xkcd Tweaks

Install userscript link

xkcd Tweaks is a script that changes some little things that annoyed me. Made in an afternoon. Thought I would share.

Tested and works perfectly with Firefox 58.0* Mostly tested and probably works fine with Chrome 63.0* (Nothing else tested, but will probably still work) *Latest as of 2016-08-10

xkcd.com Tweaks

• Added the title text below comic and removed from hovering over comic (Disable with titleText = false)
• Added the (normally hidden) transcript below the comic (Disable with transcript = false)
• Added Explain! which links to the comic on www.explainxkcd.com (Disable with explainButton = false)
• Added a hr (horizontal rule) above and below comic (Disable with hr = false)
• Removed Next > and >| when on latest comic (as they don't do anything anyways)
• Removed < Prev and |< when on first comic (likewise)
• Added xkcd.com/404/.
• Made scrolling snap to the top of the comic (below info bar) after half a second. It doesn't work well in Chrome. Enable with snap = true. (Default false)
• Added some keyboard shortcuts.
  • ← (Left arrow) and p go to the previous comic.
  • → (Right arrow) and n go to the next comic.
  • r goes to a random comic.

what-if.xkcd.com Tweaks

• If you are on 'whatif.xkcd.com', you are redirected to 'what_-_if.xkcd.com'.
• Added a semi-transparant 2 pixel grey border around images (Disable with border = false)
• Added the title text below images and removed from hovering over comic (Disable with titleText = false)
• Added a First button on all but the first article (where it would go nowhere) that links to the first article.
• Likewise for Last.
• Added a Random button that goes to a random article.
• Added some keyboard shortcuts.
  • ← (Left arrow) and p go to the previous article.
  • → (Right arrow) and n go to the next article.
  • r goes to a random article.

Note: To edit variables after you have installed the script with GreaseMonkey on Firefox, go to 'about:addons' (Or do Ctrl+Shift+a), go to the 'User Scripts' tab, click Options and then 'Edit this User Script'.

If you are having problems or find a bug, create an issue on GitHub.

This software and associated documentation is licenced under the MIT License.

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Copyright (c) 2016 Mital Ashok

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Icon image, xkcd and What If? by Randall P. Munroe are licensed under CC BY-NC 2.5