Meatpuppet
Member
This is a little off topic, but given how much people will be using IGN over the next few days for media, I hope it's not disapproved of.
In short, like many others I hate the whole rigmarole that you have to go through to download non-insider videos on IGN. I mean, it takes something ridiculous like three separate pages before you even get to the actual download link.
In order to save all that hassle, I've written a really simple script for use with Greasemonkey in Firefox. The script replaces all links to movies on IGN sites with a direct download link.
If you want to take advantage of this, just do the following:
1) Install Firefox if you haven't already done so
2) Go to http://greasemonkey.mozdev.org/ and install the Greasemonkey extension
3) Restart Firefox so Greasemonkey is working
4) Click the following link http://www.sharemation.com/meatpuppet/ignlinks.user.js
5) On the Firefox Toolbar, Click Tools, then select Install User Script
6) Click Ok
7) Result! Now all media links on IGN will let you download direct, instead of forcing you to jump through hoops for minutes
I know that it is nothing major, but I think it's great not to have to faff around any more than absolutely necessary on IGN. Figured I'd share this as others have mentioned they found it annoying in the past.
The code is as follows, if anyone is curious. Apologies for any idiocy inherent:
Enjoy!
In short, like many others I hate the whole rigmarole that you have to go through to download non-insider videos on IGN. I mean, it takes something ridiculous like three separate pages before you even get to the actual download link.
In order to save all that hassle, I've written a really simple script for use with Greasemonkey in Firefox. The script replaces all links to movies on IGN sites with a direct download link.
If you want to take advantage of this, just do the following:
1) Install Firefox if you haven't already done so
2) Go to http://greasemonkey.mozdev.org/ and install the Greasemonkey extension
3) Restart Firefox so Greasemonkey is working
4) Click the following link http://www.sharemation.com/meatpuppet/ignlinks.user.js
5) On the Firefox Toolbar, Click Tools, then select Install User Script
6) Click Ok
7) Result! Now all media links on IGN will let you download direct, instead of forcing you to jump through hoops for minutes
I know that it is nothing major, but I think it's great not to have to faff around any more than absolutely necessary on IGN. Figured I'd share this as others have mentioned they found it annoying in the past.
The code is as follows, if anyone is curious. Apologies for any idiocy inherent:
Code:
// ==UserScript==
// @name IGNLinks
// @description Converts IGN Media Links To Direct Download Links
// @include http://*.ign.com/*
links = document.getElementsByTagName('A');
for (i=0; i<links.length; i++) {
link = links[i];
if (link.href.match("/media/")) {
link.href = unescape(link.href.replace(/(^http.*=)(.*)/, "$2"));
}
}Enjoy!
