Jeremy Dunck

Member since: Jul 2nd, 2005

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Greasemonkey compiler - turn greasemonkey scripts into complete Firefox extensions (Download Squad)

Apr 2nd 2006 1:24PM This one is up to date:
http://www.arantius.com/misc/greasemonkey/script-compiler.php

And the main idea of this is that you'd (as a user script author) at some point want to grow functionality beyond what Greasemonkey provides; the compiler gives you an easy migration to a full-fledged extension.

And all FF extensions are cross-platform, unless the developer does something specific to make it not so (which is highly unlikely in the case of user scripts migrating to extensions).

Google hits back at Greasemonkey users (Download Squad)

Jul 2nd 2005 5:15AM OK, there's a fair bit of misinformation running around, so I'll sure what I know. Are you sure it was the persistent search? I'm asking because the GMail Smart Delete script had a bug in it which caused mail to be polled continuously. All reports of lockouts that I know of have been due to this script. This amounted to a DDOS due to all the people running with the bug. It is _not_ the same as Accelerator; that tool is throttled and doesn't fetch data from same site continuously. " Google's Web Accelerator will change the code to being referred by them " I sincerely believe you are smoking crack. It will link any unlinked ISBN, but it does _not_ override any existing links, including any amazon links with affiliate IDs. Here's a handy example page to test on. http://joelonsoftware.com/navLinks/BuytheBooks.html And one it actually will do something on: <html> <head> </head> <body> Here's an ISBN: 1590593898 </body> </html>

Greasemonkey could herald big changes (AdJab)

Apr 13th 2005 5:53PM I'm a developer on Greasemonkey. I think it's troubling that there's so much focus on ad blocking as a use for Greasemonkey. Look, there's lots of money in advertising, and I think publishers deserve to make a living. But ad blocking (especially on Firefox) has been very accessible and widespread for quite some time. AdBlock? RIP? Flashblock? Greasemonkey has significant uses beyond ad blocking, and we've been trying to point out these uses, and also the fact that other extensions (like those listed above) are more useful for that purpose. As a sideline, I'm happy to hear that Greasemonkey is being installed by less-geeky people. It means user scripts are useful. It's early days.