Top 10 Google Greasemonkey Scripts

Posted by jonathan at 8:25am EST on 08/07/2009

Greasemonkey, if you’re unaware of it, is an application that sits on top of Firefox and let’s you add your own functionality to websites. There are hundreds and thousands of great scripts out there that you can apply to various sites, but today I want to highlight the best [and most installed] scripts for Google applications.

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Automatically decorates the Google Reader subscription list with icons corresponding to the website from which each feed originates. This replicates an effect currently available in other feed-readers such as Bloglines.

195
343,449
Mar 17, 2009

Download Youtube Videos (HD/HQ MP4, FLV, 3GP) Dailymotion (HQ MP4, FLV), Magavideo (HD/HQ FLV) Google (HQ MP4, FLV), Vimeo (HQ MP4) Break (HQ MP4, FLV), Veoh (HQ MP4, FLV), Metacafe, Spike, Myspace, Facebook, Current, Redtube and more!

39
306,561
Jul 15, 2009

Replaces "Sign Out" link on Google pages with a select box of accounts.

209
151,998
Jul 24, 2009

Download any book from books.google.com

38
142,215
Jun 19, 2009

Save video clips from YouTube, Google Video, Myspace, Metacafe, Break.com, Putfile, Dailymotion and Sevenload.

45
110,119
Jun 20, 2007

The best of the hundreds of YouTube scripts, because we make it. Updated all the time, by me and you! Your favorite YouTube script is better than ever!

232
98,771
Jul 21, 2009

Adds a "Preview button" to Google Reader that allows you to view actual article in a frame. Clicking again on that button goes back to RSS view. Does work both in List view and expanded view.

180
90,830
Apr 12, 2008

This addon adds a link to download .mp4 videos from You Tube

8
73,809
Dec 12, 2008

AutoPaging + Site ThumbShots + Google Suggest (multi-lang) + Easy Filters + Right Panel Feature + Images Redirect & Preview + Searchers + Static TopBar + NoAds + Nice Look&Feel + User’s Settings + MultiLanguage & more… [Opera & Firefox]

195
67,838
Jul 5, 2009

This Google Black script enhances all Google service pages with an inverted color-scheme for reduced eye fatigue; it also removes ads & clutter and improves page layout and readability by widening search results

75
58,035
Aug 1, 2009

One Response to “Top 10 Google Greasemonkey Scripts”

  1. Dataflurry

    Aug 14th, 2009

    Interesting, I wasn’t very familiar with these things.. I will definitely give some of these a try

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