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Scriptish add-on brings legacy-free Greasemonkey to Firefox 4
I depend upon certain Greasemonkey scripts. They're not just for prettying up the Web or making it less distracting; I even have some home-brewed scripts that I use right here in Download Squad as part of my writing process. Not having access to these scripts is one of the key things that's kept me from making the switch to Firefox 4.
Enter Scriptish. According to its author, Erik Vold, Scriptish removes a lot of the legacy code that's been holding Greasemonkey back, and it utilizes everything that Firefox 4 has to offer.
Scriptish is not compatible with anything older than Firefox 4. Vold says he created the add-on due to the slow pace in which Greasemonkey development has been moving and some of the decisions taken by its developers:
"The trouble I found while trying to contribute to GM is that the maintainers don't really want to alter the code base, they're actually seem [sic] to be fine with doing the minimum necessary and bug fixing for the rest of the future, at least that is how it seemed to me after writing quite a few patches which were rejected, either outright, or by degradation (meaning I would have to basically redo everything, on crappy architecture, because they've sat on their hands for so long)."
So, there are definitely some politics at work here. When I tried using my home-brewed script with Scriptish, I couldn't get it to work. Maintaining a Greasemonkey fork is a big responsibility, so here's hoping that Vold is up to the job. Better yet, here's hoping that he gets some help from the community (and that my script starts working!).
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Subscribe to commentsSilverWaveOct 14th 2010 3:00PM
Heh I cant do without gm either.
Or Platypus :-( I may have to keep 3.6 around just to create the scripts with Platypus to use with gm on 4.0...
UGLY
... but workable ;-)
Oh and yeah Platypus didn't work with 3.6 either until I hit it with a big stick :-)
http://silverwav.wordpress.com/2010/06/08/platypus-workaround-for-firefox-3-6-use-a-firefox-3-5-profile/
SilverWaveOct 14th 2010 3:02PM
Oh and here is a way to use ff 4.0 day to day...
Quote:
"Arrow Using Firefox 4.0b8 and 3.6.12 with Dual Screens: Having your cake and eating it.
As Firefox 4 rushes to RC status I thought it was high time I started using it in anger.
I have been testing FF4 but up to now it was evolving at too fast a pace for me to use day to day.
Even now I could not use it as a complete replacement for my Firefox 3.6 and its 35 extensions... so what to do?
Well my solution may be a little extreme but it gets the job done.
I have just added another Samsung TFT to my original and now with 2 monitors, I can have my cake (A stable and extension perfect Firefox 3.6) as well as eat it (Get used to Firefox 4.0).
The key I have found is to use Firefox Sync between the two Firefox versions, this means my password and bookmarks are available on both profiles as well as tabs... so so cool
Anyway I am finally testing Firefox 4 with a will and finding ways of working around issues of missing extensions etc., without being tripped up by the same in my day to day browsing... I just switch between them instantly.
Eat Cake - Have Cake.
LOL"
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1352580&page=23
Erik VoldOct 14th 2010 10:16PM
Hey Erez,
Thanks for mentioning Scriptish! Let me know happening with your script here if you get the chance and are still having trouble with it: http://github.com/erikvold/scriptish/issues
The latest nightly's "brain transplant" changes are causing trouble with many scripts on GM as well, but other than that most scripts appear to be working for me these days, so please let me know which aren't.
Thanks again!
Erik
SilverWaveOct 15th 2010 1:46AM
Would you consider taking over the development of the Platypus extension as well?
It could be bundled with Scriptish and would make it hugely more attractive to new users.
http://platypus.mozdev.org/
Quote:
"On Sun, Apr 25, 2010 at 9:05 PM, Greg Chabala wrote:
> Is Platypus development ongoing? Will there be a new version released to
> work with current Firefox versions, or should I just try removing the
> version restriction from 0.7 and see how it goes?
I'm afraid development is pretty much stopped. I did a new version,
but the Firefox folks want extensive changes and I just don't have the
time/interest to work on it. I'd be more than happy if someone else
picked it up.
It does work fine if you remove the version restriction (or turn off
checking in your browser).
-- Scott"
http://www.mozdev.org/pipermail/platypus/2010-April/000278.html
markcovOct 16th 2010 4:53PM
I just grabbed one of the nightly builds for GreaseMonkey. They seem to work perfectly fine with the lastest FF4 beta.
https://arantius.com/misc/gm-nightly/
SilverWaveOct 19th 2010 4:16PM
Cheers I will give it a go!