Open HITs Warning

ver. 1.0

last updated: 04/06/08

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Description:
Colors the "HITs" tab at the top of each mTurk page a discreet but noticeable shade of red when you have a HIT assigned to you. This provides a visual notification to help you avoid letting HITs expire.

Screenshot of mTurk with the script installed when a HIT is assigned.

This script checks whether you have an active HITs assigned to you (i.e. HITs which you've accepted but have not yet completed). If you do have active HITs assigned, it changes the color of the "HITs" tab at the top of the mTurk page to a discreet shade of red to provide a visual notification that you have work that needs completing. The tab will appear red no matter which mTurk page you are viewing.

It's all too easy to forget that you've accepted a HIT and allow it to expire as a result, hurting your qualifications score. With this script installed it will be much harder to forget!

Other Notes:
The tab color will only update when a page is refreshed or a new page opened - so if you have two mTurk windows open and accept a HIT in one, the "HITs" tab in the other won't turn red unless you refresh or open a new page in that window. This script will not warn you about HITs that have already expired (it's too late to do anything about them anyway!).

Instructions:
You must have Firefox, with the Greasemonkey extension installed. There are no options to set.

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Disclaimer:
Our scripts are provided "as-is". We always aim to provide a well-tested and useful script that aids in your Turking and causes no adverse effects. Given the huge variety of configurations on which our scripts might be used we can never guarantee that something won't go wrong. We take no responsibility for any inconvenience, increased rejection rate, blocking by a requester, loss of income or damage or any other problem that use of our scripts might cause. We recommend that you only use HIT-specific scripts on HITs that you're very familiar with. When you use HIT-specific scripts, treat it as if you were starting a new type of HIT with a new Requester - try doing a few, then wait to be sure that they're getting accepted.