Mouseover Airport information Available in Posts for FireFox users

[serfty]

For those using FireFox with the Greasemonkey Add-on, there is a script set up for FlyerTalk that will show a 'tool-tip' like pop up for airport codes within posts, profile and forum displays.

This script is call "Airports" and the FT thread with information on where to find it is here:

• Dictionary of abbreviations - FlyerTalk Forums

Will a little editing this can be used to do the same for AFF posts. (There is one issue and it's to do with 3 caps character strings in URL's)

• Right Click on the GreaseMonkey Icon or Select Tools, then Greasemonkey,
• Select "Manage user scripts...
• Highlight "Airports"
• Click the "Edit" button below.
• Add a line below the following line:
  
  // @include [noparse]http://*flyertalk.com/forum*/*[/noparse]​
  with the text:
  
  // @include [noparse]http://*frequentflyer.com.au/*[/noparse]​
• Add the following line right at the bottom:
  makeTooltip("//div[starts-with(@class, 'content')]/div"); // AFF post body
  ​
• Save changes and exit.

That's it! Done! Now if you mouse over a 3 character airport code in an AFF post subsequently loaded, if it's listed, a red pop up will appear with details of the airport.

Test: MEL, MLB, YVR, FCO, MCO

 

[NM]

Nice addition! Thanks for finding and sharing.

 

[Techie]

Good find serfty!

There's a small bug though as the script does not apply to the first post. To fix, the line at the bottom should be

makeTooltip("//div[starts-with(@class, 'content')]/div"); // AFF post body

Also, you forgot to mention that the frequentflyer url should be added to the Included Pages section.

 

[Mal]

works for me

Thanks for the tip (and the additional information Techie )

 

[serfty]

Thanks for the the tips techie - of course, I forgot to mention on needs to "// @include" AFF

FWIW, I've been using this with AFF for some time - new vBulliten version necessitated some change so I decided to share while I was at it ...

 

[Mal]

One thing I've noticed is that if you have to copy'n'paste stuff from a thread elsewhere, then it also copies the airport name etc.

Expected behaviour I think.

 

[serfty]

One thing I've noticed is that if you have to copy'n'paste stuff from a thread elsewhere, then it also copies the airport name etc.

Expected behaviour I think.

I've noticed this as well. It can be a pain, especially if copying a xONEx routing into Mileage Monkey. I can always make the little Monkey sad and grey before refreshing to do things like this.