Archive for Greasemonkey
· May 9, 2008 at 4:35 am · Firefox Security, Greasemonkey
Like many of the rest of you out there, I love hacking around with web sites and adding functionality to Firefox by plugging in a few Greasemonkey scripts. Do you know what to watch out for when Greasemonkey scripts go bad? You have probably seen the warning up on UserScripts.org but I wanted to touch base to let you know what you should be looking for.
The main problem is that people are writing scripts that steal your cookie. With your cookie, they can grab other information such as your login and other sensitive information. They say these are two things you should search any script for before installing:
.php?cookie=
and
encodeURIComponent(document.cookie)
For more tips on how to stay on the safe side, I would recommend reading through this thread via the UserScripts.org forums. It has a lot of handy information if you install and uninstall a lot of Greasemonkey scripts.
· May 2, 2008 at 6:48 am · Firefox Hacks, Greasemonkey
I figured this hack was in the works for some time now, just happened to run across it this morning. Thanks to Firefox, Greasemonkey and a little creativity from a scripter out there you can download music from the MuxTape web site. Here are the words of wisdom from the script creator…
This downloads muxtape songs. Just click the “Download me!” link, change the file-name to your liking and append .mp3 to it.
There you go! Pick up the Greasemonkey script in question here:
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/24382
Now of course I am not encouraging you to go out there and be a pirate, but for those tunes up there that you can not find anywhere else or may be original works from an independent artist you would like to enjoy - the option to download is now there. I have a feeling though they will more than likely get this fixed soon on the MuxTape side of things.
· April 17, 2008 at 6:33 am · Greasemonkey
Remember the 10 freshest YouTube Scripts? Well thanks to a few reader submissions and a little more searching on my own I have found a few more to share with you that are well worth trying if your a fan of Greasemonkey and/or YouTube.
1. Add Link to HD Video on YouTube - Simply adds a link to the higher resolution version of a video.
2. Download ANY Video from YouTube - Download the video as a MP4 file.
3. Yet Another YouTube alternate Player - Replaces YouTube’s flash player with http://mplayerplug-in.sf.net.
4. YouTube “Lights Out” - Dim everything on the page except for the video.
5. Hide comments from YouTube videos - Hide YouTube comments, replaces them with a link just in case you do want to read them.
6. YouTube More Info Auto-click - Always get all the description when watching a video via YouTube.
7. YouTube+ - Optimizes YouTube for bigger resolutions and gives you the opportunity to hide various sections of the video playback page, disable autoplay, enable HD and download videos.
8. YouTube Loop - Make your video keep playing for ever and ever.
Did I miss your favorite? Leave a comment and let me know!
· February 28, 2008 at 7:45 am · Greasemonkey
In a cage match to the death, who would win between the best of the MySpace user scripts versus the Facebook user scripts? Load up Firefox, install Greasemonkey - and give some of these handy addons a try. I use both MySpace and Facebook so hard for me to decide. How about you?
In this corner… MySpace!
From parts unknown… Facebook!
Have any other favorite Greasemonkey scripts I might have overlooked?
· February 19, 2008 at 7:45 am · Greasemonkey
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The beauty of Greasemonkey is it can practically make anything better - even YouTube. Now it can’t make the idiots smacking themselves in the face with flaming bags of poo smarter, but it can give you a better way of viewing, downloading and sharing their misfortunes with your own crew of friends. Here is the Firefox Facts round up of some of the newest and the best Greasemonkey scripts to make YouTube really better.
1. Youtube Get FLV URL - Grab the URL for the .flv file so you can save the YouTube video to your desktop.
2. BetterTube - A number of hacks and fixes to try to make YouTube video (and other providers) better.
3. YouTube Relinker - This replaces YouTube embedded videos with a link to watch it on YouTube.com.
4. Videoembed - Auto adds the embed codes so you can watch videos in a screen right under the links.
5. YouTube Country Server Selector - Replaces YouTube embedded videos server with your country server or the one that you wish to use.
6. Video Focus v1.0.7 - Allows you to remove all the rest of the page content so you can focus right on the video you want to watch. You can also resize or maximize the video centered on the site.
7. Youtube Alternate Video Player - Replace the YouTube default player with the one from flowplayer.org.
8. YouTube Lyrics - Want to know the words to that video your watching? This script places a lyrics search link on the video’s page.
9. Pop YouTube Video Into Sidebar - Does exactly what you would think it does. Pushes your YouTube video to the sidebar in Firefox.
10. YousableTubeFix - Does a number of fixes such as removing ads, download links for videos, displaying all comments for a video and more.
As a side note, to try out any of these on Firefox you will need to make sure you have Greasemonkey installed. Know of any scripts that do the YouTube job better?
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+ Check out the sequel - 8 Fresher YouTube Scripts!
· August 31, 2007 at 6:49 am · Firefox Usability, Greasemonkey
Gina is at it again with one of those “Better” Firefox extensions. This time around she tackles Google Calendar. As a big user of the other extensions she has released (plus I use Google Calendar too) I couldn’t pass up on the chance to try this one out.
The Better GCal extension for Firefox wraps some of the best Greasemonkey scripts into one easy to install extension. Editing the options of the extension allows you to also turn certain features on and off. Here are some of my favorite Greasemonkey scripts that have been included:
Plus a lot more tweaks and edits you can do.
If you use Google Calendar (or you think you might if a few things were changed around) then I would suggest giving this extension a shot.
· August 27, 2007 at 6:10 am · Firefox Hacks, Greasemonkey
Do you like to multi-task? Why check your e-mail and read your feeds in two different web applications when you can get it all done in one by combining the power of Google Reader and Gmail.
Now I have talked before about the Gmail + Google Reader greasemonkey script before. After giving it another shot the other day though I noticed the experience is much more polished. What does that mean? Well looking at it right now it really looks like it belongs there - and doesn’t just look like an out of place web page stuck on another web page.
If you haven’t given this greasemonkey script a try in a while, it might be time to do so. Also if Google Reader isn’t your thing - you can do the same thing with Google Calendar too.
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