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Facebook Goes After Greasemonkey Script Developer

Posted by timothy on Thursday March 25, 2010 @06:00PM from the you-must-enjoy-our-obnoxious-messages dept.

palmerj3 writes "The popular Facebook Purity greasemonkey script (now renamed Fluff Buster Purity) has been used by thousands to rid their Facebook feeds from the likes of Mafia Wars, Farmville, and other annoying things. Now, Facebook is threatening the developer of this script. Does Facebook have the right to govern their website's design and functionality once it's in the browser?"

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Re:I use this script on Opera by Zoidbot · 2010-03-25 20:45 · Score: 0, Troll

Thanks, I wasn't aware Opera could use GreaseMonkey scripts. I have now looked into it, and there LOTS that Opera could do that Firefox needs extensions for (including NoScript, GreaseMonkey and AdBlock+)
It was lack of GreaseMonkey that was my only reason left not to use Opera permanently, so I am pretty pleased I found this. No more Firefox bloat and seemingly weekly security fixes for me...