Firefox Extension: Greasemonkey

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Posted 3 years, 2 months ago at 8:29 pm. 2 comments

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Greasemonkey is a Firefox extension which lets you to add bits of DHTML (”user scripts”) to any web page to change its behaviour. In much the same way that user CSS lets you take control of a web page’s style, user scripts let you easily control any aspect of a web page’s design or interaction.

I have used it to hide ads and add shortcut buttons (Mark Read and Delete) to GMail, add RSS buttons to Xanga blogs, and customize the behaviour of Livejournal user info’s. There are also lots of scripts that would work for all sites, such as auto reload page every N seconds, auto login, …etc. See the list here. It’s pretty amazing how much a simple javascript file can do to enhance your surfing experience.

Tags: Firefox