Greasemonkey Productivity Scripts
I’m a big fan of anything that helps me do my daily tasks more efficiently. I’m also a lover of all things that I deem geeky-cool. Greasemonkey, a Firefox extension, is definitely high up there on the cool factor. Greasemonkey gives you the ability to run nifty little scripts that run the gamut from neat tricks to complete essentials that you wonder how you lived without. I was first turned onto Greasemonkey while using Flickr. I saw someone responding to other users’ comments, referencing each user’s icon in their replies. I had to know how it was done, and from there, a Greasemonkey disciple was born. More on the Flickr trick later.
To experience the Greasemonkey goodness yourself, start out with this great article on LifeHack which lists the Top 10 Greasemonkey scripts to increase productivity. My favorite from that list is probably the Gmail attachment reminder [link goes directly to JS file, you’ll need Greasemonkey installed first to use]. How many times have you crafted a great email, checked and double-checked the spelling and grammar, made sure all the correct recipients were listed, mentioned the attached file and then clicked send without actually attaching said file? We’ve all done it. This extension puts an end to that nonsense.
Okay, back to my favorite Flickr trick.
- First, you have to make sure you’re running Firefox. (If you’re not using Firefox, we need to talk.)
- Next, ensure Greasemonkey is installed.
- Last, get the Flickr Buddy Icon Reply script and install it.
- Start replying with buddy icons on Flickr! Fun! You can see a screen shot of this in action on LifeHacker.
Technorati Tags: Greasemonkey, Flickr, Firefox, Firefox extensions
eve said
am April 2 2007 @ 2:09 pm
those are great, thanks for sharing!
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Deb said
am April 23 2007 @ 6:35 am
March 28th. Updating here soon?
I love GreaseMonkey!
Lisa said
am April 23 2007 @ 8:24 am
Oh yeah! Greasemonkey - I’m kinda glad you haven’t updated this blog, because, I plum forgot about Greasemonkey after d’loading it! LOL!
digitalnomad said
am May 3 2007 @ 2:32 pm
Can never understand why anyone uses anything other than Firefox. Just plain crazy.
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engtech said
am September 14 2007 @ 11:26 am
I’m a huge fan of Greasemonkey myself.
The scripts are pretty easy to write if you have Firebug installed.