Greasemonkey Hacks
Tips & Tools for Remixing the Web with Firefox
1st Edition
Published on 20. December 2005
Book
Paperback/Softback
495 pages
978-0-596-10165-7 (ISBN)
Description
Greasemonkey Hacks is an invaluable compendium 100 ingenious hacks for power users who want to master Greasemonkey, the hot new Firefox extension that allows you to write scripts that alter the web pages you visit. With Greasemonkey, you can create scripts that make a web site more usable, fix rendering bugs that site owners can't be bothered to fix themselves, or add items to a web site's menu bar. You can alter pages so they work better with technologies that speak a web page out loud or convert it to Braille. Greasemonkey gurus can even import, combine, and alter data from different web sites to meet their own specific needs.
Greasemonkey has achieved a cult-like following in its short lifespan, but its uses are just beginning to be explored. Let's say you're shopping on an e-commerce site. You can create a script that will automatically display competitive prices for that particular product from other web sites. The possibilities are limited only by your imagination and your Greasemonkey expertise. Greasemonkey Hacks can't help you with the imagination part, but it can provide the expert hacks-complete with the sample code-you need to turn your brainstorms into reality.
More than just an essential collection of made-to-order Greasemonkey solutions, Greasemonkey Hacks is crammed with sample code, a Greasemonkey API reference, and a comprehensive list of resources, to ensure that every resource you need is available between its covers.
Some people are content to receive information from websites passively; some people want to control it. If you are one of the latter, Greasemonkey Hacks provides all the clever customizations and cutting-edge tips and tools you need to take command of any web page you view.
Greasemonkey has achieved a cult-like following in its short lifespan, but its uses are just beginning to be explored. Let's say you're shopping on an e-commerce site. You can create a script that will automatically display competitive prices for that particular product from other web sites. The possibilities are limited only by your imagination and your Greasemonkey expertise. Greasemonkey Hacks can't help you with the imagination part, but it can provide the expert hacks-complete with the sample code-you need to turn your brainstorms into reality.
More than just an essential collection of made-to-order Greasemonkey solutions, Greasemonkey Hacks is crammed with sample code, a Greasemonkey API reference, and a comprehensive list of resources, to ensure that every resource you need is available between its covers.
Some people are content to receive information from websites passively; some people want to control it. If you are one of the latter, Greasemonkey Hacks provides all the clever customizations and cutting-edge tips and tools you need to take command of any web page you view.
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Mark Pilgrim is an accessibility architect by day. By night, he is a husband and father who lives in North Carolina with his wife, his son, and his dog. Mark spends his copious free time sunbathing, skydiving, and reading Immanuel Kant's The Critique of Pure Reason in the original Klingon. He can be found stirring up trouble at diveintomark.org.
Content
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Foreword
Credits
Preface
Chapter 1. Getting Started
1. Install a User Script
2. Provide a Default Configuration
3. Master the @include and @exclude Directives
4. Prevent a User Script from Executing
5. Configure a User Script
6. Add or Remove Content on a Page
7. Alter a Page's Style
8. Master XPath Expressions
9. Develop a User Script "Live"
10. Debug a User Script
11. Embed Graphics in a User Script
12. Avoid Common Pitfalls
Chapter 2. Linkmania!
13. Turn Naked URLs into Hyperlinks
14. Force Offsite Links to Open in a New Window
15. Fix Broken Pop-up Links
16. Remove URL Redirections
17. Warn Before Opening PDF Links
18. Avoid the Slashdot Effect
19. Convert UPS and FedEx Tracking Numbers to Links
20. Follow Links Without Clicking Them
Chapter 3. Beautifying the Web
21. Banish the Scourge of Arial
22. Add Stripes to Data Tables
23. Straighten Smart Quotes
24. Convert Graphical Smileys to Text
25. Make Amazon Product Images Larger
26. Convert Straight Quotes
27. Add Dynamic Highlighting to Tables
28. Make Pop-up Titles Prettier
Chapter 4. Web Forms
29. Display Form Actions in a Tool Tip
30. Show Hidden Form Fields
31. Identify Password Fields
32. Allow Password Remembering
33. Confirm Before Closing Modified Pages
34. Resize Text Input Fields with the Keyboard
35. Enter Textile Markup in Web Forms
36. Select Multiple Checkboxes
37. Keep Track of Secure Site Passwords
38. Automatically Log into Web Mail and Other Sites
39. Build Calendar Events
Chapter 5. Developer Tools
40. Remove All Page Styles on Selected Sites
41. Refresh Pages Automatically
42. Make External Stylesheets Clickable
43. Show Image Information
44. Filter Code Examples on MSDN
45. Intercept and Modify Form Submissions
46. Trace XMLHttpRequest Activity
Chapter 6. Search
47. Add a Site Search
48. Remove Spammy Domains from Search Results
49. Find Similar Images
50. Search Wikipedia with Google Site Search
51. Link to Other Search Engines from Google
52. Prefetch Yahoo! Search Results
53. Browse the Web Through Google's Cache
54. Add More Book Reviews to Google Print
55. Autocomplete Search Terms as You Type
56. Highlight Search Terms
57. Remember Recent Google Searches
58. Add Keyboard Shortcuts to Google Search Results
59. Use Recent Searches and Google SearchKeys Together
Chapter 7. Web Mail
60. Force Gmail to Use a Secure Connection
61. Warn Before Replying to Multiple Recipients in Gmail
62. Warn Before Sending Gmail Messages with Missing Attachments
63. Compose Your Mail in Gmail
64. Add a Delete Button to Gmail
65. Select Your Yahoo! ID from a List
66. Add Saved Searches to Gmail
Chapter 8. Accessibility
67. Highlight Images Without Alternate Text
68. Add an Access Bar with Keyboard Shortcuts
69. Remove Conflicting Keyboard Shortcuts
70. Make Image alt Text Visible
71. Add a Table of Contents to Long Pages
72. Use Real Headers on Google Web Search
73. Add a Toolbar to Zoom Images Easily
74. Make Apache Directory Listing Prettier
75. Add a Text-Sizing Toolbar to Web Forms
76. Make Google More Accessible for Low-Vision Users
Chapter 9. Taking Back the Browser
77. Reenable Context Menus on Sites That Disable Them
78. Bypass Weight Watchers' Browser Checker
79. Easily Download Embedded Movies
80. Break Out of Frames
81. Disable Targets for Downloads
82. Automatically Link to Printer-Friendly Versions
83. Restore Functionality in Google Print
84. Bypass Annoying Site Registrations
Chapter 10. Syndication
85. Automatically Display Unread Items in Bloglines
86. Zap Ugly XML Buttons
87. Squeeze More Feeds into the Bloglines Sidebar
88. Automatically Collect Syndicated Feeds
89. Syndicate Encrypted Content
Chapter 11. Site Integration
90. Translate Any Web Page
91. Warn Before Buying an Album
92. Find Out Who's Reading What You're Reading
93. Add Wikipedia Links to Any Web Page
94. Compare Book Prices
Chapter 12. Those Not Included in This Classification
95. Maximize HomestarRunner Cartoons
96. Refine Your Google Search
97. Check Whether Pages Really Validate
98. Animate Wikipedia History
99. Create Greasemonkey Scripts Automatically
100. Remember Everything You Read
Index
Foreword
Credits
Preface
Chapter 1. Getting Started
1. Install a User Script
2. Provide a Default Configuration
3. Master the @include and @exclude Directives
4. Prevent a User Script from Executing
5. Configure a User Script
6. Add or Remove Content on a Page
7. Alter a Page's Style
8. Master XPath Expressions
9. Develop a User Script "Live"
10. Debug a User Script
11. Embed Graphics in a User Script
12. Avoid Common Pitfalls
Chapter 2. Linkmania!
13. Turn Naked URLs into Hyperlinks
14. Force Offsite Links to Open in a New Window
15. Fix Broken Pop-up Links
16. Remove URL Redirections
17. Warn Before Opening PDF Links
18. Avoid the Slashdot Effect
19. Convert UPS and FedEx Tracking Numbers to Links
20. Follow Links Without Clicking Them
Chapter 3. Beautifying the Web
21. Banish the Scourge of Arial
22. Add Stripes to Data Tables
23. Straighten Smart Quotes
24. Convert Graphical Smileys to Text
25. Make Amazon Product Images Larger
26. Convert Straight Quotes
27. Add Dynamic Highlighting to Tables
28. Make Pop-up Titles Prettier
Chapter 4. Web Forms
29. Display Form Actions in a Tool Tip
30. Show Hidden Form Fields
31. Identify Password Fields
32. Allow Password Remembering
33. Confirm Before Closing Modified Pages
34. Resize Text Input Fields with the Keyboard
35. Enter Textile Markup in Web Forms
36. Select Multiple Checkboxes
37. Keep Track of Secure Site Passwords
38. Automatically Log into Web Mail and Other Sites
39. Build Calendar Events
Chapter 5. Developer Tools
40. Remove All Page Styles on Selected Sites
41. Refresh Pages Automatically
42. Make External Stylesheets Clickable
43. Show Image Information
44. Filter Code Examples on MSDN
45. Intercept and Modify Form Submissions
46. Trace XMLHttpRequest Activity
Chapter 6. Search
47. Add a Site Search
48. Remove Spammy Domains from Search Results
49. Find Similar Images
50. Search Wikipedia with Google Site Search
51. Link to Other Search Engines from Google
52. Prefetch Yahoo! Search Results
53. Browse the Web Through Google's Cache
54. Add More Book Reviews to Google Print
55. Autocomplete Search Terms as You Type
56. Highlight Search Terms
57. Remember Recent Google Searches
58. Add Keyboard Shortcuts to Google Search Results
59. Use Recent Searches and Google SearchKeys Together
Chapter 7. Web Mail
60. Force Gmail to Use a Secure Connection
61. Warn Before Replying to Multiple Recipients in Gmail
62. Warn Before Sending Gmail Messages with Missing Attachments
63. Compose Your Mail in Gmail
64. Add a Delete Button to Gmail
65. Select Your Yahoo! ID from a List
66. Add Saved Searches to Gmail
Chapter 8. Accessibility
67. Highlight Images Without Alternate Text
68. Add an Access Bar with Keyboard Shortcuts
69. Remove Conflicting Keyboard Shortcuts
70. Make Image alt Text Visible
71. Add a Table of Contents to Long Pages
72. Use Real Headers on Google Web Search
73. Add a Toolbar to Zoom Images Easily
74. Make Apache Directory Listing Prettier
75. Add a Text-Sizing Toolbar to Web Forms
76. Make Google More Accessible for Low-Vision Users
Chapter 9. Taking Back the Browser
77. Reenable Context Menus on Sites That Disable Them
78. Bypass Weight Watchers' Browser Checker
79. Easily Download Embedded Movies
80. Break Out of Frames
81. Disable Targets for Downloads
82. Automatically Link to Printer-Friendly Versions
83. Restore Functionality in Google Print
84. Bypass Annoying Site Registrations
Chapter 10. Syndication
85. Automatically Display Unread Items in Bloglines
86. Zap Ugly XML Buttons
87. Squeeze More Feeds into the Bloglines Sidebar
88. Automatically Collect Syndicated Feeds
89. Syndicate Encrypted Content
Chapter 11. Site Integration
90. Translate Any Web Page
91. Warn Before Buying an Album
92. Find Out Who's Reading What You're Reading
93. Add Wikipedia Links to Any Web Page
94. Compare Book Prices
Chapter 12. Those Not Included in This Classification
95. Maximize HomestarRunner Cartoons
96. Refine Your Google Search
97. Check Whether Pages Really Validate
98. Animate Wikipedia History
99. Create Greasemonkey Scripts Automatically
100. Remember Everything You Read
Index