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User scripts are programs which make on-the-fly changes to specific web pages, typically to change their appearance or to add or modify functionality.


'''User scripts''', or '''userscripts''', are scripts that make on-the-fly changes to specific web pages on the client side (in the browser or a proxy server), typically to change their appearance or to add or modify functionality.
User scripts for [[Greasemonkey]] and Greasemonkey-compatible alternatives are written in [http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/JavaScript JavaScript].
 
If you would like to write user scripts yourself, see [[Greasemonkey Manual:Editing]].
User scripts for [[Greasemonkey]] and Greasemonkey-compatible alternatives are written in [http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/JavaScript JavaScript], but there is at least one example of using another scripting language, namely Ruby in [http://github.com/why/mousehole/tree/master/ MouseHole].
 
For tools other than Greasemonkey that apply user scripts to web sites, see [[Cross-browser userscripting|Cross-browser Userscripting]] and [[wikipedia:Greasemonkey#Compatibility|Greasmonkey's compatibility]].


== See Also ==
== See Also ==
* [[wikipedia:Augmented browsing|Augmented browsing at Wikipedia]]
* [[wikipedia:Augmented browsing|Augmented browsing at Wikipedia]]

Latest revision as of 16:37, 3 November 2017

User scripts are programs which make on-the-fly changes to specific web pages, typically to change their appearance or to add or modify functionality.

User scripts for Greasemonkey and Greasemonkey-compatible alternatives are written in JavaScript. If you would like to write user scripts yourself, see Greasemonkey Manual:Editing.

See Also