April 10 2011 Update: The bookmarklet now works with Complex’s JSON galleries as well. Some of the Complex slideshows previously didn’t work, now all should. If you don’t see that functionality working your browser may have cached the old version of the script. In testing I saw this caching behavior in Google Chrome.
I decided to do some good for the world today. It’s been bugging me that Complex.com runs so many articles that require n clicks to get through where n ranges from 10 to infinity.
Like this week’s listicle showing the 50 Biggest NY Mets Fails, this is a fine topic but not one that could possibly warrant 50 clicks.
So today I created a bookmarklet which fetches all the slides of the Complex slideshow you’re visiting and loads them up on that one page.
To use it, just drag the link at the end of this article to your Bookmarks bar and when you’re at Complex looking at a slideshow article, click the button for it and the magic happens. AJAX calls are made to the slideshow’s pages and the appropriate chunks of content are added in one by one.
This is brand new so if you see any functionality issues just let me know. From limited testing, this bookmarklet works for the majority of the new slideshows there but not all – some are coded differently. If it’s worth pursuing, I may release future versions to be more thorough.
Bookmarklet (drag to your bookmarks bar): A Life Less Complex
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SALUTE
so necessary
Rafi, you’re a genius and a true humanitarian! (BTW: saw this via grandgood.com)
damn good idea.
You’re the king Raf, been saying this was necessary
YES! I Stopped fucking with complex because of that bullshit
Rafi…. so necessary.
you’re killing the industry of journalism, Raf! OH, JK, This is dope.
Thank you very much, this is the one of main things I hate about that site
Thanks Rafi! I shared this on my blog..
http://sibatmedia.wordpress.com/2011/04/09/the-tool-to-fix-complex-com/
Thanks peoples. And thanks for the link dauphin.
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Thank you so much, Rafi! Complex has interesting lists, but the number of clicks is ridiculous. I haven’t read one of their lists in months and now I’ll happily be navigating back to their site thanks to you!
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I salute you!
Rafi! Loved the bookmarklet! Whatever backdoor u were using to work your magic, Complex must’ve plugged it because the bookmarklet no longer works. Suck cause I really wanted to use it for the new Diamond D piece they put up. Anyway, thanks again!!!!
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Good effort….
Out in Montreal Canada looking to colabo with a few artists out in other
parts of the world.
I’ve created this “colabo series” of witch of witch I just posted another.
Created the “Tap Out” track with a producer up here so all in in house…
DatDude ( colabo series )
Out in Montreal Canada looking to colabo with a few artists out in other
parts of the world.
I’ve created this “colabo series” of witch of witch I just posted another.
Created the “Tap Out” track with a producer up here so all in in house…
DatDude ( colabo series )
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Band Name: The Karma Blues
Location(s): Atlanta, Ga
MP3 Link(s): http://soundcloud.com/thekarmablues/downtown (free download)
Youtube link: The Karma Blues – Downtown http://youtu.be/vMzGMssNYVw
Song(s) Title: Downtown
Album Title: TBD
Album Year: 2011-early 2012
A short bio: The Karma Blues is an alternative/folk/rock/hip-hop based group from Atlanta, Ga. Their songs are melodic, lyrical, and their production is edgy and dark. They write, produce, and mix all their own music and even direct their own videos. Their influences include everyone from Outkast, Radiohead, to Prince. They will be continuing to post new music on their website www.thekarmablues.com, youtube, etc.
Thank you so much for your consideration,
Please let us know if you need any photos or more info..
Jordan Johnson
from many days i badly required these info . thanks for it ….. from here i got what i want
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We all know WSHH, but we know it is expensive to get artists videos on it and that only like to have the elite on their website.
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The first 200 people to submit their video will receive vouchers for free “featured video” placement in the future. Submitting videos will always be free though, unlike worldstarhiphop.com
We are also currently looking for advertising placements for the website.
If you could post this on your blog to get the word out, that would be fantastic!
Thanks!
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I understand none of the jargon that apparently makes this post relevant to the lives of so many readers.
What exactly is an n click, and how does it differ from a garden-variety mouse click, or finger click if you fuckin’ with an iPad or phone?
Someone help the Luddite in the room! Help me! Someone help me, please!
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