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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Fans
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Installs
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Last Updated
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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
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343,449
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Mar 17, 2009
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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
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306,561
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Jul 15, 2009
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Replaces "Sign Out" link on Google pages with a select box of accounts. |
209
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151,998
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Jul 24, 2009
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Download any book from books.google.com |
38
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142,215
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Jun 19, 2009
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Save video clips from YouTube, Google Video, Myspace, Metacafe, Break.com, Putfile, Dailymotion and Sevenload. |
45
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110,119
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Jun 20, 2007
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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
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98,771
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Jul 21, 2009
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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
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90,830
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Apr 12, 2008
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This addon adds a link to download .mp4 videos from You Tube |
8
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73,809
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Dec 12, 2008
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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
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67,838
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Jul 5, 2009
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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
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58,035
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Aug 1, 2009
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Dataflurry
Aug 14th, 2009
Interesting, I wasn’t very familiar with these things.. I will definitely give some of these a try