This script for Firefox (requires Greasemonkey) or Google Chrome adds a link in the Facebook Developers area back to the regular Facebook home page, www.facebook.com.

As of January 2012, Facebook has unveiled a layout change to the Developers area, adding your name and profile picture along with the triangle-topped menu found on the regular site. While minor, this change is incompatible with the original script (released June 2011) because it breaks the layout pretty badly.

The script has been updated on Userscripts.org and now puts the "FB Home" link under your personal menu.

Screenshot:

You can download the script, see the source code and even write a review, if you're so inclined, at the Userscripts.org page. Once there, click the "Install" button in the upper right.

Go to Userscripts.org to get the Facebook Developers Home Link script

The original script put the "FB Home" link next to the "Apps" link. But with the addition of the new profile link and triangle menu, the link added by the original script did not fit well.

However, if you are interested in seeing the previous version, it is available here.

By the way, if you moderate Facebook Comments for a website, you might like my Facebook Comment Moderation Tool Headlines script.

It's a minimalist, single-column layout similar to my Simply Readable style, but it uses a blue-and-white color scheme with the Arial font.

To install:

1. Right-click this link and save the CSS file
2. In Sage, go to Options -> Settings, check “Use custom stylesheet” and browse to where you have saved the file
3. Click on a feed to see the result

Here's a screenshot using the RSS feed from The Verge:

This way you can see them without having to click anything when scrolling through your comments.

One of the goals is to make it easier to see when comments are not approved.

For example, comments caught by Facebook's spam filter (whether erroneously or not) will not have a highlighted word like comments with profanities do.

But they will still be unapproved and ordinarily you cannot tell unless you click the "Moderate" menu and look for the "Approve Comment" option. At Newsadvance.com and other sites for which I manage comments, we have had a few comments that should have been approved end up staying hidden for a while because of this.

Requires Firefox with the Stylish add-on.

Google Chrome compatibility is on the to-do list.

Download the Facebook Comment Moderation Unhide Menu userstyle from UserStyles.org.

(You can see the CSS source at the link above.)

Screenshots

Before:

After:

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• Add headlines to Facebook Comment Moderation Tool
• Add home link to Facebook Developers menu
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This CSS presents a clean, single-column layout using the Georgia and Verdana fonts, both of which are praised for their excellent readability.

To install:

1. Right-click this link and save the CSS file
2. In Sage, go to Options -> Settings, check "Use custom stylesheet" and browse to where you have saved the file
3. Click on a feed to see the result

Here is a screenshot using the Bad Astronomy blog as an example:

If you see any errors or if you have any suggestions, please email me at matt (at) mattbusse (dot) com or contact me on Twitter.

However, the highlighting is a pale yellow that can be very difficult to pick out when you are looking quickly through the comments.

I always like to know when a word is caught by the filter because sometimes the post should be approved anyway if the word was actually not bad in the context it was used. Also sometimes readers complain that their posts don't show up, so it's good to know if the language is the reason why.

Here is a custom style that will make the caught words much easier to see. It requires Firefox or Chrome.

Before:

Notice the pale yellow background with a slightly darker, but still pretty hard to see, bottom border. It's very easy to miss when you're scrolling through lots of comments.

After:

Ah! Much more noticeable!

Interested?

Click here to get the style from Userstyles.org.

If you are on Firefox you will need to install the Stylish add-on.

If you are on Chrome you can install it as a user script from the first link above.

Technical notes

Facebook wraps each blacklisted word in a span tag with the "highlight" class, so this just modifies that CSS class.

This is handy for sites you keep open all the time, like Facebook or Gmail, that you don't want to accidentally close.

With a couple of Firefox add-ons, you can get this functionality and more in Firefox 3.6.

Here's an example of what pinning tabs looks like in Chrome (click to enlarge the pic). The first three tabs -- Facebook, CNN and the New York Times -- have been pinned into App Tabs.

Installation

To be able to pin app tabs in a similar fashion in Firefox 3.6 and get a slew of other tab-related features, just install these two add-ons:

1. Tab Mix Plus -- This gives you lots of options for tab management that I won't be covering here

2. Faviconize Tab -- This allows you to reduce a tab's width to just the site favicon

Configuration

From Firefox's Tools menu, choose Add-ons. Go to Tab Mix Plus and choose Options, then -> Display -> Tab -> Show on Tab and uncheck the boxes for Locked and Protected under Show on Tab.

Then, still in the Tab Mix Plus options, go to Mouse -> Mouse Clicking -> Double-click and set on a tab to Protects and Locks the tab.

Next, go to the options for Faviconize Tab -> Quick Faviconize and check the box for Double Click.

By using double-click for both Protect & Lock in Tab Mix Plus and Quick Faviconize in Faviconize Tab, you make the entire process as easy as double-clicking. I recommend removing the protect and lock icons from being shown on the tab because they can obscure the favicon.

Ta-da!

Now when you double-click a tab in Firefox 3.6, it will lock it (so you can't close it), protect it (so you can't accidentally go to another URL), and faviconize it (reduce its width to just the web site's favicon.

If you want, you can set double-clicking to protect OR lock a tab for even more control.

Here's what it looks like, with the same three sites pinned as App Tabs -- Gmail, Facebook and CNN:

If you save your tabs when you quit Firefox, they'll show up as App Tabs when you relaunch the browser.

There is a Firefox add-on that promises the same feature, called App Tabs. However it has not yet been reviewed by Mozilla, whereas the two I recommended have.

Tab Mix Plus comes with the added benefit of giving you lots of other good features, like progress bars on tabs, different styling for the titles of tabs you haven't read yet and more.

But how do you stay on top of Web site changes when the site doesn't use RSS?

Or what if you want to keep track of something that wouldn't typically be published in an RSS feed - for example, a published government policy or a list of company executives?

There are several services you can use that will periodically check a Web page you have specified and notify you when it changes.

For those using the Firefox Web browser, I highly recommend Update Scanner.

It is very simple to manage the list of Web sites you are watching, and you have numerous options for how often a page is checked.

Also, because it uses your browser to check the page, rather than a third-party service, such as an e-mail-based service, it is (in theory) more reliable. Your receipt of the updates is not subject to any downtime that befalls a third-party service's servers.

There are also services that will e-mail you when a Web page changes.

My favorite is Follow that Page.

The advantages of an e-mail-based service are that you do not have to use Firefox (for those who prefer another browser, or do not have a choice) and some people may like receiving the updates in their e-mail.

The biggest disadvantage is that you may not receive notification of a change as immediately as you do using Update Scanner.