<sub>Many deviants were unhappy with various aspects of dAv5's layout and design when it was first released. I, myself, was a little disappointed with some of the decisions that were made, that we all have to live with. Some decisions on font size, margins and spacing have clearly been neglected.

And so deviantTIDY was written claim back much of that wasted space! Inspired by some of ¢mindfuckx's CSS mods for Firefox, deviantTIDY was a very lightweight modification to fix comment boxes and various other assets on dA pages, to make things clearer and more streamlined. Since then, it's expanded to cover lots of other annoyances, big and small, to improve the look and usability of the site, and with a JavaScript interface, it's fully customizable too.</sub>

• _{Wider, shorter Comment Boxes: deviantTIDY lets comments utilize the whole page width, and indents replies from the left margin only. Reducing the minimum height of boxes also means you can see more comments per screen. Also, really long comments can be turned into scrollable elements.}
• _{Distinct Signatures: Deviants' signatures are separated from the comment text only by a double-dash, making it hard to read where the comment ends and the signature begins. deviantTIDY converts this double-dash into a solid line which visually separates the two parts, and also makes the signature text smaller.}
• _{Indent guides: A problem that has been around as long as nested comments is the difficulty you face in working out who replied to who in long and complex discussions. There are some solutions to this already developed, but deviantTIDY goes for something simple. Just hover over or next to a comment to see guide-lines that light up on the left margin, showing you exactly what nest level the comment is on.}
• _{Cleaner Forum threads: Thread listings are now easier to browse, with all unnecessary icons removed, and shorter table rows (one line high instead of two, doubling the number of threads you can see per screen).}
• _{Comment box at top of page: The first version of dAv5 allowed you to click the 'Add yours' link at the top of the comments list. This was removed later, with a message in the source code confirming this change. deviantTIDY brings it back, so clicking the link will give you a comment box at the top of the page. This means less scrolling if you want to view the deviation while you comment. (this feature will be back soon)}
• _{Mood-less: Moods aren't the most useful feature in the new v5. They can also be distracting. Set your preference to hide all mood icons from comments, and choose not to display the mood selector when posting comments.}
• _{Literature Deviations: deviantTIDY also loves prose, making the text as wide as the screen (if you wish). Also included is the Devious Literature mod which used to be a separate style.}
• _{Removed Subscription Links: Don't be reminded about whether you're subscribed or not every time you look at the message bar.}
• _{Expanded Message Count: Your message bar shows you exactly what types of messages you have before you visit your Message Center (for example, 5 messages [2A, 2C, 1J]).}
• _{Better Submission Pages: The deviation and news submission pages are better-spaced to let you see and do more.}
• _{Horizontal Lines: dA decided to explicitly hide horizontal rules (HR tags) from all pages, even though they are useful when visually separating information in deviation descriptions. deviantTIDY puts them back.}
• _{Compact Deviation Sidebar: Links have been cleaned up and the less important ones have been made less prominent.}

<sub>Install the Extension
This add-on is for Firefox 2.0 and above.
Click the Download link above to get the extension. You should get a security prompt, so click Allow and follow the installation procedure and restart Firefox to see the results.

Install the CSS separately
If you use Stylish, then go to the user-style link at the top of the page and click 'Load into Stylish' to install. Otherwise, click Show Code and copy the contents into your userContent.css file or other custom stylesheet.

Install the Script separately
The script can be installed via Greasemonkey. Visit the link to the user-script at the top of the page and click Install this Script.</sub>

<sub>How can I check that deviantTIDY is working?
When you first install deviantTIDY (or the script component), a dialog will appear when you visit deviantART. You're good to go!

Can I use deviantTIDY with [insert your favourite skin name here]?
deviantTIDY can be used safely in combination with other custom deviant skins and scripts because it does the very minimum amount of changes required to get the desired effect. In the rare event of clashes in styles or broken functionality, tell me about the issue, and include info about the other mods you are using.</sub>