Greasemonkey

[+Boris]

I have been using a few scripts with Firefox and the greasemonkey add-on for the GC.com website which seem to make some very useful adjustments to the site. I know that there was onother post about the GC vote script which is a similar idea.

 

Here are a few that I've found, and find useful.

 

Waypoint finder This also puts the TB tracking number on the logging page - meaning you don't have to type it twice to retrieve/discover the TB.

 

Quick Link Menu This can be edited to link to the SA Forums quite easily.

 

Quick Hint

 

Locus Prime A site with a whole lot of scripts

 

Lil Devil GC scripts - another site with a few options

 

a few more scripts

 

Has anyone else been using these?

Edited August 17, 2009 by boris

[+CapeDoc]

Have been using most of those....

[+cincol]

The only Grease Monkeys that I know are the Keralites who work on cars here in the back streets of Doha!

[+DamhuisClan]

I have been using most of the Lil-Devil scripts, as well as some Locus Prime.

This is just another GREAT reason to use FireFox rather than IE.

[+DamhuisClan]

On a similar note, talking about enhancements.

 

Some other enhancements I have add to my installation of Firefox:

 

Dictionary switcher:

I have a (free)Dutch dictioanry, (free) Afrikaans dictionary, and a (free)ZA English dictionary.

This allows me to switch between them, and can check the spelling on any text-box in Firefox.

 

Forcastfox:

3 Day and 5 Day forcast right in the status bar of Firefox for any town in the world.

I have mine set to Sandton and Edenvale, and can switch very easily between them. If we go on holiday, I add the town/city we are going to.

 

IE Tab:

Some web sites just dont work with anything other then IE. With this enhancement by a click of a button it opens up IE inside firefox, so no reason to even have a shortcut to clunky old IE.

 

Session Manager:

Remembers your previous sessions. Shut down Firefox, with open tabs, and when it starts up again they are all still there. No need to add bookmarks to remember which tabs/windows were open on the previous session.

 

Tabs open relative:

Tabs open up next to the current TAB, rather then at the end.

 

xMarks:

Sync all your short-cuts (and optionally your passwords) with a store on the internet. When I get home on my home PC, it re-syncs all the shortcuts, and I have the same as at work.

 

Greasemonkey:

Allows me to enhance certain web sites like GC. and allows me to remove certain advertisements on other web sites. I have also used it before to debug some browser issues.

 

On my kids PCs at home I have added KidZui. An add on which changes the look of Firefox a little, and makes it safe for them to browse the nett.

 

And then there is the MozBackup software. Amaaaazing!

When re-installing Firefox, after, lets say, reformatting the hard drive, or changing to a new PC, make a backup, and then restore. E-v-e-r-y t-h-i-n-g is there. Short cuts, passwords, themes, add ons, everything.

[+malo mystery]

GC TIDY script for greasemonkey tidies up the GC.com cache page, allows you to log directly on the cache page, as well as map features.