Articles Tagged 'Greasemonkey'
The Complete Beginner’s Guide to User Scripts
Matthew CornerA user script is code written in a programming language that allows you to control a piece of software. Think for example, macro's in Microsoft Office that help improve your work flow. Well did you know that you can do the exact same thing with your browsing experience, and the websites you view? Well you can, and it's amazing. Greasemonkey first came around in 2004/05, and its the tool that really threw user scripts in the browser out there. Greasemonkey is a Firefox extension that allows you to write scripts that alter the web pages that you view. It allows you to make web pages more usable, more viewable, fix bugs for yourself; the possibilities are endless.
