Introduction to Greasemonkey

March 13th, 2010 by enkayjain

Greasemonkey !! , all might be wondering sounds very funny but what is it all about ?? . Greasemonkey is a Firefox Addon which allows users to install userscripts , which can be used to change the look and functions of a webpage , analyze the data of the webpage and manipulate and display results based on the requirement of the users. These users are the regular visitors to that particular sites on which they would like to use this add-on.

Greasemonkey was developed by Anthony Lieuallen, Aaron Boodman, Johan Sundström .

Greasemonkey is used to customize the Webpages using the scripts as per the requirement of the user. They can be used to combine two or more webpages , their data and adding new functions using scripts. They are typically used in

Customizing Social Networking sites : This is done by changing it’s default colours , adding some more features through Javascripts and making it more attractive and stylish.
Ads Filter : Removing unwanted ads or popups from the webpages for the faster loading of the webpages.
Content Formatting : It is used to to change the text format , layout and borders of that particular webpage. It is also used to add links , buttons or any HTML element anywhere in the webpage.
Auto fill Forms : To avoid the duplication of work and consume less time , this feature lets you add the required values in the forms of the webpages automatically.
Data Enhancement : This lets the user to add some more unassigned functions to the webpages , list the relevant sites using this data .

How to use it : This requires Firefox or Flock or Chrome browser . To know more about installing it , you can have a look below

Now as you are totally aware of this add-on , lets have a look some of its best resources as listed below :

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March 13, 2010 at 1:42 am

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March 26, 2010 at 1:01 am

[...] install the Greasemonkey addon as shown in our previous post and then install the userscript Auto-Colorizer For Facebook by clicking here. See the below [...]

Jayce
Twitter: JayceOoi
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April 11, 2010 at 3:37 pm

Hmm… Not a tool for me. I don’t customize website.
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Sunil Jain
Twitter: gupshupblog
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April 12th, 2010 at 11:59 pm

It’s not only for customize website but also adding some more features or hacks to any website so that you can get what you want. Let me know in which topics are you interested via Internet , i can let you know how this Greasemonkey addon will help you
Cheers :)