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Greasemonkey is a [[user script]] manager. | Greasemonkey is a [[user script]] manager. | ||
It is an | It is an extension for the [http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/ Mozilla Firefox] web browser. | ||
The Greasemonkey home page is: http://greasespot.net/ | The official Greasemonkey home page is: http://www.greasespot.net/ | ||
The original | The original creator of Greasemonkey, Aaron Boodman, said this about its creation: | ||
: Greasemonkey was heavily inspired by Adrian Holovaty's [http://holovaty.com/blog/archive/2004/07/19/2210 site-specific extension for All Music Guide] and the conversation which ensued after he published it. There were tons of sites I wanted to create SSE's for, but fully-fledged Firefox extensions proved too cumbersome. I wanted it to be as easy to create an SSE as it is to write DHTML. | : Greasemonkey was heavily inspired by Adrian Holovaty's [http://holovaty.com/blog/archive/2004/07/19/2210 site-specific extension for All Music Guide] and the conversation which ensued after he published it. There were tons of sites I wanted to create SSE's for, but fully-fledged Firefox extensions proved too cumbersome. I wanted it to be as easy to create an SSE as it is to write DHTML. | ||
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= See Also = | = See Also = | ||
* [[Version history ]] | * [[Version history]] | ||
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greasemonkey Greasemonkey @ Wikipedia] | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greasemonkey Greasemonkey @ Wikipedia] | ||
Revision as of 18:18, 3 February 2010
Greasemonkey is a user script manager. It is an extension for the Mozilla Firefox web browser.
The official Greasemonkey home page is: http://www.greasespot.net/
The original creator of Greasemonkey, Aaron Boodman, said this about its creation:
- Greasemonkey was heavily inspired by Adrian Holovaty's site-specific extension for All Music Guide and the conversation which ensued after he published it. There were tons of sites I wanted to create SSE's for, but fully-fledged Firefox extensions proved too cumbersome. I wanted it to be as easy to create an SSE as it is to write DHTML.
