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Published: 2013-01-03 08:24:28 +0000 UTC; Views: 13348; Favourites: 53; Downloads: 0
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A script to search notes??? That's what I always wanted to have! Immediately download!
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Great article! 
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$namenotrequired you just made my dream come true 
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Good ones. Not enough people know how much dA is customizable.
And I really like this series of articles. I don't know if now it's different, but when I joined dA it was a bit overwhelming and unknown. I mean: it's such a vast website, with so many possibilities, that I was lost as to what I could do and how I could do it when I first joined, and there wasn't really an explanation anywhere. Any new deviant's inbox should contain a number of Hot Topic messages linking to, you know, tutorials about how to browse the site, submit a journal or a deviation, use Sta.sh and join groups, stuff like that. Maybe the Did You Know section could write those tutorials, the FAQ isn't always noob-friendly.
Also, a Did You Know about Groups' admin classes I think would be great. The Manage Members section can be pretty tricky, especially the "exceptions" part of it; and it's a pretty powerful tool within the Group, so knowing how to use it well might help a lot of people!
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LightsOut is pretty awesome, didn't know about that one
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And don't forget the warning: If dA starts acting wonky, make sure to disable any script before blaming the site
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hey, userstyles only wreck the appearance
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Heh yes, true. But I bet money people will see odd shit happen and blame the site, when it's just a userstyle that is to blame
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devianttidy is a bad one for that, it modifies so much!
hell, my userstyle borks some skin display.
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Hehe yup.
While I love how customizable browsers have become, not many people realize that with great power comes great responsibility and all that shit. A person should know how and when to disable things in order to be sure of what is causing them any problems.
If I remember, that devianttidy script caused some issues in the forum updates? 
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Suddenly I understand why you'd not want to post any more userscripts
Oh yeah, it did. I usually try turning it off first because it affects so much stuff (it was even forcing journals to screen width, what the what).
If only debugging tools were more refined.
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Heh yeah. Once upon a time, things were simpler. The site, peopleβI could safely put scripts out, and they would last a while, and people understood that if shit messed up, blame the script first, and occasionally the site was to blame.
But now? Hah, people blindly install scripts and expect magic
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Haha yeah, totally.
Just make them all mature content so the kids can't find them
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Brilliant idea!
But to be fair, I'm not the best script writer, and some of my scripts have limitations or other oddities
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Hey, I don't even know enough JS to write scripts.
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