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Greasemonkey to Firefox add-on converter: why bother?
But what if you want to install all those userscripts as separate add-ons? Well, there's a userscript-to-xpi converter that – Wait a minute.
Why the heck would you want to install your userscripts that way? Loading up Greasemonkey is a lot faster than individually converting your scripts, and it also gives you access to any preferences that might come with them. Converting them to extensions seems like it would bog down your add-ons list, on top of being a royal pain the butt.
If you still want to go through with it, for some reason, the converter is an easy web form and seems to work pretty well.
[via gHacks]
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Subscribe to commentsTrevor JohnsonSep 2nd 2009 6:57PM
It would be amazing if you could roll up all your scripts into one big extension. That way you could easily back up your scripts.
asSep 2nd 2009 8:38PM
That is actually possible if your convert the scripts to xpi separately and then use the "cleo" firefox-addon to bundle a package.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2942
GeoffSep 2nd 2009 7:08PM
I could see it being useful if you use Greasemonkey for just one user script and don't want all that overhead.
Or if you wrote a really great userscript and wanna open it up to a larger audience.
1ijackSep 2nd 2009 8:29PM
uses the same code as arantius --> http://arantius.com/misc/greasemonkey/script-compiler
RichardSep 3rd 2009 6:14AM
(1) It's easier to write a Greasemonkey script than it is a plugin (2) Getting your users to install Greasemonkey first and then the script isn't hard, but it's harder than just pointing them at the Mozilla Addons site (3) Users already know how to manage Addons (4) Addons get automatically updated, so no need for an additional Greasemonkey script to manage that (5) Significantly more people use Addons than Greasemonkey.
Bryan PriceSep 3rd 2009 1:42PM
Everytime I've installed Greasemonkey, my browsing experience has gone to hell. I'm not sure that this is exactly Greasemonkey's fault (new installations didn't ever seemto fix the problem), but I'll pass.
kingabraham3Sep 3rd 2009 2:39PM
i would love the reverse: an add-on to userscript converter! userscripts don't require a restart, just a page refresh, so they're basically instantly installed, and just as easily disabled.
bwcbizSep 4th 2009 4:01PM
This sounds like a developer tool. Develop, code and debug your user script in Greasemonkey, then release it in the wild as an add-on.
???
Profit!