Extensions that started glitching after today’s update should now be fixed. To get them, you can wait for XKit to update itself, or you can perform an Update All from XKit Control Panel > Other > Update All.
Please note that these updates are for Chrome and Safari users only. I’m working on uploading the updated files to the Firefox server, and they should be available shortly.
Thank you for your patience and support.
I got the new layout and updated the extensions to work with the new layout, and just wanted to tell you how XKit is going to be updated, in three phases:
To get the updated extensions, you can wait for XKit to update itself, or you can perform an “Update All” from XKit Control Panel > Other > Update All.
Since these changes break the extensions on the old layout, please don’t perform an Update All yet if you are still on the old design.
I’ll be writing extensions to un-stickify the header and restore the margins on the posts as soon as possible.
It took a while, but XKit is now once again available for Safari users.
This version is a near-complete rewrite of the old version, so if you currently have XKit on Safari, please uninstall it before installing this version.
I’ve tested it on Safari 8 and as far as I know there aren’t any Safari-related bugs left, but as always it is provided without any support.
I couldn’t test it on Safari 8 since Apple only allows one version per computer, so I’m not sure if it runs on Safari 7. Please let me know if it runs on Safari 7 or not. (And if it does not, you can re-download the old version here)
XCloud Support
You can now login to XCloud and restore (download) your settings. I’m currently working on synchronising (uploading) your settings and creating a new account, and hopefully it will be up and running in a few days.
API Support
With help from WyohKnott (whom I can not thank enough) XKit can now connect to Tumblr API v2 without a CORS error, which means that extensions that use it, such as Retags now works again.
For it to work, you will need XKit 7.5.1, which is now available on the WebStore. You can wait for Chrome to update it or you can follow the instructions here.
WyohKnott also rewrote some extensions that use API v1 (which XKit can no longer use) so they would use API v2. I will be making available as soon as possible. Please note that some extensions, such as TagViewer currently use API v1, so they might not work for now.
Once again, thank you so much for your support and patience.
(PS: If you have tried to install XKit recently but got a “Package is invalid” error, it’s my fault: this is why XKit jumped from 7.4.9 to 7.5.1. It should work now, sorry about that.)
First of all, thank you so much for your patience and support. My inbox is full of nice messages, and a few friends linked me some nice posts about me, which gave me moral boost during this whole ordeal.
Secondly, XKit now (kind of) works on Chrome. It did took a while, since whenever XKit can’t update itself, it starts trying to connect to the servers over and over again, which kind of resembles a DDoS attack. I had to move the servers once again, and switch providers, but it seems like the servers are stable now. So, in a nutshell:
The Good
XKit now installs and works normally on Chrome, and it should also stop complaining about not being able to reach the servers. Extensions that do not require API connections, such as One-Click Reblog/Reply, Blacklist, XInbox, QuickTags, AccessKit and more should also work normally.
The Bad
Extensions that require API connections, such as Reply/TagViewer, Timestamps and Read More Now as well as XCloud does not currently work.
And The Ugly
This whole ordeal has burnt me out completely, and I have a huge project with a very short deadline starting on monday, so it might take a while for me to fix the aforementioned extensions and services. But I will try my very best to fix them as soon as possible.
Once again, I can’t thank you enough for your support and for your patience. Hopefully, XKit will work as it used to in a few weeks.
As the latest Chrome version now forces every connection to be over HTTPS on HTTPS pages, it broke XKit this morning. XKit 7.4.8 connects to the new XKit servers with HTTPS support, fixing this problem.
You can wait for Chrome to update XKit automatically, or you can manually update it yourself using the instructions here.
Note that even after installing 7.4.8, some extensions will not work properly until they are updated to support this change, which might take a few days. As far as I know now, only XCloud and Retags are affected by this, but there might be more. You can still make them work by clicking on the shield icon until they are updated. (Except for XCloud, which will require a re-write.) My apologies for this delay.
Thank you for your patience and support.
This version brings support for In-Dashboard Blogs (“Sidebar Blogs”): I’ve updated a few extensions, including One-Click Postage and Tag/ReplyViewer to work on the sidebar, but you need this version for them to work.
To get it, you can wait for Chrome to update it, or you can update it manually. After upgrading, make sure to update all extensions from XKit Control Panel > Other > Update All. (Or wait for XKit to update itself.)
It’s still pretty experimental, so please let me know if you experience any problems by sending me an ask.
I’m working on Safari/Firefox ports to bring this feature to them, and they should be available in a few days. Thank you for your patience.
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XKit 7.4.4 is now available for Firefox 29 and up. It brings compatibility with Firefox 31 and above, so if you are on version 30, please upgrade before Firefox 31 is released.
If you are on Firefox 28 or below, unfortunately, this version breaks XKit on your browser. In a nutshell, Firefox 31 brings changes that used to break XKit, so I had to rewrite parts of XKit to make it compatible with it, which in turn broke it on Firefox 29 and 30, prompting me to make more changes, which in turn, due to the way they changed things, made it incompatible with version 28 and below.
If you are on Firefox 28, you can still download XKit 7.4.3 from this link.
If you are on Firefox 29 or above, just re-download XKit and it will upgrade itself, preserving your settings.
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For the full list of today’s updates, including bug fixes, please click here.
Today’s Tumblr change brought a bigger user information popup, and broke User Menus+ (and extensions that depend on it, such as Profiler).
The extension has been updated, and if you don’t like the popups, you can install it and enable “XKit Classic User Menu” option under it’s control panel to hide the popups that appear whenever you hover over a link.
Also, I’ve been receiving a lot of asks about “Recommended Posts”: as you know, I’m against hiding “Sponsored Posts”, posts paid by advertisers, since they pay Tumblr’s bills, but “Recommended Posts” don’t seem to serve that purpose, and might contain content that you don’t like for one reason or another. I would love to write an extension that hides them, but I’ve yet to see one on any of my accounts.
So if anyone has technical information about Recommended Posts, such as class names/IDs or DIVs that only appear on them, please send me an ask and I’ll write an extension that hides them. Thank you!
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You can wait for XKit to update itself, or you can update the extensions manually by going to XKit Control Panel > Other > Update All. It is recommended for Safari users to perform an Update All if your XKit is not receiving Automatic Updates.
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There seems to be a problem with Activity and Dashboard pages, with some pages not loading, notes disappearing and XKit double or even triple posting some posts. There are some reports of a “Bad Gateway” page appearing instead of pages requested. It doesn’t happen on all accounts, but it looks like Tumblr is having some technical difficulties.
Some features of XKit such as One-Click Postage and TagViewer will not function properly until these server-side problems is fixed.
Unfortunately, there isn’t much I can do about this, I apologize for that.