misc [Suggestion] Integrate NAMFox Functions into Neoseeker

this has been brought up in the past, and im still rather surprised to see that few, if any NAMFox functions have been integrated in to neoseeker. i bring this suggestion up again for a couple of reasons...

firstly, as far as site updates are concerned, it would be simpler, quicker, and overall easier to have one thing to deal with, instead of two. something that is really pissing me off with NAMFox right now is that it inhibits the automatic subscribing to threads, and from a bug report ive read on the NAMFox forum, a forum update had caused NAMFox to bug out with quick quoting (along with quick editing, too, i might add). removing the need to have NAMFox in the first place by having all the functions on neoseeker in the first place would completely eliminate this problem

secondly, the only reason im using firefox in the first place is because of NAMFox, but i dont see why only the firefox users should have access to the benefits of this extension. now to my understanding, coding NAMFox for different browsers would be a nightmare, so its a no brainer to just put it in to the site, so that everyone can have access to its features.

im rather fond of the markup autocomplete, with the dropdown box, and stripping other posts of annoying markup, such as bright colours, or size 1 text. i would love to see at least those functions integrated in to the site, as they are the most useful ones

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The argument against it is that the administration doesn't want to encourage varied posting that NAMFox makes easier for members, yet at the same time they are perfectly willing to dedicate a forum to assisting people with bugs and functions of the NAMFox tool.

that...that makes no sense whatsoever. varied posting? assuming you mean making different colours and fonts available to users as default for all posts, if thats such a problem, that function could be left out. its hardly an argument i see fitting to leave out the rest of the functions.

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NAMFox is not run by Neoseeker and the administration does not take it into consideration when updating the site

yeah, this bit im aware of. dont get me wrong, i love what artificer has done with the extension, but it was last updated in september, for crying out loud. NAMFox had a great run, but i think it has been long overdue for redundancy.

but at least i know im not the only one in favour of this

Well that further the notion to me that they should just go ahead and integrate it into the site instead. If they are spending the time concerned about the functionality and keeping it, it makes more sense to simply implement it as hiigaran has suggested.

I am not going to go quote mining either, it has been a long back and forth over the years regarding the implementation of automated markup in the site as opposed to having a separate script that works only for Firefox run by a single member. If people want to learn more they can look it up, but the stance was very clear that they didn't want to encourage varied posting styles as we see on the forums regularly. I know NAMFox has other functions, but the reality is that "automated markup" as it is called does have that effect in the eyes of the admin team, even if font colors are left out of the equation.

As a google chrome user, I would appreciate the implementation of NAMFox features into neoseeker. I just can't go back to firefox after being introduced to chrome.

NAMFox started as a project to address shortcomings in the main site and also add some extra features that NeoHQ might not have time to do itself. This last part is very important to understand. It's not like members got together and decided to duplicate the work that Neostaff would have done. Over time, some of the most critical features in NAMFox were implemented in Neoseeker directly (like quick edit), while others remained the domain of the addon.

I see 2 pathways that should both be done as the future of NAMFox:

Revival by members

I think if hiigaran and a couple other savvy members got together they could make a NAMChrome and also update the bugs in NAMFox. Artificer has been looking for someone to take over the project for years and nobody has really stepped up. Interested parties, including hiigaran, should contact Artificer (maybe get his emaill address as well) to discuss how this transition can be done. Other people who might be able to help include bobbonew, Chiggins, and others.

Port the most useful / easy to deploy features to Neoseeker

Even while members revive the projects, there may be a small subset of features which are easy enough to do right into Neoseeker. And these we should list. If members want to list the highest impact and easiest to implement features we could look into implementing those over time. Sometimes there are some features so easy to do it's just about making the right person aware of how useful it is in order to get it done.

I would support this if possible. I always used NAMFox back when I used Firefox and then I stopped using that in favor of Chrome. I would like having NAMFox features back again even with Chrome.