy the filters and edit the necessary usernames/IDs again as many times as you wish. (e.g. to filter additional users/topics)
   • Additionally, if you only want the filter(s) to apply in a certain group, add the group name to the domain like this: tildes.net/~tildes.official##<filter>
6. Remember to click the “Apply Changes” button to save your filters.
7. Refresh any previously open pages on Tildes. Your filters should now be working!

Credits to @rfr for making the instructions!