gHacks technology news » 4chan http://www.ghacks.net A technology blog covering software, mobile phones, gadgets, security, the Internet and other relevant areas. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:22:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 4Chan Thread Downloader http://www.ghacks.net/2009/10/16/4chan-thread-downloader/ http://www.ghacks.net/2009/10/16/4chan-thread-downloader/#comments Fri, 16 Oct 2009 05:54:26 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/?p=17319 4chan4chan is one of the most popular bulletin boards on the Internet that is used for discussions but also photo and image posting. The 4Chan Downloader was designed by its developer to allow users to download specific 4Chan threads -to be more specific photos and images posted in those threads – to the local computer system.

This is the main difference to 4Chan Grabber which we reviewed earlier this year which allowed users to download all photos and images of a selected 4Chan forum to the computer system. The 4Chan Downloader is therefor for users who do not want to download all photos or images from a forum but only selected ones from threads that they specify.

4chan downloader

The downloader is ready for use after a quick installation. It consists of five interactive interface elements. The two forms can be used to paste the url of the 4Chan thread and to specify the download location on the local computer. The other three are buttons that can start the download, perform a check or open the folder containing the images.

The program will automatically create a folder based on the thread number at 4Chan to avoid ending up with a massive amount of unsorted photos and pictures if multiple threads are downloaded. 4Chan Downloader should be compatible with most versions of the Windows operating system. It can be downloaded at the developer’s website.

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]]> http://www.ghacks.net/2009/10/16/4chan-thread-downloader/feed/ 13 4Chan Grabber http://www.ghacks.net/2009/07/21/4chan-grabber/ http://www.ghacks.net/2009/07/21/4chan-grabber/#comments Tue, 21 Jul 2009 16:44:22 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/?p=14592 4chanWe reviewed a small command line application a few days ago that could be used to grab all images that have been posted to one of the boards over at the popular forum 4Chan (read Download all 4Chan Pictures). The command line tool worked fine but was kinda uncomfortable to use as it required the full url to one of the 4Chan boards as a parameter.

That’s probably the main reason why Chris Motch created the 4Chan Grabber, a graphical user interface that mimics the functionality of the command line program. 4chan Grabber is a software program for the Windows operating system that requires the Microsoft .net Framework 2.0 to work.

4chan grabberThe program comes with a list of all 4chan boards. All that needs to be done to download all pictures from one of the boards is to select the board from the list and to click on the Grab Images button. The program will respond by starting to parse the available pages containing the images. This can take quite some time and the downloads start right after the parsing has been finished.

The 4chan images will be downloaded to a directory specified by the user after clicking on the Grab Images button in the application. 4Chan Grabber can be downloaded directly from the developer’s homepage.

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]]> http://www.ghacks.net/2009/07/21/4chan-grabber/feed/ 5 Download All 4chan Pictures With 4chan.org Dumper http://www.ghacks.net/2009/07/14/download-all-4chan-pictures-with-4chan-org-dumper/ http://www.ghacks.net/2009/07/14/download-all-4chan-pictures-with-4chan-org-dumper/#comments Tue, 14 Jul 2009 16:15:00 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/?p=14390 4chanYou either hate or love 4chan, the popular anonymous image posting bulletin board. It is basically an image posting forum with the ability to post replies that also include images. The website itself is divided into subforums that range from Japanese culture to creative forums and also the notorious random forum which has received some criticism in the past because of the pictures that have been posted there.

The 4chan.org Dumper is a simple command line utility that can be used to download an entire forum or part of a forum with one command. A forum at 4chan usually consists of 15 (or so) pages with posts by users.

4chan dumper

The basic command to download images from a page at 4chan is [dump4chan.exe [url]]. There are a handful of optional parameters that can be added including the ability to select a specific output folder, to dump the whole board, the replies and to hide the command line on the screen.

The command 4chan.exe http://zip.4chan.org/v/imgboard.html videogames -all would for example download all images from the video games forum at 4chan and save them in the videogames subfolder. Duplicate images will be skipped automatically. Users who want to download pictures regularly might want to think about creating a batch script for the process to be able to do so more comfortable. 4Chan Dumper is a free software that requires the Microsoft .net Framework.

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]]> http://www.ghacks.net/2009/07/14/download-all-4chan-pictures-with-4chan-org-dumper/feed/ 5 4Chan Cleaner And Image Expander http://www.ghacks.net/2009/06/01/4chan-cleaner-and-image-expander/ http://www.ghacks.net/2009/06/01/4chan-cleaner-and-image-expander/#comments Mon, 01 Jun 2009 08:35:46 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/2009/06/01/4chan-cleaner-and-image-expander/ 4chanYou either hate or love 4Chan, the popular English forum that is based on the Japanese 2Ch forum. 4Chan offers a variety of topic areas that include Japanese culture, entertainment, creative and a large 18+ section. One interesting aspect is that 4Chan allows anonymous users to participate fully in the forum which includes creating new threads.

A click on any board will load a huge page that contains hundreds of images and comments about those images from users from all over the world. 4Chan has sparked lots of controversy in the past due to its anything goes attitude. The site rules state that only adults are allowed to view the site’s contents and that it is illegal to post post content that is illegal in the United States.

4Chan Cleaner is a userscript that removes some of the elements on the 4Chan website. This includes advertisement but also a better layout of all the posts and images on each 4chan forum.

4Chan Inline Image Expander is a second userscript that makes it easier to expand images on the main forum page. A simple click on the image will load its full size directly in the forum without loading a new page. A second click on the same image will display the image thumbnail again.

Both userscripts require the Firefox web browser and the Firefox add-on Greasemonkey or a compatible web browser that can load userscripts as well.

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