Talk:Greasemonkey

message: What use is the Forrester link? It doesn't contain any more information. Markus Schmaus 02:33, 5 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It a source for the preceeding paragraph. -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 02:54, 5 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Forrester 

message: I was just wondering why there was no article to this company.
Just thought it might help Wikipedia to include an article on that company.
Does anyone know why it isn't on here? Thanks!
-- MaraNeo127talk 17:44, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Wouldn't meet WP:NOTE criteria. DFH 12:06, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Grease Monkey International, Inc 

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BetacommandBot (talk) 19:23, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:Jfader greasemonkey bookburro.png

message: The image on this site depicts Bookburro, referring to it as a Greasemonkey script.  I don't think that's correct.  Bookburro is an extension independent of Greasemonkey.  I have it installed and working, and I don't have Greasemonkey installed.  The Bookburro site,  makes no mention of Greasemonkey. TJRC (talk) 18:56, 30 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks.  Just curious, how did you find that link?  I don't see anything pointing to it from the main page. TJRC (talk) 20:56, 29 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Book burro a Greasemonkey script? 

message: That is diffucult to underestand. Whom shall relocating of context to a more neutral placement help? Is this page on Greasemonkey describing Greasemonkey or not? If you like to reorder contents, prepare the new location first and prove with quality of contents of that new location that this new page is a qualified location for the contents from Greasemonkey, thus allowing better e.g. for comparison with similar concepts. Where are these locations, eH? 91.64.77.78 (talk) 05:52, 5 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  More neutral description ?? 

message: The popular WP:POPUPS script does something conceptually similar to the putatively unethical Greasemonkey script "that retrieves data for every link on the page through XMLHttpRequests."  Of course, that script is just for Wikipedia via Monobook.js.  I don't feel confident to compare and contrast all the differences between these approaches technically, and so I would hesitate to compare directly between the ethical impact of running POPUPS against a nonprofit donation-supported server vs. running Greasemonkey against a range of commercial sites.  Still, if you want to go there, this should be a comparison worth making on the way, simply to relate the content to something better known among Wikipedia users. Wnt (talk) 17:07, 23 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Greasemonkey vs. Monobook.js 

message: greasemonkey download is web browser dependent
When I searched google for this add-on, it returns
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/748
However, when I opened the two different browser, it gives me the following
The browser that I use was firefox
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/748
The browser that I use was Flock
https://addons.mozilla.org/zh-CN/firefox/addon/748
Where can I find the doc of this add-on
Both pages give me the link of
http://www.greasespot.net/
for technical support and the link seems dead--58.38.44.177 (talk) 07:09, 18 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Auto direct virus ...~___^ ??? 

message: *When was Greasemonkey first appearing in internet? I know version0.2.5 was released on 20050328, but that is not the first version. --Shyangs (talk) 18:00, 18 June 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm not entirely sure, but I can't seem to find any info on earlier versions. It's possible they were never publicly released 8I.24.07.715 (talk) 19:06, 18 June 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: There is an external link(CNET News) in the Greasemonkey article. The publish time of the news is earlier than 20050328, so I think the earlier versions have been publicly released. --Shyangs (talk) 19:42, 18 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  When was Greasemonkey first appearing in internet? 

message: There was a useful list of alternatives to Greasemonkey growing on this page, including clones for other browsers.  This block was removed in edit http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Greasemonkey&diff=prev&oldid=301777460
The original text was preserved offsite: http://wiki.greasespot.net/index.php?title=Cross-browser_userscripting
The new place on Wikipedia for such information is here: List of augmented browsing software
82.45.8.208 (talk) 21:14, 21 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Long List of Similar Software was removed 

message: re. missing Greasekit (in relation to Safari) section on Greasemonkey page: someone knowledgeable about this (I'm not, unfortunately) needs to re-add info on Safari in relation to Greasekit. Probably best under a new History section on Greasemonkey page. Perhaps a rewrite/cleanup may be better done at same time, as page rather messy and unfathomable for the casual not-as-informed users reading this.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jimthing (talk • contribs) 05:59, 14 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Greasekit (in relation to Safari) 

message: Apart from the built-in support, for Windows there's also Greasemetal that offers limited support. It doesn't seem to be actively developed though.
--Avbentem (talk) 13:18, 7 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Should we mention Greasemetal for Chrome? (Windows-only) 

message: See http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2009/11/google-chrome-converts-user-scripts.html
--Avbentem (talk) 17:32, 7 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: As indicated in this blog, the author of Greasemonkey is apparently making the UserScript support for Chrome, but has said that if your script doesn't work, "you will need to make it work for chrome as I do not plan to re-write it as exact as firefox anytime soon." Or a very similar thing was said. Philip from HRWiki, who wrote the Homestar All-In-One script will not be doing this, nor will a lot of people I'm sure. 24.240.67.71 (talk) 15:30, 13 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Chrome will soon have built-in support 

message: What Greasemonkey scripts can be used on Wikipedia?  Where can I find them?  Allen (talk) 02:50, 14 February 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: I also would like to know how to install them.  Allen (talk) 21:49, 26 March 2012 (UTC)
replies: text:  See Wikipedia:Tools/Greasemonkey_user_scripts, and links at the bottom of that page to userscripts.org. Dcxf (talk) 21:53, 26 March 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: I already looked at the page and website. However, I don't know how to install them.  Allen (talk) 23:20, 26 March 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: http://userscripts.org/about/installing Dcxf (talk) 23:39, 26 March 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks. Now, how do I run the scripts?  Allen (talk) 03:06, 27 March 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Info about each script is usually on the script's page. If you need more info it's best to ask in the userscripts.org forums ("Discussions") or contact the script author. Dcxf (talk) 04:33, 27 March 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Help, Please 

message: I think that this page should be split, giving Userscript its own page (instead of having it redirect to this page). "Userscript" is/can/should be the generic term, instead of "Greasemonkey Script". Such script functionality is now broader than Greasemonkey, http://userscripts.org/ is the largest repository of scripts, and the term is even used on this site on List of augmented browsing software. I'm tagging this article with Split to see if there is a consensus. Gpk-urmc (talk) 01:21, 12 November 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm struggling to think of what the dedicated Userscript article could say. "A userscript is a piece of Javascript that alters a webpage being viewed. Everything else depends on the implementation." Look at WP:US. These "userscripts" have nothing to do with browser extensions, do not end with "user.js", do not have "include / exclude" information etc. Connor Behan (talk) 20:19, 21 May 2014 (UTC)

text: I agree with splitting. Userscripts have relatively little to do specifically with Greasemonkey at this point; Greasemonkey was just the first browser add-on to make them possible and introduce the standards, which are now implemented across all the other addons for other browsers (implementations are largely the same across all of these). As for Wikipedia's "user scripts", those are a separate entity that happened to take on the same name. "Userscripts" as a term for the technology described on this page is quite verifiable. Dab notices can take care of any confusion between this and WP:US. equazcion → 21:16, 21 May 2014 (UTC)

text: I support this proposition. User scripts are supported on various other platforms now. Chromium and Opera support user scripts natively, and there are various user script platform add-ons for older versions of Internet Explorer (IE6–IE8). As Equazcion wrote, a disambiguating hatnote can be added to Wikipedia:User scripts, which are distinct from Greasemonkey-like user scripts. --Joshua Issac (talk) 14:35, 27 May 2014 (UTC)

text: I agree with splitting. While Greasemonkey was the original userscript manager and it's API has become a kind of de facto standard for userscript support, userscripts don't all rely on the Greasemonkey API, and there are many other extensions to enable their use. It's time to be able to talk about the technology separately from the extension. JRI (talk) 20:54, 25 June 2014 (UTC)

text: I also agree with splitting. Greasemonkey today is simply one implementation of a more general technology. JEG (talk) 20:16, 31 July 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Split 

message: I couldn't find a template specifically for requesting edits to pages where one might have a COI. This page could use the following:
* Userscripts.org was the go-to place for finding userscripts. It's largely fallen into disrepair and is no longer accessible via the default port. It can still be accessed currently using userscripts.org:8080. A short blurb about this might be appropriate for the History section. Here's a ref for it, and others can be found easily:
** http://www.ghacks.net/2014/05/09/userscripts-org-good-alternatives/
* Three splinter sites have since cropped up attempting to fill the gap. I run one of these. I suggest posting the following link in the external links section, which is the Greasemonkey Wiki's list of alternate script sites. I would do this myself but the page lists my site and I don't want this to be seen as a self-serving edit.
** http://wiki.greasespot.net/User_Script_Hosting
* The current refs to userscripts.org should be changed to the :8080 version. 
Thanks to whoever wants to deal with this :) equazcion → 01:40, 21 May 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: I just added the wiki listing. As for the 8080 port, userscripts.org has gone down and back up several times now. I'm not crazy about editing the links yet because I think that edit will just have to be reverted soon. Connor Behan (talk) 19:41, 21 May 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for doing that. I agree switching URLs back and forth between whatever happens to currently be working is probably not healthy. equazcion → 21:16, 21 May 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm closing this COI edit request, because the § Userscripts.org and § External links sections currently contain all the content that was requested. The former mentions the old 8080 option and uses the ghacks.net ref, the latter contains the greasespot.net link (added by User:Connor Behan in May 2014; see above). As access via port 8080 has (also) been down for months, I have removed the external links to userscripts.org. --82.136.210.153 (talk) 16:03, 15 October 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  COI edit request 

message: As of Tuesday, May 27, 2014, Google is blocking extensions for chrome that are not hosted on the chrome web store. http://chrome.blogspot.com.au/2014/05/protecting-chrome-users-from-malicious.html
Chrome's internal userscript support treats userscripts as extensions. Consequently, userscripts cannot be used natively with chrome because they aren't hosted on the chrome web store. Limited scripting support is available with the Tampermonkey extension but compatibility is an issue with many scripts.
Cfuse (talk) 08:36, 16 June 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Userscripts can still be installed in Chrome by downloading and dragging to the extension page.  Dcxf (talk) 12:27, 16 June 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: While that was true until recently, they seem to have removed that functionality. 50.46.243.135 (talk) 18:25, 16 June 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: So Chrome binaries are permanently crippled on Windows now? Further proof that if you want good software, you have to build it yourself. Connor Behan (talk) 23:02, 24 October 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Chrome inbuilt userscript support is no longer functional 

message: Let it be said that Jesse Andrews made a call for new voluntary admin of userscript.org already in 2010, citing work overload [HackerNews Aug 2010]  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.220.0.141 (talk) 15:16, 1 September 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  In fairness of userscript.org's defunct admin 

message: This stub on a fork of Greasemonkey can just be a section here. Someone Prod'ed it, but it looked encyclopedically relevant to me, while probably failing WP:GNG as a stand-alone article.  — SMcCandlish ☺ ☏ ¢ ≽ʌⱷ҅ᴥⱷʌ≼  02:05, 27 July 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: I prod'd it because of lack of GNG. I have no issue with it being mentioned here, but not sure how relevant it is as GM has moved on by far, while Scriptish is unmaintained. Jerod Lycett (talk) 05:30, 27 July 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm in favour or merging the Scriptish article into the Greasemonkey article for the reasons mentioned by Jerod Lycett. --ChristopheS (talk) 12:32, 10 May 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge [[Scriptish]] 

message: Does Sleipnir allow userscripts to run on Internet Explorer? The articles says that it does. But Sleipnir doesn't seem an extension to IE. It seems to be an (otherwise) entirely separate browser, that uses the same layout engine as IE. And the source says nothing about it enabling userscrips on IE itself (the source says nothing about IE at all). 
I've removed the mention of Sleipnir from the article, but only because of WP:NOW. If it turns out that Sleipnir does allows userscripts to run on IE, feel free to re-add it.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Emmette Hernandez Coleman (talk • contribs) 17:07, 3 November 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Does Sleipnir allow userscripts to run on Internet Explorer? 

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