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Hacking the Web with Greasemonkey
plasticmillion writes "Greasemonkey is a revolutionary Firefox extension that many feel has enormous implications for the future evolution of the web. By making it easy to write client-side scripts that modify webpages as you surf, it shifts the balance of power from content creators to content consumers. Since its inception, it has given rise to an impressive array of scripts for everything from enhancing Gmail with one-click delete functionality to preventing Hotmail from spawning new windows when you click on external links. In recent Greasemonkey news, Mark Pilgrim just published a comprehensive primer called 'Dive Into Greasemonkey', a must-read for those who want to try their hand at writing their own scripts. It should be noted that Greasemonkey is not without controversy, but this has done nothing to reduce its popularity among web programmers. Even Opera has jumped on the bandwagon with their own version of user scripts. To illustrate the principle to /.ers, I whipped up a handy little script called 'Slashdot Live Comment Tree', which lets you expand and collapse entire threads in an article's comments."
Who's going to write the "Hide Roland Pipe" stories from Slashdot.
Achtung! You vill sit in ze CHAIR ven you read my book, NOT ON ZE COUCH!!!
Sieg heil!
That said, I am going to use this guide to disable Greasemonkey.
Step 1. Slashdot my own site.
Ooh, a sarcasm detector. Oh, that's a real useful invention.
Ah, good morning Mr. Ballmer.
You can fix rendering bugs that the site owner can't be bothered to fix themselves.
:)
Could be useful for Slashdot then
Cheers mate! Thanks for /.ing my site.
Don't use an inkjet printer to do this. The sweat on the cheeks will cause the ink from the goatse.cx links to stain the skin and you'll become a walking advertisement at the next sun club event.
The solution is obvious. Render the page as a jpeg, and then just have a directory full of jpegs! You can even use server-side image maps for hyperlinks!
Hell, if I want to print it out and use it as toilet paper, I will.
Now that you've said this, everyone is going to use my site as TP. Thanks, buddy.
The dangers of knowledge trigger emotional distress in human beings.
At that price, I think I'll bye the research.
One line blog. I hear that they're called Twitters now.
Make every single page one colossal image with an image map for links! That way there's not much the user can do, and you are victorious in your subjugation! Or: relax.
http://www.softwareconsult.dk
Hell, if I want to print it out and use it as toilet paper, I will.
Now I know a good use for Anncoulter.com
Your sig(k) has been stolen. There is a puff of smoke!
That reminds me of a holiday cottage I once rented in Wales. There was a note on the dining room door which said: "Please wear long trousers, not shorts, in this room."
I've been slightly nervous of the Welsh ever since..
This sig all sigs devours
My fish love http://scottleonard.ca/ !!!
Great. Now when client call with complaints that data is either being corrupted via contact form or I can honestly look them in the eye and say, "It's the users fault!"
Karma means nothing to me, so suck it...
We now know that All Peers are infected with the 12 Grease monkeys.
James Cole
In order to form an immaculate member of a flock of sheep one must, above all, be a sheep.
Speaking of mistakes, can somebody please write a Greasemonkey script that corrects instances of your/you're, there/their/they're, and misplaced apostrophies?
Talk about taking the web back. Sheesh.