diff --git a/plugins/LinkPreview/LinkPreviewPlugin.php b/plugins/LinkPreview/LinkPreviewPlugin.php
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+<?php
+/*
+ * StatusNet - the distributed open-source microblogging tool
+ * Copyright (C) 2010, StatusNet, Inc.
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+if (!defined('STATUSNET')) {
+    exit(1);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Some UI extras for now...
+ *
+ * @package LinkPreviewPlugin
+ * @maintainer Brion Vibber <brion@status.net>
+ */
+class LinkPreviewPlugin extends Plugin
+{
+    function onPluginVersion(&$versions)
+    {
+        $versions[] = array('name' => 'LinkPreview',
+                            'version' => STATUSNET_VERSION,
+                            'author' => 'Brion Vibber',
+                            'homepage' => 'http://status.net/wiki/Plugin:LinkPreview',
+                            'rawdescription' =>
+                            _m('UI extensions previewing thumbnails from links.'));
+
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Load JS at runtime if we're logged in.
+     *
+     * @param Action $action
+     * @return boolean hook result
+     */
+    function onEndShowScripts($action)
+    {
+        $user = common_current_user();
+        if ($user) {
+            $action->script('plugins/LinkPreview/linkpreview.js');
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Autoloader
+     *
+     * Loads our classes if they're requested.
+     *
+     * @param string $cls Class requested
+     *
+     * @return boolean hook return
+     */
+    function onAutoload($cls)
+    {
+        switch ($cls)
+        {
+        case 'LinkpreviewAction':
+            require_once dirname(__FILE__) . '/linkpreviewaction.php';
+            return false;
+        default:
+            return true;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Hook for RouterInitialized event.
+     *
+     * @param Net_URL_Mapper $m URL mapper
+     *
+     * @return boolean hook return
+     */
+    function onStartInitializeRouter($m)
+    {
+        $m->connect('main/preview/link',
+                array('action' => 'linkpreview'));
+
+        return true;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/plugins/LinkPreview/linkpreview.js b/plugins/LinkPreview/linkpreview.js
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+/**
+ * (c) 2010 StatusNet, Inc.
+ */
+
+$(function() {
+    $('#notice_data-text').change(function() {
+       var text = $(this).val();
+       alert(text);
+    });
+});