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GreaseMonkey is a Firefox extension that allows the user to install userscripts into the browser.

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How to bypass Facebook "Social Reader"-type apps, to view content without installing?

In Facebook, some links to articles or videos appear to be genuine links, but in fact there are leading to some "content viewing" Facebook apps, like "Dailymotion", "The Guardian", or "Yahoo!". Those apps usually require access to my email address,…
Nicolas Raoul
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How to sync GreaseMonkey scripts between computers?

I have some great greasemonkey scripts for FireFox and would ideally have a way to sync them between computers. To some degree, it would even be nice to be able to deploy the scripts to PC's across a network at the office. How can I sync these…
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How do I install a userscript?

What are the steps to install a userscript for any of the major browsers? This question is for the benefit of those trying to get the minimal theme working. One browser per answer please.
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Greasemonkey script (or Firefox extension) to stop sites from disabling copy-paste?

Is there a GreaseMonkey script to disable the JavaScript-disabling of copy-paste in Firefox (3.0)? Or should I just run NoScript or some other extension on any site that attempts this (other things might break...)? [rant] Absolutely the worst…
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Force Facebook to play videos in background tab

Recently Facebook added a feature that if I play a video and switch to another tab or a different program from chrome, the video stops playing. Is there a way to force it to keep playing? I use Chrome and I don't have flash. This is not enough to…
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Firefox : override website's JavaScript to a local machine JavaScript

There is a userContent.css available in Firefox to customize / override a website's CSS to a new one, but what about the JavaScript? How can I override a particular website's JavaScript or some part of the JavaScript of a website to a local…
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How do I install userscript from the local machine with GreaseMonkey 1.12 (2013 autumn)?

I use Greasemonkey 1.12 with Firefox 24. I have an userscript file on my computer. I cannot find the way to install my already written userscript from my local machine - how it is done? There used to be some custom userscript window. Now it's…
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Using JavaScript and Greasemonkey to reload just one tab in Firefox?

I am new to Greasemonkey and javascript but have found the script below to reload a page every 5 minutes. // ==UserScript== // @name Auto Reload Protopage // @namespace http://blog.monstuff.com/archives/cat_greasemonkey.html // @description…
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How to disable Flash plugin on Firefox, but with a whitelist? I mean *really* disable it

The background Ok, this is a toughie. I'm a Firefox user, and I don't like Flash ads. They slow down my netbook, they slow down my Macbook, they sometimes play sound or obscure part of the page, all of which means as soon as I see a Flash ad I…
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Applying a Greasemonkey script to a chrome:// Firefox extension

I've written a small Greasemonkey userscript to modify some
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How to get Firefox Greasemonkey script to use a local cascading stylesheet?

What's the correct syntax to link to a CSS file in the same directory as a Greasemonkey JavaScript? I've tried the following but it doesn't work: var cssNode = document.createElement('link'); cssNode.type = 'text/css'; cssNode.rel =…
Umber Ferrule
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How do I install a standalone Greasemonkey userscript into Google Chrome?

Installing Greasemonkey user scripts could not be any easier, usually, but how do you install a .js file which has already been downloaded like, for example, from GitHub, or copied from pastebin? With Google Chrome's built-in Greasemonkey support…
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Where does Greasemonkey cache scripts that are added with the "@require" keyword?

Where does it cache the scripts that are added with the "@require" keyword? I'd like to know where it is on Mac OS X, preferably, but if you know where it is on another system then it shouldn't be hard to find on a Mac.
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Greasemonkey for IE (8)?

I've been searching some of the morning today and am unable to find a 'Greasemonkey' type program for IE8. I have a horrendous 'Incident Monitor' ticket app at my company and it looks like it was developed for tiny screens and IE5, I would like to…
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How to associate a softphone with a phone url

I'm trying to get click to call to work using Qutecom for a softphone and a Greesemonkey script to turn phone numbers into clickable urls. Whenever I click on the phone number link I get an error message saying the following: Firefox doesn't know…
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