In the article ‘Effective Apps To WOW Your Mac Desktop,’ you’ll find a list of effective apps to help you create your own desktop that suits your needs. You can even find items off the Internet to help. Things like backgrounds, a variety of icons (for your dock or apps), fonts, etc. There are even sites that provide tools to use with PhotoShop like brushes, patterns, textures, etc. This list consists of useful links for finding the tools you need to get started in creating an amazing desktop. It is sorted by category.

VERY USEFUL SITES

The following links are the usual locations to find lots of icons, fonts, backgrounds, etc.

deviantART

http://www.deviantart.com/

Flickr

http://www.flickr.com/

Google Images

http://images.google.com/

Pixel Delicioso

http://pixeldelicioso.blogspot.com/

IconsPedia

http://www.iconspedia.com/

InterfaceLift

http://interfacelift.com/wallpaper_beta/downloads/date/any/

dafont.com

http://www.dafont.com/

Brusheezy

http://www.brusheezy.com/

Vecteezy

http://www.vecteezy.com/

ICONS

The following links are full of icons for folders, apps, and your dock. There is a large variety to choose from in these sites.

Dryicons

http://dryicons.com/

Free Icons Download

http://www.freeiconsdownload.com/

Icon Archive

http://www.iconarchive.com/

IconFactory

http://iconfactory.com/freeware

IconFinder

http://www.iconfinder.net/free_icons

the iconblock

http://iconblock.com/

FONTS

The following links contain a huge selection of fonts to download for free.

Acid Fonts

http://www.acidfonts.com/index.html

Font Freak

http://www.fontfreak.com/main.htm

Font Reactor

http://www.fontreactor.com/

Font Squirrel

http://www.fontsquirrel.com/

MaxFonts

http://www.maxfonts.com/

CLIP ART

artvex

http://www.artvex.com/

Clker

http://www.clker.com/

VECTOR IMAGES

The following links contain sites that give you many vector images to choose from. These images are editable in applications like Adobe Illustrator.

123freevectors

http://123freevectors.com/

All Silhouettes

http://all-silhouettes.com/

Cool Vectors

http://coolvectors.com/

I Heart Vector

http://www.iheartvector.com/

Qesign

http://tools.qesign.net/

QVectors

http://qvectors.com/

Vector Junky

http://www.vectorjunky.com/

Vector Portal

http://www.vectorportal.com/

Vector4Free

http://vector4free.com/

VectorArt

http://vectorart.org/

VectorStock

http://www.vectorstock.com/

FREE STOCK IMAGES

These links offer free stock images to spice up your desktop.

everystockphoto

http://www.everystockphoto.com/

Free Photos Bank

http://www.freephotosbank.com/

stock.xchng

http://www.sxc.hu/

stockvault

http://www.stockvault.net/

MISCELLANEOUS IMAGES

Bittbox

http://www.bittbox.com/

Colorburned

http://colorburned.com/

Lord of Design

http://lordofdesign.com/

Obsidian Dawn

http://www.obsidiandawn.com/

PHOTOSHOP BRUSHES

These links offer free brushes for PhotoShop.

123Freebrushes

http://123freebrushes.com/

FBrushes

http://fbrushes.com/

Free4Photoshop

http://free4photoshop.com/

FreePhotoshop

http://freephotoshop.org/

PS Brushes

http://www.psbrushes.net/

QBrushes

http://qbrushes.net/

PHOTOSHOP TEXTURES AND PATTERNS

These links are full of textures and patterns for you to use with PhotoShop.

Amazing Textures

http://amazingtextures.com/textures/

Grunge Textures

http://www.grungetextures.com/

Love Textures

http://www.lovetextures.com/

Shizoo

http://shizoo.frozen-media.de/textures.php

Texture King

http://www.textureking.com/

Texture Lovers

http://www.texturelovers.com/

Texture Warehouse

http://www.texturewarehouse.com/gallery/

TextureVault

http://www.texturevault.net/

Urban Dirty

http://urbandirty.com/gallery/

WALLPAPERS AND BACKGROUNDS

These links offer a variety of wallpapers and backgrounds to choose from and some of them allow you to download the specific screen size for your Mac.

Desktopia

http://www.desktopia.com/

Pixelgirl Presents

http://www.pixelgirlpresents.com/

Vector Wallpapers

http://vectorwallpapers.net/

Vladstudio

http://www.vladstudio.com/home/

Wallpapers.com

http://www.wallpapers.com/?a=9061&adid=undefined&adtype=undefined

WallpaperStock

http://wallpaperstock.net/

There are many more resources on the Internet that offer valuable tools to use in creating your desktop. The links in this list are easy to navigate and offer free downloads. The Calvin and Hobbes Theme can be found here. If you have a site that is as good as the ones in this list, leave a comment with the link. If you liked this article, don’t forget to share it with others.

There are a few tools that you can use to customize your desktop. Most of the apps in this list are free or free to try. They are fairly easy to use right away and you can find resources on the Internet to make them even better. This list contains apps that are most frequently used by users who customize their desktops. The list includes a link to the site and a brief description.

Adium

http://adium.im/

Adium is an instant messaging application for Mac OS X that can connect to AIM, MSN, Jabber, Yahoo, and more. You can even find custom themes to use with Adium. (FREE)
Here are two sites to find xtras for Adium:
http://www.adiumxtras.com/
http://www.deviantart.com/#order=9&q=adium

Bowtie

http://bowtieapp.com/

Bowtie is an application that allows you to control iTunes with customizable shortcuts, it submits your songs to Last.fm with support for Loving and Banning, and sports a very simple, yet powerful, html5 + css + javascript based theming system. You can find themes for Bowtie in a variety of places on the Internet. (FREE)
Here are three sites to find themes for bowtie:
http://www.jackrebel.com/category/bowtie-themes/
http://www.iconpaper.org/bowtie-en/
http://www.deviantart.com/#order=9&q=bowtie+theme

CandyBar

http://iconfactory.com/software/candybar

CandyBar is easy to use and gives you a safe way to customize icons found on your system and application toolbars. You can also customize your apps, folders, clipping icons, locations and more. (Free to try/$12.95 to purchase.)

DragThing

http://www.dragthing.com/

Use DragThing to keep all your documents, folders, and applications a single click away. It is highly flexible, allows multiple docks, each customized to suit your exact needs.
It stores frequently used clippings such as text and pictures, and lets you easily paste them into other applications with just a click. (Free to try/$29.00 single user. Other prices available for multiple users.)

Img2Icns

http://www.img2icnsapp.com/

Img2icns is an application to create icons from images or images from icons, keeping them organized for future use. Creating an icon is as simple as dropping one or more images into Img2icns and choosing an export format. (Free Version and $12.90 for Pro)

Magnifique

(site down)

Magnifique allows you to browse beautifully crafted themes and apply them to your system with ease. The site is currently down. I have found a download at http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/30497/magnifique. I do not recall if it comes preinstalled with themes, if not, you would have to download from sites like deviantART or other locales.  (FREE)

GeekTool

http://projects.tynsoe.org/en/geektool/

GeekTool is a PrefPane for Mac OS 10.5. It allows you to display different kinds of information on your desktop, provided by 3 default modes:
File mode is used to monitor your MacOS X activity with /var/log/system.log, or any file that you want to follow.
Shell mode is used to launch custom scripts or commands.
Image mode helps you monitor bandwith usage, CPU loads, memory availability of your server, via tools like MRTG, Cacti, or RRD. (FREE)

NerdTool

http://mutablecode.com/apps/nerdtool

NerdTool is a GeekTool like application that displays shell output and more directly on your desktop. Unlike GeekTool, it is run like normal applications.
Nerdtool allows you to display many things directly on top of your desktop; weather reports, headline news, and system vitals are just a few uses. Nerdtool is capable of displaying shell outputs with ANSI escaped formatting, but can also manipulate the final output’s colors, size, and font. If more intricacy is desired, Nerdtool is also capable of displaying images, HTML documents, and other higher forms of media. (FREE)

Overflow

http://stuntsoftware.com/overflow/

Overflow is an application designed to quickly launch applications, open documents, or access folders while reducing the number of items needed in your Dock.
Any item you see in the Finder can be added to the Overflow interface, making it accessible through a few simple mouse clicks or keystrokes. You still have quick access, but now that item is tucked away in Overflow instead of cluttering up your Dock.
The interface is resizable, and fully customizable. Create separate categories for your applications, work files, games, or anything else you want to be able to access quickly. (Free to try/$14.95 to purchase.)

DateLine

http://machinecodex.com/dateline/index.php

DateLine is a small app that displays a linear calendar on your desktop in a transparent window. It provides easy access to iCal by double clicking on a day. The background and text colors are customizable with support for transparency. (Free/Unlock features for $4.95 donationware.)

Rainlendar

http://www.rainlendar.net/cms/index.php

Rainlendar is a feature rich calendar application that is easy to use and doesn’t take much space on your desktop. The application is platform independent so you can run it on all major operating systems: Windows, Linux and Mac OS X.
The appearance can be customized with skins and you can even mix different skins together. Many of these skins can be found on http://www.customize.org/rainlendar or find skins at deviantART. (Rainlendar Lite is Free/$13.49 Pro.)

SuperDocker

(site down)

SuperDocker is a free utility that gives you the opportunity to customize some aspects of your system. For example, you can customize your Dock, your Dashboard, and even the Safari progress bar. And because the appearance customization is useless for some people, SuperDocker also brings up the ability to activate some hidden features. SuperDocker site is down but I found a site that has a download: http://mac.softpedia.com/progDownload/SuperDocker-Download-30474.html (tested and it worked). (FREE)
Here are a few links to download docks:
http://www.deviantart.com/#order=9&q=mac+docks
http://www.leoparddocks.com/Browse_Leopard_Docks_Designs.php
http://www.dockulicious.com/docks/
http://www.jackrebel.com/category/mac-dock/

Secrets

http://secrets.blacktree.com/

Secrets provides handy checkboxes to turn terminal commands on and off, and doubles as a menu of secret settings. A “Top Secrets” entry shows a list of popular options, but many more options for various applications can be selected from the application sidebar.
Clicking on any of the listed features will show you a short description of what it does in the bottom of the window; click on the More Info button for a detailed description. (FREE)

Wallpaper Clocks

http://www.vladstudio.com/wallpaperclock/

Wallpaper Clocks is a desktop wallpaper that refreshes every minute to keep your time and date precise on the desktop. They have many to choose from and you can register to download the better wallpapers. (FREE and the plans are Lifetime for $29.99, 3 Months for $9.99 and 12 months for $19.99)

Yahoo Widgets

http://widgets.yahoo.com/

Yahoo Widgets are sort of like the Dashboard widgets. You can choose from more than 4,000 widgets from the Yahoo widgets site and place them wherever you want on your desktop. (FREE)

Check out the list of sites that consists of fonts, backgrounds and wallpapers, icons, clip art, stock photos, vector images and more in ‘Fantastic Resources For Desktop Customization.’ If you have a useful app you’d like to share, leave a comment with a link. Don’t forget, if you like this article, share it with others.

When Apple introduced the iPad in January, it said the device would be made available in late March and starting at $499. One analyst is now saying the launch may be delayed.

(Credit: Apple)

Analyst Peter Misek of Canaccord Adams wrote in a note to investors that a “manufacturing bottleneck” may limit the number of units available, Apple Insider reported Monday.

“An unspecified production problem at the iPad’s manufacturer, Hon Hai Precision, will likely limit the launch region to the US and the number of units available to roughly 300K in the month of march, far lower than the company’s initial estimate of 1,000K units,” Misek wrote.

Wired.com said an Apple spokeswoman told it that the “iPad will be available in late March.” In other words, there is no change in the shipping schedule.

It’s hard to tell if the iPad is facing any challenges or not. One analyst claims to have knowledge of production problems, but Apple says everything is on track. There is less than 30 days to know for sure.

Netflix still requires its subscribers to pay $9 a month and up to have DVDs mailed to them, but the company keeps quietly expanding its features for delivering movies and television shows over the internet.

As it readies a streaming feature for the Nintendo Wii to accompany its support for televisions, set-top boxes, TiVo and other gaming consoles, Netflix asks customers if they would use an app for the iPhone and iPod Touch to stream videos from Netflix’s streaming library via Wi-Fi without paying additional fees.

The company asked the same thing about the Wii before announcing support for that device, which starts this spring. Assuming customer response is positive, the long-rumored Netflix iPhone app could appear within the next few months too.

“Imagine that Netflix offers [sic] its subscribers the ability to instantly watch movies & TV episodes on their iPhone,” reads the survey question Hacking Netflix says Netflix sent to subscribers (via Silicon Alley Insider). “The selection availability to instantly watch [sic] includes some new releases, lots of classics and TV episodes. There are no advertisements or trailers, and movies start in as little as 30 seconds. You can fast-forward, rewind, and pause or watch again… for no additional fee.”
Continue reading full article at Wired.com

This is a list of the user scripts rated 3.0 by members of userstyles.org from February 1st to February 28th 2010. This list includes a short description of the script along with the link to the download. If the link doesn’t work, I apologize ahead of time. Sometimes these things happen. Just copy and paste if needed. You can also find more scripts at http://userstyles.org/.

Firefox Add-On Scripts

TotalToolbar: Right-hand menus open from the right

http://userstyles.org/styles/24969
If you use the TotalToolbar add-on (http://totaltoolbar.mozdev.org/), you might want to place some of the toolbar buttons on the right-hand side of the tabstrip. Unfortunately, most of their menus will likely open from the left-hand side and go off the edge of the window. This add-on tweaks the direction of most menus placed directly on the right side of the tabstrip so that they open from the right. In other words, they will open inward, much like Google Chrome’s menus.

Compact Menu 2 – nice icon (normal, hover, active)

http://userstyles.org/styles/24979
By default Compact Menu 2 (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/4550) has kind of an unpleasant icon. As of Compact Menu 2 v. 3.1.x the add-on seems to support multiple icon by itself. But as I couldn’t figure out how to use this I think this style is more flexible.

Personas – Button border images on hover

http://userstyles.org/styles/25145
When using a Persona for Firefox (rather than a theme) on Windows XP, the buttons on toolbars will look… weird when you hover over them. Like, “opaque, blocky Windows Classic tan-colored” styled buttons.
I wanted to do a bit better than what my system and browser provided me.
This style script will give those buttons a glassy border image that still shows your awesome/pretty/super-cool Persona theme underneath.
Because I wrote/copy-pasted this in one go, there may be some issues. Help we weed them out by leaving comments.

Facebook

Facebook 2010 Tweaked v0.1

http://userstyles.org/styles/25037
Tweaked version of the new 2010 facebook style.
Features:
Floating topbar (floating like old facebook toolbar)
Chat transparency
Rounded edges on some objects.
This was just a quick mod, but i hope it is useful to someone.

Facebook: Chat bar displays on the left

http://userstyles.org/styles/25054
It moves the Facebook Chat bar over to the left side of the site.

Facebook – Sticky Top Nav Bar & Other Fixes

http://userstyles.org/styles/25094
This is a tweak that fixes basic usage problems of the new Facebook layout of Feb 2010.
It:

• sticks the position of the top nav bar so it stays on the screen when you scroll,
• sticks the position of the left column on the main page so it stays on the screen when you scroll
• adds a log out button to the nav bar for easy access
• blinks the new notifications icon to make it more obvious you have new notifications

also provides some other tweaks, such as rounding some of the corners in the top nav bar, drop shadows on menus, and a tiny bit of transparency on offline friend’s chat tabs.
I will update to fix if the basic functionality is broken by Facebook, and may also add other features.
Note that each feature is commented, so if you do not want a specific tweak, just comment it out or delete that section of the style!

YouTube

Youtube Black 2010 no more white on white text

http://userstyles.org/styles/25043
Modified the colors, logos, and text colors on YouTube. Black style with Orange Text&Links to make it always readable and look cool too.
No more white (text or link) on white backgrounds like in the other black Youtube styles!

Plain Black Youtube (New Watch Page)

http://userstyles.org/styles/25233
This is a plain black version of the new watch page with lot functions. There still some bugs and functions can be added/changed/excluded so I’ll update as soon changes.

Glasstube

http://userstyles.org/styles/24861
My Glasser applied to Youtube!

about.com

about.com Confine Images

http://userstyles.org/styles/25148
In about.com forums it is possible to use CSS to make anchored elements, usually pictures, break out visually from the message box and have them overlay other parts of the page or even all of it. This can be used for all kinds of mischievous purposes, using the images as links to other places.
With this little script the CSS features allowing this get reset, so that the picture should stay confined to its message. It also restricts the size of the anchor to 500 x 500 pixels, so it doesn’t break the page layout anymore.
This does not remove any malicious links, so you still shouldn’t click the image. The script can be toggled on and off to check whether something is wrong, and guides and moderators at least are advised to keep it switched off until necessary, or else they might not notice what is going on on their forums.

Stylish

Stylish Window – Gray background texture

http://userstyles.org/styles/25530
Adds a gray background to stylish window.

Global Scripts

Centre (center) direct images

http://userstyles.org/styles/24867
Centres direct or ’stand-alone’ images, similar to Opera.

Rainbow Tabs

http://userstyles.org/styles/24904
Color the first 8 tabs with a slight hue of blue, green, aqua, red, purple, olive, white and gray. Makes it easier to switch tabs with Alt+[1–8].

Glass for TabScope

http://userstyles.org/styles/25225
This Userstyle is for tha add-on TabScope (https://addons.mozilla.org/fr/firefox/addon/4882).
It’s my first Userstyle that i have created, in take some example on Userstyle.org.

Aqua Scrollbars

http://userstyles.org/styles/25395
This style should work with any theme.
This style changes the scrollbars to closely mimic the look of the aqua scrollbars in Mac OS X.

iTunes Scrollbars

http://userstyles.org/styles/25430
This style should work with any theme.
This style changes the scrollbars to closely mimic the look of the scrollbars in iTunes.

Tilting icons + Omnibar Support

http://userstyles.org/styles/25604
Taken from ChoGGi’s rotating icons (FF 3.1+).
Thanks dude, you’re a good man. Even though I am reposting this lovely style with my tweaks, without your express authority, I think the changes I did to it makes it even more cuter.

This is a list of the top rated (4 and 5 stars) user scripts that were voted by userscripts.org members from February 2010. Sorry that I’m getting this out so late. The list is ranging from February 1st to February 28th and are sorted by type. I only included a short description of the script along with the link to the download. If the link doesn’t work, I apologize ahead of time. Sometimes these things happen. Just copy and paste if needed. You can also find more scripts at http://userscripts.org.

iGoogle

iGoogle Footer Cleanup

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/38399
Cleanup iGoogle Footer
Removes everything within the footer without removing the entire footer itself. It removes artist theme info, and the google promos at the bottom.

iGoogle Footer and left tab Cleanup

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/38401
Cleanup iGoogle Footer and remove left tabs
This version removes artist theme info and google promos from the footer in iGoogle without removing the entire footer. It further removes the new left tabs found on iGoogle US.

All-in-one enhancement for iGoogle Hotmail Gadget

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/69442
All-in-one enhancements: smaller font, no hotmail logo at top, no hotmail ad near top, no @ during login

Google++

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/59333
A new script gives you a colorful, beautiful, wonderful Google search interface, with powerful modules like flickr, wiki, twitter, ad remover. Customizable. Compatible for autopagerize. self updated. Multi-columns

GMail

Gmail – GTD Tickler

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/7676
Very simple tickler for GMail using GCal( Google Calendar )
Features:
Adds ‘Tickle me’ link for each message in message view.
Custom Popup for Quick Add and link to ‘edit event details>>’
‘;’ shortcut key to popup ‘Tickle Me’ box.
Quickly add ‘When’ you want to be reminded, just like GCal QuickAdd – otherwise -
Click ‘edit event details’ for GCal Template in separate window with link to original message.
Link in GCal reminder will open GMail message in a separate window.

Gmail Muzzle Lab Reviving

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/69881
Get back Muzzle Lab in Gmail — Muzzle was the lab which let you hide the status of your friends in the contact pannel of Gmail. It has been removed from the Lab list on the sad 25th day of February 2010 — Tested on FF3.6 and Chrome 4

Gmail Essentials

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/61324
Improved appearance for Gmail 3 that removes some annoyances and adds some tweaks.

LabelLinks4Gmail

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/30757

Like labels? Like folders? LabelLinks4Gmail allows you to label your labels as well as your emails, combining the best of both worlds.

GMail toggle searchbar area

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/50486
Use this GreaseMonkey script to reclaim the hefty area that the GMail’s searchbar and Logo area take up.

Google Reader

Google Reader Favicon ++

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/40120
Adds favicons to feeds and entries

Google Reader Minimalistic

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/12197
Google Reader Minimalistic removes the white space and extras from Google Reader and leaves you with just the news which is great for netbooks.

Google Reader – Colorful List View

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/8782
Colorizes the items in Google Reader list view, expanded view and comment view.

Google Calendar

Persistent Max Google Calendar

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/69238
Hides gcal sidebars when F12 is pressed or when the link next to the print icon is clicked. Settings are saved for next time.
Adding this script will allow you to max out your screen real estate in Google Calendar. Just hit F12 to toggle or click the link next to the “Print” icon that says “Maximize.” You can also click “Restore” after maximizing to restore the window to normal. Your preference is saved for next time, so if you maximize your calendar then it will be maximized next time you open the page.

Google Maps

Rightmove on Google Maps

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/54902
Shows Rightmove properties on a number of different mapping websites. Also adds links to useful tools mentioned in a MoneySavingExpert article.

Google Images

Google Images Full View and AutoPager

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/49794

Displays a list of full images instead of the thumbnails in the search results. With a nice checkbox to quickly turn on or off. It remembers your preferences. The script now also includes an auto pager to automatically fetch more results when near the bottom of the page.

Google Image – direct link

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/65066
This script changes the description under every image that Google Image find into a link direct to the page and it change the link on the image to a link direct to the image.

Google Tweaks

GA Advanced Date Selection

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/31584
** UPDATED FOR GOOGLE ANALYTICS v.3 ** Provides one-click access to year-over-year reports in Google Analytics
Ever try to compare year-over-year reports in Google Analytics? It takes a while just to set the dates! Use this kindergarten-simple GM script to add a link in the calendar options to compare to last year. Leave a comment about which additional one-click comparisons should be added next! (quarter vs. quarter, week vs. week, etc.)

google Enhanced BLACK v3.0.0

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/12917
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

googlePrivacy

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/29078
Gets rid of almost every google tracking device including tracking cookies without killing your preferences.
Replaces all tracking cookies with faked data.
Keeps all preferences intact.
Normally each link on a Google search page has an onmousedown script that
sends a request to their servers telling them what you clicked on.
It’s an invasion of privacy and it slows down your connection.
This kills off the bounce script.
Does not disable Urchin Tracker, get Adblock for that.
If anyone notices anything else that Google is using to track users, leave a comment
and I’ll add it into the next version.

Orkut

Orkut Manager Plus V3 Out Now With Cool Features

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/33131
Manage Orkut;Quote messages;Toolbar in topics, scrapbook & testemonial;Quick reply;Signature;Bookmark communities or topics;Set a topic as chat;Make menus;Communities and topic list auto update;Keyboard shortcuts;Script auto update;Mass Moderation;Profile Optimizer;Auto Scrapbook Spam Checker;Virtual Keyboard Interface;MultiMessenger;Multilanguage + More

New Orkut Remove Ads, Promotions, Friend Suggestions

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/65210
Removes Ads/promotions/friend suggestions from new Orkut

YouTube

Keep Tube: Download Youtube Videos, Dailymotion, Vimeo, Megavideo, Metacafe, Google, Yahoo, Spike, Myspace, Facebook, Veoh, Break, Current, Redtube videos, and more!

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/47636
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!

Remove YouTube Adverts

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/68278
A simple script that removes the annoying 300×250 adverts above the video information box. Now also removes various other adverts dotted around the site.

Download from YouTube

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/33836

Adds FLV, MP4, 3GP, and 720p download links to YouTube.

Youtube Downloader 1.5

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/69336
Downloade audio or video from youtube.

Free Youtube!

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/34765
Install and then use YouTube as normal, only without the flash. Plays videos with your local FLV-capable media player (VLC reccomended). Also rewrites common YouTube embed codes to be links to the video page on YouTube.

YouTraceX

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/46433
Vimeo or YouTube etc. add in VideoHistory is Trace. for Opera10.50 Iron3, Firefox3 Flock2 Lunascape6, and ChromeExtensions. add FullHD. auto loop play with Loopy.

YouTube Auto Buffer & Auto HD & Remove Ads

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/63543
Buffers the video without autoplaying, removes in-video ads, and puts it in hd if the option is on (Debug Wrapper)

VidzBigger

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/41691
Automatically Scale YouTube ect.. to Largest Possible Size & HQ/HD Quality Video. Scroll down to read comments without missing video, more…

YouTube HD Lite

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/69740
Automatically plays the best quality YouTube video format and removes ads, plus several optional features

Yays! (Yet Another Youtube Script)

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/65477
Control autoplay and playback quality on YouTube.

YouTube Enhancer

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/33042
Download Link + Quality Selector + Rollover Preview + Media Controller + Media Resizer + More…

XTube – Video Download Link

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/38176
Modify the video page to include a link to download the video to your desktop.

YouTube Stop Autoplaying Video On Profiles

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/29085
Stop Autoplaying Video On YouTube Profiles

Yahoo! Mail

Yahoo Mail Ad Removal

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/3115
removes the ads+expands space Motty Katan(c) Beta is Supported too. 06-02-2006 last updated 18-09-2009

Yahoo! Mail Cleanup

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/69245
This script will hide the big ads panel shown on the right of the new Yahoo! Mail. Now the messages list and message preview boxes are 100% wide.

Flickr

FlickrZoom2beta

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/58192
Get preview of thumbnailed images on flickr

FlickrZoom

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/29151
Get preview of thumbnailed images on flickr, photosight, photosig.com, onexposure.net, facebook and google images.

Twitter

Twitter Page by ID

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/48395
Replace “more” button with ID-based pagination

Twitter Page Follower

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/54690
Script to automatically follow all users on a twitter user’s following/followers page.
This script is a middle-ground in the world of auto-twittermation? Simply install the script, and then everytime you visit someones following/followers list, a box will pop up asking if you want to add all users on the page. Click it, and your will shall be done.

twitter.AutoPager

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/47998
AutoPager for Twitter (Greasemonkey, Opera9.5+ and Google Chrome 2)

Nested Twitter Replies

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/30598
Adds nested replies to every Twitter conversation thread.

TwittSeven

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/43246
Manual/auto update twitter timeline.

TwittSeven Plus

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/61163
Auto-refresh Twitter timeline, keyboard shortcut controls and many more enhancements.

Follow Rank and Follows in Common for Twitter User Profiles

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/64286
Display the Follows in Common and the Follow Rank for a given users profile page. Discover how important they are in your Twitter Social Network. Similar in aim to FaceBooks “friends in common”.

in reply to WHAT?

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/65765
Instead of an ‘in reply to [someone]‘ link in twitter, see the actual tweet in a tooltip

Hang The DJ

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/39953
Gets rid of blipf*ckingfm / spotify / 4square on Twitter

UnShortenEmAll

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/64333
Unshorten shortened urls (tinyurl.com, bit.ly etc.) in twitter and identica. You can see the actual url on the status bar, as you hover your mouse over the link.

Facebook

Facebook ChatBar +

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/62808
Gives you a collection of emoticons that you can click for a simpler way to experience emoticons in facebook chat.

Facebook ACCEPT ALL GIFTS

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/65952
Facebook ACCEPT ALL GIFTS

Remove Facebook Ads

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/46560
Uses a small amount of CSS to remove advertisements. Even works for the new Lite Facebook. This script is cross-browser (Gecko, Opera, Safari, Chrome)

Facebook URL Cleaner

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/29910
Cleans Facebook URLs that don’t actually take you to a new page.

De-sidebar Facebook

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/38292
Hides sidebar ads in Facebook.

Facebook Mass Accept Requests

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/56379
Adds checkboxes to each request and a big accept button allowing you to accept them all at once

Facebook Extra Links

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/54185
Adds extra links at the top of facebook; customizable

Facebox Inbox Notifications

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/46176
A script that changes the title bar Facebook to include notification and inbox totals. It auto-updates so no refresh is needed. This is a Gmail-esque feature, that I love using when multitab browsing.

Facebook Status Update Homepage

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/68206
Jump directly to the Status Update page by clicking the facebook logo. This overrides the February 2010 updates that force that link to News Feed.

Facebook Fixer

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/8861
Enhancements for Facebook: bigger profile pictures and photos, easier viewing of albums, links to download videos, showing people’s age and sign, google calendar integration, bookmarks, keyboard shortcuts & more. Fully customizable!

Facebook Recent Activity

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/68225
Automatically remove your recent activity stories

Facebook Replace ‘Profile’ with your name

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/68414
Replaces the “Profile” button text on the right of the page with your name

Facebook Remove ‘Recent Activity’

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/67751
Adds a simple button beneath your profile image to remove ‘Recent Activities’

Unfriend Finder for Facebook

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/58852
Script that allows to know who removed you on facebook.

Facebook Friends Checker

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/40027
Regularly checks your Facebook friends to check whether anyone has removed you from their friends.

UnF*ck Facebook

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/11992
Rewritten for the new layout

Facebook Purity

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/44459
Removes annoying quiz and application messages also “became friend with”, “is attending event”, “became a fan”, “joined a group” messages from your facebook homepage

facebook apps, quiz, ads, and spam remover

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/46009
Removes apps, quizzes, spam, and facebook advertisements from *ALL* pages. This includes newsfeed, user profile pages, as well as application boxes on profile pages! Please direct any issues or help requests to facebookappsremover@datademons.com. This script is original — other scripts on userscripts have begun copying it. Tested on both firefox and chrome.

Facebookenlarge

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/58276
Enlarges pictures when you roll over them

Facebook Requests autoaccept/autoignore

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/59960
Script accpet/ignore all Mafia wars, Farmwille Vampire wars, Yoville, poker, Castle Age and cafe gift’s, friend in single click.

Facebook Ad Remover

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/68361
Very simple script to stop ads pane from displaying on Facebook pages.
Adds a few CSS styles which prevent the ads pane from displaying on Facebook pages.

Facebook – Poke All

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/22808
Adds “Poke All” and “Poke Selected” buttons above the pokes on the user’s homepage. These buttons allows the user to mass poke everyone that has poked him/her.

Facebook Invites

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/43682
Invites your friends to the app if they’ve already allowed the app access. Bulk add new friends. Adds bulk request buttons in the requests page.
This script does a few things…
Bulk add users: Adds a bulk add box, in the greasemonkey menu on the bottom right of the browser, go to “script commands” and choose “show bulk add friends” and you can add users by the bulk.
Invite boxes: In the invite box of an app, it’ll bring up a link to refresh the list of friends who have this app and then select them in the invite box.
Friends’ list: You can put all your friends who are using an app into a friends’ list by visiting the invite page of the app, click “refresh” to collect all the users, then visit your friends’ list and click “edit list” and choose “select your friends from the previous app”.
Requests page: Once you have a lot of friends they’ll spam you with requests, bulk click buttons are available in the requests page to handle these.
External pages with links to facebook friends: To add from place like the zynga games discussions… put in a message and click “enable auto add on profile page” while in facebook, then go to the zynga discussion forum’s add me thread, right click on the greasemonkey icon at the bottom right of the browser > “user script commands” > “open all facebook friends links here in tabs”, all the profile pages you’ve opened up should bring up the add friend dialog add add them now. Make sure you go back to facebook to “disable the auto add on profile page” after you use it!
WARNING: Use in moderation, facebook are known to ban people from adding friends for a few days if they’re adding too many, too quickly.

Better Facebook

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/61761
Greatly enhances Facebook by adding more functionality and control over your stories. Also be notified of who unfriends you!

Full Width Facebook Lite

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/57527
Removes the right-hand bar from Facebook Lite, allowing the main column to fill the entire width.

FB Bookmark Bar v0.961

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/68661
Adds a bookmark bar to FaceBook

Facebook Account Multi Login

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/63761
Fast switching your Facebook account

Digg

Digg.com Disable Announcements and Promos

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/50904
Disables Announcements and Promos

Reddit

Show Imgur Images Button on Reddit

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/67729
On topic pages, all imgur links have their images displayed. On comments pages, all imgur links have their images displayed.

Reddit Comments By Level

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/63693
Toggles the visibility of comments by levels.

Boing Boing

Bong Bong

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/69617
Boing Boing without the idiots

Multiply

Multiply – Theme Sticker

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/42758
Toggles viewing of base theme and custom.css, and persists them across browser sessions.

Tumblr

Tumtaster

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/29860
Like that song you just heard on a tumblelog? I bet you want to save a copy of it so you can listen to it later. Tumtaster creates handy links so you can do just that.

Tagged

Tagged No Bullshit Cleanup

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/59922
Removes MANY unwanted Tagged blocks, gold adverts, and more. Also converts the NavBar into a handy “floating” NavBar.

Images

Linked Image Viewer PLUS

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/67205
Now uses a modifier key to turn on/off display. Display linked images on ctrl+hover. View full linked images by hovering over the link while holding CTRL.
This script will display any linked images directly on the page it’s linked from. Just hold CTRL and hover over the link. Works on most sites and with the most common image formats found online. Images larger than the browser window will be scaled to 100% of the browser dimension it’s larger than.
How to change the modifier key is commented inside the script.

Image Search Preview

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/66385
For google / bing / yahoo / flickr image search results. Shows the full image on image hover, adds a direct link in order to save proper image. Click the image if its too big to make it go away.

Show Just Image

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/54108
Removes garbage from some image hosting sites and displays the image only.

Video

Apple Trailer Download

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/2484
Download the full movie trailers from apple.com with this userscript.

Megaupload auto-fill captcha, no wait, instant start

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/50063
Auto-fills the megaupload captcha and auto-starts download.

Megaupload auto-fill captcha++

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/56989
Auto-fills the megaupload captcha and auto-starts download

Dailymotion Downloader

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/23040
Adds download links to the SD and HD versions of video to the header main menu

MovShare.net Download Link

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/47064
Movshare.net download link to .avi
A “Download Video” above the video to download the .avi
Click the link and the .avi will download without leaving the page.
Works nice and clean

DivxDen.com Download link

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/47060
Creates download link below embedded divx video
Don’t click anything till the video shows up it should do everything for you. Link now appears under the “download link” tab at the bottom
Divxden.com hosts divx videos to watch online.
Members only download ooohh.
This script creates nice clean download button to get the direct .avi download without leaving the page
Updated: Now skips the “human check” button
Any problems please start a discussion, I don’t keep these up to date unless someone tells me to.

Mako video

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/36207
Fix video playback on Mako.co.il . Version 0.9

Autoredirecteur

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/53683
Automatic redirection for sites having a page on which there is a link as “Click here to enter on the site”

The Cavern Links Checker

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/29222
Link Checker for many hosting sites (82). Very quick response. The script is designed to be easily expanded and automatically updated. Enjoy.

IMDb

IMDB – add Rottentomatoes info

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/12897
Adds fresh/rotten info from Rottentomatoes to IMDB title pages

add IMDb rating

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/33798
adds movie ratings to any imdb link

IMDb lookup

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/47671
mouseover movie or person link to lookup info

IMDb Weaver

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/6602
Enhances the content of imdb pages by correlating information from related pages.

IMDB Fixer

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/30896
IMDB has gotten worse recently. Use this to fix it.

IMDb Boards markup & hotkeys

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/42255
Adds markup buttons above the Body text area. Enables hotkeys for previewing/posting.

IMDbAge (New Version)

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/69853
Adds the age and other various info onto IMDB pages.

Netflix

Netflix Queue Sorter

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/35183
v1.13: Sort your Netflix queue by movie title, length, genre, average rating, star/suggested/user rating, availability, or playability. Includes options to shuffle/randomize or reverse your queue.

RottenFlix

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/52589
Integrates Rotten Tomatoes ratings with Netflix.com

Grooveshark

Improved Grooveshark Ad Remover

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/66804
Removes the side banner advertisements on Grooveshark, also disables the ad iframe window which prevents errors from appearing in console.log (and makes the page faster).

Simple GrooveShark Ads Remover for Fluid and Greasemonkey

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/61402
Simple script that removes advertising sidebar… Sorry guys I love GrooveShark but those weight loss ads were driving me nuts.

Playlist.com

Playlist.com Get Mp3

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/47658
This script allows you to download ALL SONGS or playlists on playlist.com and has been updated to work with the latest update of the site.

Amazon

amazon_currencyConvertion

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/41488
Price Convertion in Amazon detail item page.

Amazon URL trimmer

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/68232

Trim away unnecessary part of Amazon’s long url. Triggered by Ctrl-M
When you visit an item’s description page at Amazon, you may often find its URL so long.
This scripts brings you to a page of the current item with a shorter URL.
Ctrl-M triggers this script, shows a dialog box, and if you click “OK” on the dialog, you will see the same item’s page with a shorter URL.
No URL-shortening service required.
Redirected URLs are still at Amazon’s domains.
You can handily copy the new URL and past it on your e-mail and chat message, tweet, etc.

Better Amazon

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/61073
A compilation of enhancements to Amazon.com. It removes Ads, cleans the page, makes sections collapsible, adds Amazon Average Rating to the title, and does many thing more!

BookInfoLine. Compare book prices from various book stores.

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/65482
Compare book prices from various book stores: Abebooks, Alibris, Amazon.com, Barnesandnoble, Betterworldbooks, Biblio, Borders, Craigslist, Ebay, Ebooks, Google Books, Half, Kindle Editions, Powells, Strandbooks, Thriftbooks, Walmart. Fixed and Improved BookBurro.

New York Times Single Page Articles

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/56690
This userscript automatically redirects you to a full article page if you are viewing a multi page article.

Wikipedia

wikEd

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/12529
A full-featured in-browser editor for Wikipedia and other MediaWikis

Skip header on Manga Fox

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/52059
Skips the header on Manga Fox when reading a manga. (i.e. jumps down to the manga page…)

Financial Times Free articles Hack

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/68072
view Financial Times FT.com articles for free without logging in!

TweakEngadget

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/62584
Tweaks the appearance of the new Engadget site.

Craigslist Fusion

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/57662
View preview images, original images, send pre-written emails, view posting details, map location, map drive direction all within a single listing page of Craigslist. This is the best plugin for Craigslist you can get. Please see “Craigslist Fusion Guide” link to the right for the user guide. There are so many features that you may miss if reading this.

Ship with PayPal

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/19554
Creates a button on the shipping page that automatically launches the PayPal shipping link
This script will add a button to the shipping confirmation page of certain websites. This button will launch the PayPal Shipping Label Creator page and automatically fill in the address details.
In order for this script to be of any use to you, you need to have a PayPal account, and an account with one of the following supported sites: Goozex and BookMooch

UserScripts

userscripts.org alternate CSS

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/34698
Some little changes in the CSS of userscripts.org :
Change CSS for pre, code and blockquote tags
Fix text overflow in forum and comments
Work well with all screen resolution (starting at 800×600)
Add a Word Wrap Button for Source Code

Userscripts Comments Fix

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/24464
Packed full of features that make using Userscripts.org easier!

Setup Enhancer for Salesforce

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/60438
Adds controls to the top of the Salesforce setup sidebar to filter, collapse and expand the setup tree, and adds a handle to show/hide the sidebar. Salesforce.com does not endorse or supply support for this script. Requires Firefox 3.5 or greater.

Basecamp – Add project names to milestones

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/40136
Adds project names to milestones in calendar view of Basecamp
Basecamp only shows you the project name of a milestone in the calendar when you move your mouse over it. That´s why I created this script which adds the project name behind each milestone. Although this does take a up a bit more screen space, you can now see immediately which milestone belongs to which project.

BankofAmerica Nickname Payees

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/66853
script to let you create and edit nicknames for your Bank of America payees

Auto Check-in to Southwest Flights

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/45170
Automatically check in to Southwest Airline flights at the right time. This can be used to get into the A boarding group.

Miscellaneous Scripts

Disable social sharing mouseover links

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/67361
Disables social sharing mouseover links Works on AddThis, and on some AddToAny buttons.

uso – installWith

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/68219
Adds option to install script with an updater

BugMeNot auto-getter and filler

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/47007
An easy one-click BugMeNotter.

Simple Form Saver

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/66442
Provides a button icon at the top left, within the webpage, click it to first save the form values, later click it again to fill in the form with the saved info. Also can record a mouse click on a page and have it replay any time you visit that page, any form on that page will get filled-in before the click is replayed.

Auto Fill any forms with custom information

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/39313
Autofill and complete online web formularies with your custom data

Make site visible

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/56331
Make sites’ or pages’ text colors clearer. It is set, by alt-m, to temporarily change colors, or ctrl-m to permanently change them. Supports regexp. Useful where text is grey on grey because of “dark” color settings or a dark colour theme. Customizable colours or change default colors for all marked sites.

oAutoPagerize

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/33656
loading next page and inserting into current page. oAutoPagerize Support for Opera 9.5+, GreaseKit(Safari/WebKit) and Google Chrome.

Toggle Autocomplete On

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/17453
Toggles elements with autocomplete set to off to autocomplete on

I hope that you can find something useful from this list. I use a few of them myself. However, I cannot guarantee that they will work for you. Some scripts conflict with each other. It is all trial and error. What is cool though, is if you do have a problem with a script, you can leave information with the creator on their script page. Another thing is that you can read about issues, reviews, and other pertinent information from within the script page. If you have a script for Greasemonkey that you would like to share, leave a comment and share the wealth. If you like this article, leave a comment and don’t forget to tell others about it. Enjoy the scripts!