2008 3.06

Add-on, plug-in, drop out [1]

Exploring some "not from scratch" Firefox browser modding.

Beyond Firefox Options

• http://www.mozilla.org/unix/customizing.html
• http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Editing+configuration+files

Simple page hacking with CSS (Alexandre)

Examples:

Make links disappear (two ways)

hidden (but still taking up space in the layout)

a { visibility: hidden ! important }

removed from layout entirely

a { display: none ! important }

Firefox Add-Ons

PageRanked Links, Web to Image, Google Misspellings (Alexandre, Timo, Linda)

GreaseMonkey

GreaseMonkey is a Firefox add-on that allows custom JavaScripts to get run when viewing the pages on (particular) sites. Writing and testing a javascript with GreaseMonkey may be a convenient way to test out an idea before making a full-fledged standalone Firefox add-on.

• http://www.greasespot.net/
• http://diveintogreasemonkey.org/install/what-is-greasemonkey.html
• http://diveintogreasemonkey.org/download/book/diveintogreasemonkey-pdf-2005-05-09.zip

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examples

• http://www.artisopensource.net/hacks
• http://www.potatoland.org
• http://images.google.nl/imgres?imgurl=http://digitalarts.lcc.gatech.edu/unesco/internet/artists/images/int_a_iod4.gif&imgrefurl=http://digitalarts.lcc.gatech.edu/unesco/internet/artists/int_a_iod.html&h=195&w=180&sz=2&hl=en&start=6&um=1&tbnid=BFsxR76CznlE5M:&tbnh=104&tbnw=96&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dweb%2Bstalker%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dcom.ubuntu:en-US:official%26sa%3DN

• page mashups with python & Beautiful Soup