User talk:TheDJ/Qui

Status

I heard this can be an alternative to status bot but whenever I click the online button, it just displays a text 'online' in the middle of my talk page. How can this be configured? ——RyanLupin • (talk) 21:34, 29 June 2008 (UTC)

The system you used before for your status and Qui are not compatible. You need to use {{Statustop}} to show your status on your userpage, instead of including {{Status}} on your userpage. --TheDJ (talk • contribs) 23:11, 29 June 2008 (UTC)

Ahh I finally got it working with the help of Xenocidic, cool script! ——RyanLupin • (talk) 23:43, 29 June 2008 (UTC)

Is there anyway of changing the statuses. Perhaps changing 'sleeping' to 'is on IRC' or something. Is this possible to do? ——RyanLupin • (talk) 16:15, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

Yes, I made the change in your switcher - User talk:RyanLupin/Status. Tweak as desired. –xenocidic (talk) 16:35, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

Thanks again :) ——RyanLupin • (talk) 17:21, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

IE and "Qui watches you?"

I know, you *just* got it working in IE, but I figured I'd go ahead and tell you... Trying to select the "Qui watches you?" feature in Internet Explorer 7 (not sure about other versions) does pretty much the same thing that using Qui in IE did at all back when I had to ask you to revert my Monobook.js - only this time, I can use the "back" button to get to a page that *will* work. It seems that navigating normally to Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Example/QuiWatchers does the exact same thing - does Qui do something special on that page that you haven't had the time to debug yet? Thanks in advance for any help! —Dinoguy1000 22:39, 30 June 2008 (UTC)

You must have something in your cache that is causing that problem. That item is a simple HTML link, and it doesn't do anything special on that page either as far as I know. I only tested on IE6 however, since I don't have IE7 available anywhere atm. --TheDJ (talk • contribs) 00:50, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

Just try hitting ctrl + reloadbutton on that page. --TheDJ (talk • contribs) 00:53, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

I would, but now I'm using FF... I'll try it in the morning and report back again. BTW, on a stylistic note, the lines dividing the options in the Qui menu in IE (7, once again) don't reach all the way across - they're not even uniform in length. —Dinoguy1000 06:18, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

Yes, I noticed this as well. Seems like IE doesn't like borders on li elements icw. list-style-image. I doubt I will be able to find a fix for that. --TheDJ (talk • contribs) 09:02, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

After testing more carefully, I've found that the error will occur even after I clear my cache, despite being temporarily corrected by doing so - it also appears for *any* article's "Whatlinkshere" stats page, and I even tried completely emptying all the cached files on my computer, and earlier I double-confirmed the problem on a second computer also running IE7. I confirmed that Qui is responsible (somehow, not sure how it might be) by commenting it out im my Monobook.js file and bypassing my cache, at which point IE stopped spitting out the error. It doesn't affect the main Whatlinkshere page, only when you're actually looking at the list for an article or other page. it seems this problem is isolated to Whatlinkshere. One last thing, IE seems to have a problem keeping the Qui menu open - I usually have to try three or four times before I can go down through the menu to whatever option, without having to reopen the menu because it spontaneously closed on me. Even with these problems, though, Qui is way too useful (fun) for me to stop using it. ;) (sorry of this is a bit of a mess, I was jumping around adding stuff as I though of it =P ) —Dinoguy1000 22:25, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

You were right and I was able to reproduce the bug. I know exactly what is causing this error in IE (although I have no clue why it only shows on WhatLinksHere), and I have made another workaround for it. This workaround may have as a side effect that the text in the menu has become larger. If it is too large, drop me a line, and I'll add an IE CSS hack to make it smaller again. (Oh how I cannot wait for IE8 to arrive and be over with all these non-standard hacks).

The issue with the disappearing menu's is another such fun area. I already made some improvements to this yesterday, you might not have noticed that. It should be better than the initial version, though probably still not perfect. --TheDJ (talk • contribs) 01:51, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

Whatlinkshere works for me, on IE 7, at least for now. Thanks! UltraExactZZ ^Claims ~ Evidence 12:08, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

All right, your workaround worked, I can now view Whatlinkshere without the error message. As for larger menu text, I didn't notice any difference. last, I *did* notice that the menu seems much more stable now, although it still has the occasional fit where it spontaneously closes on me. Still, I definitely like this script, and your improvements only make me like it more. =) Keep up the great work! —Dinoguy1000 17:17, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

help!

Hey. I added the code to me monobook.js page, but it doesn't seem to be working. I've refreshed, bypassed the cache, opened new windows and everything else, but I can't see the dot at the top-right of the page. Could any of my other scripts be interfering? L.J.Skinner^{wot|I did} 16:57, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

What browser? –xenocidic (talk) 16:59, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

Firefox 3. L.J.Skinner^{wot|I did} 17:07, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

I think there's still issues with FF3, I'm sure DJ can say more on this. –xenocidic (talk) 17:16, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

That's fine, so long as it's not me doing something daft!

I'll leave it for now, and when/if the code is edited, it may come to me. L.J.Skinner^{wot|I did} 20:37, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

Your /Status page wasn't empty (i did that for you). Normally Qui should give an error when that happens, but I'll do some tests to verify this. --TheDJ (talk • contribs) 21:44, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

Well, somewhere said to add to that to get the status updates on my userpage. Anyway. I'm still not getting the qui button at the top-right. L.J.Skinner^{wot|I did} 14:14, 5 July 2008 (UTC)

Most users use FF3, so that cannot be the problem I think. Might be one of your other installed scripts. You do seem to have Lupin's popups installed twice. 18:14, 5 July 2008 (UTC)

Removed, but still no help. I'm quite annoyed by this! L.J.Skinner^{wot|I did} 22:59, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

Firefox Issues

I use Firefox, and QUI does work. The problem is only one user is shown when I have five on my list. How can this be fixed? I tried bulledt, <br> and commas, but only one user is still showing. RedThunder 11:56, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

You should not edit your friendslist by hand. Qui will do it for you normally. I fixed your friendslist for you. Remember that it can take some time before friends are shown after you add them, due to "caching" issues. --TheDJ (talk • contribs) 13:05, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

Still does not work. RedThunder 16:27, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

Browser and version ? --TheDJ (talk • contribs) 17:55, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

Firefox 2.0.0.15 RedThunder 18:56, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

Not able to reproduce any error. Possibly one of you other scripts is conflicting with qui. Try moving qui to the top of your monobook.js, or better yet, making qui the only thing on your monobook.js for a day or so. (Remember to clear your cache... ) --TheDJ (talk • contribs) 19:47, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

Help?

moved from main page. –xenocidic (talk) 18:36, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

• Q:QUI showed up right after I installed it but is no longer visible. I have reset my cache multiple times and double checked my monobook.js file and it is still there. I'm using FF 3.0. What am I doing wrong?Washburnmav (talk) 18:31, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

^Just FYI I think it eventually kicked in for him, for no apparent reason. –xenocidic (talk) 18:24, 14 July 2008 (UTC)

Compatable with User:Pyrospirit/scriptpackage.js?

I am using User:Pyrospirit/scriptpackage.js in my monobook. Is QUI compatable with this? It hasn't shown up on my screen yet. I'm wondering if it has anything to do with User:Voice of All/UTCclock.js, which is a part of Pyrospirit's script package. If it is not this which is making QUI not show for me, would you mind taking a look at my monobook and trying to help me isolate the problem. Regards. Matthewedwards (talk • contribs • email) 07:39, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

Ehm, you have a sick amount of scripts running, if you don't mind me saying. I can't say a thing about it, nor do I really feel like spending 45 minutes to find out. You have some "doubles" in there as well btw. that at least won't help. --TheDJ (talk • contribs) 09:36, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

Assuming Voice of All's UTCclock script is the same as the UTC/purge gadget in the Special:Preferences Gadgets section, I doubt it's causing the problem, since I'm using it and Qui simultaneously (they actually play quite nice with each other; and BTW, you may want to tell Pyrospirit that it works in IE). —Dinoguy1000 18:06, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

"Sick amount of scripts running"? What about me? :) User:Gary King/monobook.js. Gary King (talk) 18:06, 14 July 2008 (UTC)

... for me to be sorting trough. I don't mind looking at people's monobook.js for them, but there are limits to the amount of time I feel like spending on such things. If people want to use 30 or more scripts, they better know how to pinpoint bugs. Nothing personal, i just don't have the time to do it for them. --TheDJ (talk • contribs) 15:46, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

Sort friends in alphabetical order and seeing contributions

Could friends please be sorted in alphabetical order? Also, how about adding another letter next to friends (C) for their contributions? Gary King (talk) 18:17, 14 July 2008 (UTC)

Currently the list is ordered in the way i get the results back from the server. To sort them alphabetically was part of the plan, but I have not gotten around to it yet. Perhaps i can make their "last edit time" link to the contributions. Might take me a couple of days though. --TheDJ (talk • contribs) 15:48, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

Adding friends

I added one friend and they appeared on my buddy list. But then I added another (both have Qui) and they don't appear on my friends list. Does the friend adding need to be mutual, meaning both friends have each other on their list? That's the case with the first add but not with the second. Gary King (talk) 18:20, 14 July 2008 (UTC)

It's due to HTML page caching. You'll probably start seeing them after a certain time. --TheDJ (talk • contribs) 15:49, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

Greasemonkey script for automatic status?

Anyone want to create a Greasemonkey script to automatically update the status when starting up my browser? :) Gary King (talk) 18:25, 14 July 2008 (UTC)

No, I'm against any such automated system, because that is the reason that Statusbot was blocked. I'd rather prevent Qui from befalling that fate. --TheDJ (talk • contribs) 15:50, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

Ah okay, I hadn't been following what happened to that bot. Gary King (talk) 16:42, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

Update time?

Does QUI cache users' statuses other than my own? I was helping User:Bluegoblin7 work on his status box, and he's still listed as "busy" even though he changed that status about half an hour ago. Another minor issue is that the "last change" time seems to be off by an hour; I think this might be a timezone thing as I'm in UTC+1. Oh, and I also had a question about what QUI does if it encounters a status it doesn't recognise (say, "half-awake"); does it default to one of the other statuses or show some sort of greyed-out LED and "Unknown", or something like that? --_{tiny plastic} Grey Knight ⊖ 11:02, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

Well, Wikipedia does the caching. I'll be looking into that again at a later time, because it is somewhat annoying, but i'm not sure when and if i'll have that fixed. The timezone is based on the setting in your Wikipedia preferences and there should be no deviation, but i'll try and verify that. And anyone unrecognized status becomes Gray + "Unknown" indeed. I'll be working on having Qui at least recognize a few more statuses, but atm I have different priorities. Does that answer all your questions ? --TheDJ (talk • contribs) 11:53, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, I think you got them all. Some further info on the timezone bit, my "Local time" preference is correct and I'm currently using Firefox v3.0 on Windows XP on account of being in work; I'll try to get time to look on my own computer when I get home and see if it's the same. --_{tiny plastic} Grey Knight ⊖ 14:59, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

Show QUI Friends

I'm in ie7, and everytime I click on 'show qui friends', only the first two people that I added to the list show up. I've added multiple other users who use QUI to my list and it's been a couple of days, and they still don't show up. I've even tried removing the people that do show up on my list from my list, but they stil appear there anyway, even though they don't show up here. Help? ~ Bella Swan^? 15:31, 21 July 2008 (UTC)

 Fixed I got it. :) ~ Bella Swan^? 00:11, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

Internet Explorer (v.7)

Works fine here, even if the popdown quene disappears a bit quick. 24.185.37.213 (talk) 21:06, 28 December 2008 (UTC) Some Random Dude

Actually, I have quite a few problems with the pop-down menu in IE7, it has the annoying habit of disappearing unless you navigate down it in just the right way. Luckily, I don't use IE7 much, but it's bad enough to be a problem when I do. —Dinoguy1000 21:03, 29 December 2008 (UTC)

Well, working perfectly on IE8 now; hasn't malfunctioned in a month. ResMar 16:54, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

New Status Development

Hi TheDJ, I have kind of developed a new status myself called "around" as I believe "busy" sounds too formal and serious could you tell me what you think. Cheers! Crest of London ^(T|C|A) 19:59, 30 May 2009 (UTC)

Depending on how you use it, "around" and "busy" are basically interchangeable - at least, when I mark myself as "busy", I usually just mean "around". =) ···「ダイノガイ千？！」^{? · Talk to Dinoguy1000} 20:50, 1 June 2009 (UTC)

An around status has now been added. The sole reason is that it was the most requested feature :D —TheDJ (talk • contribs) 20:40, 5 July 2009 (UTC)

Separate Article

Shouldn't this article break away from the prefix User:The DJ/? How about it's redirect, WP:QUI ---Scarce |||| You shouldn't have buried me, I'm not dead--- 14:23, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

Incompatibility with Konqueror

Qui is incompatible with Konqueror. It just doesn't load. SkyBon^{Talk\Contributions} 09:51, 30 June 2009 (UTC)

Since I do not have Konqueror, I'm depending on users to debug this problem. —TheDJ (talk • contribs) 20:22, 5 July 2009 (UTC)

Qui not working?

Hi. Ever since Wikipedia went down for an hour this afternoon, Qui hasn't worked for me. At the top of every page I get the message "Qui encountered an unknown status. Please blank your Status page." I've done that, but still get the message. Matthewedwards :  Chat  05:01, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

I'm using FF 3.0.11 on XP. Matthewedwards :  Chat  16:56, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

Works for me on Chrome 2.0.172.33 on XP. Can't really test it on FF at the moment; I'll try to when I get home. 「ダイノガイ千？！」^{? · Talk⇒Dinoguy1000} 19:57, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

Works in IE

I am using IE 8 in Windows Vista and Qui works. - Presidentman (talk) Random Picture of the Day 19:36, 12 July 2009 (UTC)

Yes, it is known that Qui works in IE. If the documentation doesn't state this, feel free to update it. 「ダイノガイ千？！」^{? · Talk⇒Dinoguy1000} 21:03, 13 July 2009 (UTC)

Only one friend shows?

I added around 4 friends on my qui list, but when I click show friends only one shows up? My browser is Firefox 3.013 and OS is Microsoft Vista Premium. Warrior4321 19:04, 21 August 2009 (UTC)

Try clearing your browser cache. Airplaneman ^talk 01:33, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

Qui and the Beta?

I am pretty sure Qui stopped showing up in the corner after I switched to the Beta? Not seeing any "known" issue here. -- Mjquin_id (talk) 14:43, 30 September 2009 (UTC)

 Works for me on Chrome 3 (as it did on Chrome 2) - I've been using the Vector skin since its release, and have had no problems with Qui. The beta release only adds the new toolbar in addition to Vector, so I don't see how that might interfere (but then, the new toolbar uses Javascript, doesn't it?). What browser are you using, and does Qui work if you only enable the Vector skin in your preferences (opt out of beta, and then switch to Vector like you would with any other skin)? 「ダイノガイ千？！」^{? · Talk⇒Dinoguy1000} 18:45, 30 September 2009 (UTC)

same problem here regardless of browser, i've tried IE8, FF 3.6, 3.7a3, chrome 3 and previous versions of these three and still nothing, i love the new Wikipedia beta but i can't use it because of this Koman90 (talk), A+ (Verify) 05:51, 4 March 2010 (UTC)

It's because you are using User:Koman90/monobook.js, instead of User:Koman90/vector.js. —TheDJ (talk • contribs) 12:33, 4 March 2010 (UTC)

Thank you Koman90 (talk), A+ (Verify) 01:07, 6 March 2010 (UTC)

IE

I found it works well with Internet Explorer 7 and 8. Lemme know if there is something wrong with using IE. Thanks! Belugaboy ^{Talk to Me!} 01:35, 26 February 2010 (UTC)

I get the message "'null' is null or not an object Line:175 Char:5 Code:0, URI: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:TheDJ/qui.js&action=raw&ctype=text/javascript " when I try to run it in IE8. Only tried IE today after my adoptee asked why it wouldn't work (see below post also). (I used FF until recently, now use Chrome; both are fine.) Any ideas? I Googled the message and the various forums suggest there might be a coding problem --Jubilee♫clipman 23:40, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

Update

I just changed the instructions to explain that user now have to use their vector.js file following the launch of the new skin etc. I assume I was correct? --Jubilee♫clipman 17:59, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

I switched it to use skin.js instead, which should direct you to whatever script file you are using. —TheDJ (talk • contribs) 18:08, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

Yep: that makes even more sense. Thanks DJ! --Jubilee♫clipman 18:11, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

Last 15 minutes edited?

It strikes me that it'd be more convenient, and perhaps even more accurate, to simply check to see if a buddy edited in the past 15 minutes or not, and then determine their activity based on that. Of course, this doesn't mean that the current system would be discarded. The current system could still be in use, but the script could just simply check the edits first. If the user... 1) edited in the past 15 minutes and 2) marked themself as offline 2 days ago, then they are most likely online. If a user's last edit was to change their status to "Online", then ignore the 15 minute rule and just mark them as online. And so on. Gary King (talk · scripts) 19:46, 12 July 2010 (UTC)

Suggestion for another status

Not all of us are college kids :) Many of us work, so if you could add a status "working" or "at work" it would be appreciated. Thank you. -- Avi (talk) 02:14, 2 December 2010 (UTC)

Shouldn't "Busy" suffice? Gary King (talk · scripts) 04:38, 2 December 2010 (UTC)

Suffice, yes; Precise, no. And on that note, shouldn't busy work for class too? -- Avi (talk) 07:52, 2 December 2010 (UTC)

Yes, it should work for class. Don't people already use Busy for when they're in class? I suspect the script's status messages were meant to duplicate what already exists in IM clients; the main ones are Online, Offline, Around, and Busy. And then sometimes there's an option to enter a custom status. But it's best to keep the number of selectable statuses low so that it doesn't get confusing. If you need to think more than a second to pick a status message because there are too many to choose from, then there's a problem—and the more options are available, the longer people take to pick something. Gary King (talk · scripts) 00:03, 3 December 2010 (UTC)

How in the name of God do you install it?

How do you install Qui? I tried once and I wasted 2 minutes of my life. Please give a better explanation.--^{The Master} _{of Mayhem} 15:28, 7 March 2011 (UTC)

You copied it correctly to User:The Master of Mayhem/vector.js. If it's still not working, try removing the following text from the page:

#bodyContent a[title:User:The Master of Mayhem'']{background-color:#ff7700;color:#ffffff}
 
 lang="javascript">importScript('User:TheDJ/qui.js');

Gary King (talk · scripts) 17:31, 7 March 2011 (UTC)

Working fine now.--The Master of Mayhem 20:45, 26 March 2011 (UTC)

Cool!

First try, loaded perfectly in Ff4.0.1 & working fine as far as I can tell so far. I was not able to fuddle my way through the instructions provided for any of the other status-indicating scripts, but this one was simple and rocks! Thanks! duff 16:48, 8 June 2011 (UTC)

Not working

Qui isn't working for me. I've already added it to my .js and Ctrl+refreshed. Dynamic|cimanyD contact me ⁞ my edits 22:05, 12 September 2011 (UTC)

Not appearing IE

Not sure what version, possibly 6. Never had it appear for me. onyx³²¹ 11:57, 4 October 2011 (UTC)

MY OS is XP. onyx³²¹ 11:58, 4 October 2011 (UTC)

How can I get this on a wikia? Jakecooldude (talk) 07:27, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

Need help

I have added {{statustop}} on my talk page but the status is showing "unknown". How can I fix this? [I don't understand much about JavaScript] :) Brendon is here 10:38, 25 March 2012 (UTC)

Not working for me either

Is there some gadget causing it to fail? I see a few others above also aren't seeing this script do anything. I'm using Firefox 13. ··gracefool☺ 23:28, 20 June 2012 (UTC)

Help Me

I just tried to install Qui but i can't. I am currently using monobook skin. But when I paste the Qui Code to Script Page it doesn't works. And also I need to create a new skin page for monobook skin to paste the code in it. Whould you please help me in simple steps. I am using Google Chrome.--User:Priyanku.PhukanPriyanku.Phukan ^(Talk) 04:21, 24 February 2013 (UTC)

IE, The Userpages and Crashing Qui

Oh My God! Qui will not change my status on certain parts of any userpage! This is IE 11 on Windows 7. Regards, TitusFox 20:33, 11 February 2014 (UTC)

Qui not working on Chrome

Hi. I have just noticed that Qui has stopped working on my browser. I have Chrome v. 37.0.2062.103 and Windows 7. - Presidentman talk · contribs (Talkback) 12:55, 6 September 2014 (UTC)

Not working for me

I tried to get Qui, but it isn't working for me. The thing on the top right isn't showing up. Does it not support Google Chrome? Datbubblegumdoe^talk_contribs 18:03, 15 August 2015 (UTC)

Not working

I've copied the script and pasted it into my js, but nothing loads. Qui menu also doesn't appears. I thinking it has stop working. Empire AS ^Talk! 12:47, 19 August 2020 (UTC)