Greasemonkey Scripts and Plugins
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Greasemonkey is an extension for Mozilla Firefox which allows you to customize the look of a webpage or add functionality through bits of JavaScript. Many of these scripts also work with Google Chrome and Safari. With Safari 4, you'll need to download GreaseKit for them to work; Safari 5 has limited support built-in when you enable extensions through the 'Develop' menu. It sounds complicated, but it's really really not.
There are a number of scripts that customize MetaFilter and highlight your own comments, deleted posts, make it easier to quote other users and more. (Also check out the Bookmarklets page for more ways to customize your MeFi experience.)
Scripts for MetaFilter
- Mefi Deleted Posts by plutor - Reveals deleted posts across the different sections of MetaFilter and shows the reason left by the moderator. Confirmed to work with Firefox with Greasemonkey, Chrome and Safari 4/5. Compatibility discussed/updated in this MeTa thread.
- Mefi Quote by plutor - Adds a link to MetaFilter comments which helps format quotation in the conventional format.
- Mefi Quote for GlimmerBlocker by 47triple2 - Like the one above, but edited so it works with GlimmerBlocker.
- MetaFilter Navigator by matthewr - Highlights your own thread contributions, admin comments in MetaTalk threads, asker replies in Ask MetaFilter, and more.
- Mark Librarian Contributions by plutor will show a little book icon next to the username of anyone who is a librarian (who is marked as a colleague by Jessamyn)
- MetaFilter unicorn and narwhal buttons by Rhomboid - turns the Submit button into a unicorn and the Preview button into a narwhal.
- UserNotes by jacalata - allows you to make notes on your own view of someone's personal profile.
- Diediedead by mdevore - a stripped-down kill-file filter for Metafilter sites.
- RemoveAllMetafilterFavorites by Blazecock Pileon - allows for removal of all favorites on a per-favorite-page basis
- Metafilter MultiFavorited Multiwidth by Deathalicious -- displays a line next to comments with many favorites -- the width of the line corresponds to the number of favorites.
- EasyMeMail by Deathalicious - a mail icon next to every username for instant one-click access to a MeMail compose form
- Hide Obit Comments gets rid of comments in obit threads that are just a dot.
- MeFi Post differentiator by crunchland gives each post on the front page of nearly all of the subsites it's own little visual differentiator
- MetaFilter Scroll Tag by plutor - "Tracks your last-read comment in threads, and allows you to jump back to it easily."
- HowlsOfOutrage by mdevore - When you mouse over a favorites count (no clicking required), the usernames of the people who favorited the comment or post will appear in a hovering box. Works if you're logged in.
Script Wishlist
- Something for Stylish possibly that makes the mods' "From the OP" updates to anon threads look like they're posts from the OP, with the little bar to the left of them. mentioned here
Other Firefox Plugins
- MetaFilthy is for keeping track of your last read comment in each metafilter.com thread and for responding to posts and comments on MeFi.
- You can add MeFi to your search box with this plugin
- Mondo Image allows you to see images inline
- Mondo Meta allows you to customize how posts are displayed
Installing Scripts
Mozilla Firefox
Install the Greasemonkey script from the Mozilla Add-ons site and restart the browser when prompted. Go to the userscripts.org and find a script you want to use and click "Install" when prompted.
Google Chrome
Navigate to the script you'd like to add to your browser and click "Install" when prompted with the extension confirmation dialog box.
Safari 4
Install the GreaseKit SIMBL plugin and then restart your browser (1.7 is compatible with OS X 10.6). Find the script you want to use and click "Install" when prompted. You may need to customize the includes/excludes in the Manage Scripts item under the GreaseKit menu.
Safari on Mac OS 10.5+
Some GreaseMonkey scripts will work with the more stable GlimmerBlocker without any editing. Simply paste the script into the "Javascript" section when "modifying content".
Safari 5 supports extensions; Ninjakit is a Safari 5 extension that runs GreaseMonkey scripts.
