Cleaner FriendFeed (New Beta) - 04/06/09 |... - AJ Batac

Changelog: -- removed the grey background -- removed the bar background and made it subtle -- some font size changes -- some spacing adjustments -- select text background changed - AJ Batac from Bookmarklet

* Cleaner and cool look and feel (FriendFeed is already clean, this makes it a lot cleaner) * Different font style * Highlights friends comments with baby yellow (instantly know that the user is already your friend) * Highlights your comments with baby blue (it’s cool to see your own comments from river of comments. Looks good when you are a distance away your computer, makes your comment a marker in conversations) * Highlights Likes to light pink * Dims comments from non-friends (normal color of FriendFeed comment) * Separated each posts with a bottom border - AJ Batac

yay! - mjc

This userstyle brings the FriendFeed conversation to another level by instantly letting you know… 1) Your own comment (Powder Blue) 2) Your friends comments (Light Yellow) 3) Your non-friends comments (Normal FriendFeed Comment Color) 4) Likes (Light Pink) - AJ Batac

As FriendFeed becomes popular, you’ll definitely need some kind of instant and attention grabbing color that catches your eyes and tell you where you left off in a conversation. Hope you like it. - AJ Batac

Well THAT didn't take long. - teh Dork Knight aka Kenny

MUCH better :-) - andy brudtkuhl

Nice AJ. I'm considering installing Chrome v2 just to use this Greasemonkey script. You fixed all the UI nitpicks I have. :D - Haggis (Sean Loyless)

Now I have to move over to FireFox? - CW™

Congrats aj. - Alp

you legend. :) - Zee.

THANK YOU! - Rochelle

Installed and liking... wish the font was a tad bigger but I can adjust that :) - Bwana ☠

could you block the logo also? - mjc

installing - lovely- although there is something in having the "main area" diff. from the rest of the screen as in the original design - must play and see what works better for me - Naor Mark

That's much better, thanks AJ - Sally Church

Good work! - Rich

i like colour isn't too much white hard on your eyes - Damian Holmes

mjc, it won't look good. but you can use this (#logo img { display:none !important; }) - AJ Batac

That looks much better! Maybe the FF devs can adopt that scheme. - Lindsay

really clean and cool. - Jansen Lu

That was fast man! - JazJaz

wow thanks aj - Alfredo

that looks much better - RAPatton

thank U - Andrea | amnesiak1978

agreed...should have been this way from the start :) - Nick

Damn, AJ...fast work! Awesome as usual! :) - JA Castillo

great - hate the grey! - Gaby K. Slezák

thank U - Andrea | amnesiak1978

wow that was fast... I don't mind the gray, but this is a nice option for those complainers who don't - Nathan Chase

Switched already and I'm lovin' this script - much nicer! - Sally Church

I cleaned it up further. If you've downloaded it already, edit and change this line (.bar {border:none !important; background:none !important;background-color:#C8DCF5 !important;}) ;) much better without those borders on bars ;) - AJ Batac

(too lazy for looking up the line - re-installed :) - Naor Mark

Same as Naor, but yeah it is nicer :-) - Sally Church

this is fantastic - loving life with a #112 body :) - Christopher Galtenberg

Wow AJ, nice job. I hope FF takes notice. - Andrew Smith

AJ that was fast! - Susan Beebe

Much better AJ! - AJ Kohn

Wow. Nice. Thank you! - Ken Sheppardson

I can't tell... are you mimicking the effect of the little yellow halo around the comment bubble when it's inserted into a page you're viewing? Ah... there it is... the halo's still there. Might be nice to have the entire comment's color fade. Skill Level 2.0 ;-) - Ken Sheppardson

Thanks AJ! - Shey, Jamaican of FF

I love the comment HIGHLIGHT COLORS - blue = mine :) Friends = yellow = cool!!! thanks - Susan Beebe

@Susan Wasn't that apart of the beta already? - Shey, Jamaican of FF

@Shey, nope. - AJ Batac

Wow, this style is gorgeous! Blows the default beta away. Still no fan of fixed-width but if devs go with this style and the new functionality, it's enough win for me. - ·[▪_▪]·

@robot, here's one for you -> Widescreen version (http://beta.friendfeed.com/ajbatac...) or fluid/liquid - AJ Batac

Widescreen...for...the....WIN - Bwana ☠

I do wish links were in a different colour or <strong> - Shey, Jamaican of FF

How cool is this! - Charlie Anzman

WOW tnx I love it - Dobromir Hadzhiev

this is great. thanks! - Peter van Teeseling

Made it use Segoe UI pt 11, and looks much better :D - Yuvi

This is much more visually appealing. You rock! - Justin Whitaker

I really like this. Thank you, good sir. - Brandon Ball

OMG AJ, this is SO MUCH better! Thank you! - Phil G

Someone make this a sticky. :) - JazJaz

That's way better! Thanks a bunch :) - Maryam Ardakani

Awesome AJ! But what took you so long? - Edward Zwart

♥♥♥♥♥ Thanks!! - Alix Whitmire

I switched to Firefox just to use your layout - it helps. - LPH™ and his dog P™

AJ - Would you give permission to FF bosses to just steal your setup and implement it? It's just a whole lot nicer. - Matthew DeVries

free to modify, free to whatever you want to do with it. ;) - AJ Batac

hey dude you got mentioned in the read write web http://www.readwriteweb.com/archive... - Alfredo

@alfredo, Thanks. - AJ Batac

Thank you, thank you, thank you! This is wonderful in FireFox - Anthony K. Valley ©

Thank you, AJ, you rock! - Michelle Martinez

Awesome!! I'm using it right now. - Mark Layton

Gosh, that's better, thanks for the Beta FF version - I've been used CleanerFF since using FF. - Kol Tregaskes

No, do not want... It looks like the old one... no way. the new bet-UI is way better. At last some colors - Ryo / Fuck Facebook

This is VERY nice. Well done! - Tony

@wiredryo You really like colors? I find them distracting and cheap-looking. Just my style though, maybe. I like minimalism. - ·[▪_▪]·

Yes, of course I like colors. The time of Black & White TV has gone, you know :) - Ryo / Fuck Facebook

WOO-HOO! Now THAT is more like it! - Steven Perez

So much better. Thanks! <3 - ♥patricia♥

That's wonderful. Thank you! - joey

Even cleaner without avatars in the feed: http://userstyles.org/styles... - Meryn Stol

Really enjoying the Cleaner FF. By the popularity of this thread, I'm assuming many are not really happy with the gray background and colored sidebar boxes. - Ricardo Vidal

I personally have not much trouble with the new color scheme. Try removing the avatars, they are really noisy. Just try to experience the difference. - Meryn Stol

colored and + fontsized the post titles, as i prefer to catch the posts rather then the comments, it really works. - Yunus Tunak

Haven't gotten the new look >.< - Patrick from twhirl

AJ - Could you maybe make one that moves the filters and subscriptions over to the left side, turns off the real time, makes the avatars disappear and replace them with icons showing what service provided the post. Maybe as a finishing touch add the ability to post things to our rooms/groups? - Matthew DeVries

http://beta.friendfeed.com/ for new look - Yunus Tunak

Feels so much better. - Valley

Application error (Apache) Change this error message for exceptions thrown outside of an action (like in Dispatcher setups or broken Ruby code) in public/500.html :( - Helen Sventitsky

I changed the background for #f8f8fc because it doesn't look as good when it's just as white as the main column. Having it an off-white like that is a lot nicer. Just a suggestion. - Chris, Taskerrific Guy

Also, I turned off highlighting of friend comments (although not my own) because you all chat too much. :) - Chris, Taskerrific Guy

this is awesome. thanks so much! - Karoli

great! i disliked beta's grey background. :-) - browneyes

Much better! I don't mind the constant flow, but wasn't a fan of the new design. - Vince DeGeorge

Done. and loving it. Thanks AJ! - Dave

AJ, you da man! I like it very much. :) - imabonehead

using it here to... good stuff :) - Jay Martinez

I tweaked it so all it really did was get rid of the gray background, but left the font sizes and colors alone. Now it looks REALLY good to me. Will screenshot it now. Thanks, AJ! - Josh Haley

Using this now... soooo much better! :D - Brandon

i love it! :) - pm10

love it! seems better! - Business Blogger【ツ】™

very nice, thanks :D - PaperDoll

wow, just installed this, way better! - Marcos Marado

I agree! I think I like this much better. The Gray background was getting to me. - Kreg Steppe

Still prefer the post options from the 'old' freindfeed interface - they were out front & more available for on-the-fly, intuitive changing - Aaron the Librarian

@Aaron, I like the new one better. ;) - AJ Batac

Great job, AJ. Soooo much better. I hope that FF notices that we like their original clean design better and incorporate it into beta again so that I don't need a script for this. - Carmen

<too lazy to read through the comments> if you're using stylish, but aren't crazy about the Trebuchet MS font, go to Tools > Stylish > Manage Styles. Select "Cleaner FriendFeed" and click the Edit button. Go to line 8 and remove "Trebuchet MS" from the font-family declaration (font-family:"Trebuchet MS","Arial","Serif" !important;)</too lazy to read through the comments> - tiffany

Updated: For widescreen monitors (http://userstyles.org/styles...) / Normal width (http://userstyles.org/styles...) - AJ Batac

Beta Friendfeed Helvetica Edition - http://friendfeed.com/e... - Burak Dönertaş