Why you’re reading this: If you recently installed a userscript, and you suddenly find yourself reading this, it’s (probably) because the script requires the Wanikani Open Framework, an open-source, user-created project for making it easier to write scripts for Wanikani. Below are the instructions …

[image] seanblue: What’s wrong with moving scripts around? If code B depends on code A, code A should be loaded first. Seems perfectly reasonable to me. :man_shrugging: I think I just got used to use imports and building tools and forgot about the problem of loading some script firsts and rac…

ernestohegi: Maybe another solution would be to provide a piece of code that checks for the existence of the framework and if it’s not there just load the script inserting it into the document? That’s actually (sort of) how I implemented it in my first draft, and there were several problems …

I prefer the alert and just saying “screw it” to people whose browsers don’t let them copy from alerts. :wink: On a related note, it’s a shame it’s not possible to do some kind of require()-like functionality.

Update on the Safari issue I was having: I thought I had the latest version on my system at home, but it turns out I was mistaken. I updated Safari, and now all scripts are working. So for future reference, Safari 9 doesn’t support Open Framework, but Safari 11 does for now.

wow a lot of scripts !! [image] from your list are there any other scripts you would recommend?

[image] SerahShirin: from your list are there any other scripts you would recommend? All of them :slightly_smiling_face: I also got WaniKani framework additional after that post [image] [Userscript] WaniKani Open Framework Additional Filters (Recent Lessons, Leech Tr…

Its not working properly here. It loads fine when i first enter wanikani but when I return to the landing page after a review or a lesson the Open Framework dont load. I`m using Chrome.

What evidence are you looking at to determine whether the framework is running? What scripts are you using it for? Are you seeing any errors in the Javascript console? (press F12 and click on the Console tab)

Because everytime I return to the landing page it says I need the framework to run the ultimate timeline.

Okay. Have you followed the instructions (at the top of this thread) for moving the Open Framework to be the first script to run?

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xyzbuster May 15, 2018, 12:05pm 67

All of them

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