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.

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!

I personally like to have some applications accessible from the menu bar. A few of the applications listed below run in my menu bar most of the time. It just makes it easier for me personally. The items with the * in front of the title are the applications that are my favorite and are used on a daily basis.

I normally do not run all these applications at the same time. Only 6 or 7 of them are run on a daily basis. I took the screenshot to give you an idea of what the icons look like in the menu bar. The icons in the above screenshot from left to right are: coconutWiFi, Ecoute, CoverSutra, CoverStream, GimmeSomeTune, Snapplr, Skitch, Spark, JustNotes, Evernote, Dropbox, Twitterrific, DeliBar, DragThing, Cinch, MailUnreadMenu, ShoveBox, (WeatherDock2), SlimBatteryMonitor, Facebook Notifications, and MenuCalendarClock.
Now, let’s get to the list of these useful menu bar applications.

DESKTOP CUSTOMIZATION/SYSTEM TOOLS

Cinch

Cinch gives you simple, mouse-driven window management by defining the left, right, and top edges of your screen as ‘hot zones’. This application lets you instantly resize any document by dragging it to one side of your screen.  To maximize your window, just drag it towards the top of your display. To return back to the original location, just drag the window back. There is a free trial (nagware) or you can purchase for $7.00 from Irradiated Software.
http://www.irradiatedsoftware.com/cinch/

*coconutWiFi

coconutWiFi displays a small aqua-bubble in your menubar which indicates whether you’re in range of a wireless network or not. It also lets you know if the wireless networks in your range are encrypted or open. (FREE)

http://www.coconut-flavour.com/coconutwifi/index.html

*DragThing

DragThing is a dock designed to tidy up your desktop. It puts all your documents, folders, and applications just a single click away. It is also highly flexible, allowing multiple docks, customized to suit your exact needs. Free trial/$29.00 to purchase.

http://www.dragthing.com/english/about.html

*Mail Unread Menu

Mail Unread Menu is a simple menubar application which can provide you with a quick and easy way to see how many unread email messages are in Apple’s Mail.  (FREE)

http://loganrockmore.com/MailUnreadMenu/

*SlimBatteryMonitor

SlimBatteryMonitor is a space-efficient replacement power gauge for your Mac OS X menu bar. It is highly customizable and takes up little space. (FREE)

http://www.orange-carb.org/SBM/

SOCIAL NETWORKING

DeliBar

Delibar is a full featured Delicious.com Mac client. It focuses on giving you a quick and easy tool for searching, managing and sharing your Delicious bookmarks.  Free to try/$18 to purchase.

http://www.delibarapp.com/

*Facebook Notifications

Facebook Notifications adds notifications to your desktop, alerting you when interesting activity happens in your Facebook account. It gives you quick access to your feeds, friends updates, and more by opening your default browser. (FREE)

http://www.facebook.com/notifier?v=info

*Twitterrific

Twitterrific runs in your menu bar allowing you to both read real time updates from your friends and publish ‘tweets’ to your Twitter account. It also has a really nice HUD like interface. Free to try/$14.95 to purchase.

http://iconfactory.com/software/twitterrific

FILES AND CLIPPING SERVICES

Dropbox

Dropbox works like iDisk and allows you to store files on the Dropbox server. You can use a free Dropbox account that offers 2GB of free storage. They also offer paid accounts which offer $50 a year for 50GB storage and $100 a year for 100GB storage. Using Dropbox allows you to share your files with others also.

https://www.dropbox.com/

Evernote

Evernote lets you easily capture information from any environment and makes your information accessible and searchable at anytime, anywhere. Using the menu bar icon gives you the option to add a new note, paste to Evernote, clip screenshot into Evernote, and Find in Evernote.  (FREE)

http://www.evernote.com/about/download/

*Shovebox

Shovebox sits in your menu bar and allows you to add snippets of information by dragging to the icon or using a hot key. You can also organize your information from the menu bar icon. This is one of my most used menu bar applications. Free to try/$24.95 to purchase.

http://www.wonderwarp.com/shovebox/

PRODUCTIVITY

JustNotes

JustNotes runs in your menu bar and is ready for you to enter notes whenever you need to enter a quick note. It syncs (to your SimpleNote account or iPhone) and saves your notes automatically and you can mail your notes with a simple right-click or Control+M. (FREE)

http://selfcoded.com/justnotes/

*MenuCalendarClock

This application sits in your menu bar and gives you instant access to your iCal calendars from the icon.  MenuCalendarclock is also available for Entourage users. Free basic features/$19.95 for advanced features.

http://www.objectpark.net/mcc.html

Spark

Spark is an application that sits in your menu bar ready for you to create lists with notes. It also allows you to group your lists to create projects. Spark also syncs with iCal. (FREE)

http://www.sparkmac.com/

IMAGES

Skitch

Skitch sits in your menu bar and once you click the icon, it brings up a window for you to start using. Skitch also allows you to snap a website, capture a chat moment, screenshot an application and much more. (FREE)

http://skitch.com/

Snapplr

Snapplr takes and shares screenshots. It offers a wide range of options but its main feature is to upload screenshots automatically to Snapplr.com, giving you a URL in your clipboard that you can share. Free to try/$19.99 to purchase.

http://www.snapplr.com/

MUSIC AND ITUNES

CoverSutra

CoverSutra gives you a handy way to control iTunes without having to leave the currently active application. It features a powerful music search feature along with global keyboard shortcuts and informative bezels that provide you with song and album details in an unobtrusive way. In addition, it has integrated support for Last.fm. Free to try/$19.95 to purchase.

http://www.sophiestication.com/coversutra/

CoverStream

CoverStream allows you to control, browse, and search you music, without interrupting your workflow. It presents you with an iTunes Cover Flow view in a floating window right on your Desktop, for quick and easy access from any application. Free to try/$14.95 to purchase.

http://www.coverstream.net/

Ecoute

Ecoute plays your iTunes music, videos, and podcasts without having to launch iTunes. Some other included features are the ability to search for missing artwork, last.fm, customizable themes and more. Free to try/$10.00 to purchase.

http://www.ecouteapp.com/

GimmeSomeTune

GimmeSomeTune allows you to download lyrics and album covers without having to do anything. Some other features include Last.fm integration, use of Apple remote, customization of GimmeSomeTune window, and more. (FREE)

http://www.eternalstorms.at/gimmesometune/GimmeSomeTune/GimmeSomeTune.html

This is a continuation from a previous article about menu bar apps. Just to refresh your memory, the items on that list are GeekTool, Anxiety, aLunch, AllBookmarks, *WeatherDock2 (I use on a daily basis), Bowtie, *Growl, Yahoo Widgets, iStat, and Flux. Click here to be directed to that article. Of course, if there are any applications that I may have missed that you find to be useful, leave a comment and share the wealth with our fellow readers. If you liked this article, leave a comment and share the link with others.

I just recently started using Google Chrome for Mac OS and it seems to be working great so far. Firefox of course is still my browser of choice at the moment. Chrome still has some tweaks to work out and one of the things that irks me is when you add extensions, there is no way to change the layout in the toolbar (in Firefox, you can customize what you want in the toolbar). All the extensions are placed in your toolbar, not the status bar which I don’t like. The only time I see a status bar is when a new page is being loaded; however, one of the things that I like about Google Chrome is that when you install an extension, there is no need to restart. The installed extension is active immediately. They have a growing list of available extensions which is good. I would like to see a better separation of the list though. It would be nice to know where the themes are installed as well. I would definitely like to see Google display their extensions in a format similar to Firefox Addons (which is easier to navigate). The following is a list of top rated extensions for Google Chrome that I have installed.

ON MY TOOLBAR (in order from left to right):

Handy Google Shortcuts

This is a very simple chrome extension for all useful Google Products. Currently this extension has total 40 Google shortcuts.
https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/ajdcjichkpcfidaebcomohkhipfokoga?hl=en-us

Firebug Lite 1.3.0 beta for Google Chrome

Firebug Lite is not a substitute for Firebug, or Chrome Developer Tools. It is a tool to be used in conjunction with these tools. Firebug Lite provides the rich visual representation we are used to see in Firebug when it comes to HTML elements, DOM elements, and Box Model shading. It provides also some cool features like inspecting HTML elements with your mouse, and live editing CSS properties. (View more info. from link.)
https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/bmagokdooijbeehmkpknfglimnifench

One Number

One Number offers previews of unread items, a UI that fits with Chrome, the ability to selectively choose which services you want to check with One Number, and two-click access to open all services with unread items at once. The following items included preinstalled are Google Voice, Google Reader, Google Mail, and Google Wave.
https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/cfkohgkpafhkpdcnfadadcibfboapggi

SEO Site Tools

This extension pulls PageRank, domain links and rank metrics, aggregates social media reactions from Twitter, Facebook, Digg and SEO releated tags. It validates CSS and HTML, displays server software, checks for gzip compression, page headers and shares even more on-page suggestions based on accepted SEO knowledge… oh and it can defeat those stupid no right click scripts and does window resizing to see where fold would be on different size monitors. (View more info from link.)
https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/diahigjngdnkdgajdbpjdeomopbpkjjc

Chrowety

This extension is a twitter client for Google Chrome.  Some of the features include desktop alerts**, follow your Twitter lists, translate your tweets, change your Twitter API, alerts that display the most recent tweet and more. (View more info. from link.)
https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/ffcbeckjmgmgigkmnhmgjplmomcpfall

Google bookmarks

This extension is for convenient syncing of bookmarks by using Google Bookmarks. It is very simple and easy to use.
https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/fhaicgmeeafgboeobjagfmlcdhbkijhf

Friends Mural for Facebook

This extension allows you to create a personal “Friend Mural” to keep updated with your favorite friends and family profiles. Some of the features include a one click to see your news feeds directly in the extension, notifies you of updates from the Chrome toolbar, and customize the wallpaper for extra style points. Some of the upcoming features will include the ability to update your status from the Friends Mural and comment on friends’ posts directly in the Friends Mural.
https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/fmhkjheddgkdhejgollcmdnhmpfagaed

Bit.ly (shorten, share, and track your links)

This extension allows you to launch the Bit.ly Sidebar with the click of a button. Preview long urls beneath short urls before you click them. A note to users experiencing problems directly after install: Chrome doesn’t allow execution of content scripts on already open pages. If you try this immediately after install on existing tabs, it won’t work, so we recommend to restarting Chrome after installing the extension.
https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/iabeihobmhlgpkcgjiloemdbofjbdcic

VerticalTabs

This extension allows you to search (filter) tabs and drag and drop to rearrange tabs. It displays a tabs counter and has a keyboard control. It also gives you the ability to view your tabs in a vertically by clicking on the icon in the toolbar.
https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/imimolldggofidcmfdkcffpjcgaggoaf

Chromelicious

This extension is pretty straight forward and there are really no fancy features. It will let you browse your bookmarks by tags with an integrated browser feel, do a quick search of your bookmarks and tags, view your recently added bookmarks, save a new bookmark with code from the bookmarklet (made available by the Delicious team), automatically sync your bookmarks when an update is detected or manually sync your bookmarks. (View more info. from link.)
https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/jhjeaonknehkebginocakiakmiogeblg

Shareaholic for Google Chrome

This extension allows you to share any web page with your friends right from the page you are on!  It adds a button to your browser toolbar. Click the shareaholic icon or use a custom keyboard shortcut whenever you want to share, save, or e-mail the page you’re visiting. They currently support over 100 services with weekly updates and additions.
https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/kbmipnjdeifmobkhgogdnomkihhgojep

StumbleUpon

StumbleUpon helps you discover great websites that match your interests. Simply click the Stumble button and see the best websites. There are over 500 topics to choose from, and, the more you use it, the better your recommendations become! The current features include stumbling, rating, sharing, and reviewing. PLEASE NOTE: Some of the features you might be familiar with on StumbleUpon aren’t available in this extension. (For more info. click the link.)
https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/kcahibnffhnnjcedflmchmokndkjnhpg

Facebook for Google Chrome

This is an unofficial extension lets you check your Facebook news feed, wall and notifications.  Additionally, you can now refresh the news feed and your wall, by clicking the currently selected tab.
https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/lkdedmbpkaiahjjibfdmpoefffnbdkli

dA Message Notifier

This is a simple extension that watches for deviantART messages. When you have messages, the number of messages will be displayed in the icon on the toolbar. For security reasons, this extension doesn’t save login credentials – it prompts user to login manually if deviantART is logged out.
https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/ocinjngecpdhlnhggcnhjdpengmifjdl

Google Similar Pages beta (by Google)

This extension helps you discover web pages similar to the page you’re currently browsing. When you click the Similar Pages button, your browser will send a search query to Google to see if there are any similar pages for the page you are viewing.  Please be aware that this extension is still an early beta release so many aspects of the extension may change in the coming months.
https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/pjnfggphgdjblhfjaphkjhfpiiekbbej

THESE EXTENSIONS RUN IN THE BACKGROUND:

AdBlock

This replacement for Firefox’s AdBlock Plus does everything possible to make your browsing experience awesome, including speed optimizations to save every millisecond of your time that it can, an intuitive blacklisting wizard (press Ctrl-Shift-K on any page with an ad), and a button beside the Wrench that is there if you want it and gone if you don’t.
https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/gighmmpiobklfepjocnamgkkbiglidom

Better Gmail (Unofficial)

This extension is a compilation of userscripts and userstyles for Gmail. It makes e-mail better. It gives you options to remove ads, fix page width, reposition the print button, hide Chat, hide the Footer, hide the Invite Friends field, hide sponsored messages, show unread message counts in the tab Favicon, show attachment icons of the attachment file type, adds row highlight on mouse over, and handles e-mail (mailto) links with Gmail by opening the gmail compose screen. To change the Better Gmail options, click Window>Extensions then scroll down to Better Gmail (Unofficial) and the options will be on the right hand side. Then change whatever you want to change.
https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/gmfocnipihcoejdieiimhiecclokidea

Super iGoogle

Super iGoogle allows you to toggle the header, footer and sidebar; (your toggle settings are automatically saved). All useful links will be gathered into a neat menu in the top-right corner (with keyboard short-cuts). A mini search-field will (optionally) be added to the top of the page. Finally, your email address will be compacted and will link to compose a gmail.
https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/ncindhlccodninkgiofmmjdidmcmllhd

Faviconize Google

This extension adds favicons to each link offered in Google search results. It also works well with AutoPager with continuing throughout the screens.
https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/fijobgpmmkilncagclaejpjlccfhopdo

Google reader RSS Subscriber

This extension adds a button to omnibox, allowing you to click on it when you want to subscribe to a feed in google reader.
https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/kghdjdlccddmkepckhfgjdeohkcabahl

GoGoogleImage!

This extension relinks the Google Image results thumbnails to the actual images. It works on all current Google TLDs. (google.com, google.de, etc.)
https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/ndgeneoiaiiepfiipihplflacbljfmcb

Google Reader Plus

This extension enhances Google Reader by adding missing favicons, fixing missing images in enclosures, better unread counter, better viewing on wider screens, fullscreen, preview, colored list view, filtering, multi columns display, jump top bottom, close entry, fit height, open in background tab, read by mouse, share news on Facebook, Twitter, Instapaper, mark as read, and simple advertising remover. You can choose your favorite theme in different available skins, shortcuts can be easily customizable and this extension supports translations (english, french).
https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/hhcknjkmaaeinhdjgimjnophgpbdgfmg

Autopen – Email Signatures

Autopen is a google-chrome extension that allows you to create html email signatures for gmail/google apps.  It has a full rich text editor that makes creating html signatures easy and still allows you to drop into the html source for more power. You can create as many signatures as you want and associate them with your ‘from’ addresses to set up multiple defaults. (For more info. click the link.)
https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/cmjcoiohflenpehfaalahocpmacjloof

Beautify Facebook

This extension makes Facebook a little bit nicer to look at by displaying a nice gradient background, shadows, rounds corners, the navigation bar is fixed in position, the title of the page is changed, adds an emotion bar for chat, displays favicon alerts, and the ability to use keyboard shortcuts (Shift+H for Home, Shift+P for Profile, Shift+F for Friends, Shift+I for Inbox, and Shift+S for Settings).
https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/ipnenhkngeiigfbhacdhadcnjjklhblm

Better Facebook Fixer

The official extension was loading the core code from an external site, making it slower to load (and less secure), so this one is faster than the original Facebook Fixer. When saving the photos from the “Show Big Pictures” option, each image was always named photo.jpg, overwriting the previous. Now each image has the correct file name. It fully supports the latest Facebook layout. To configure this extension, go to Account (in Facebook menu) and scroll down to Configure Facebook Fixer.
https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/pfminakhmgplohaiaclohnofbanpdgam

Facebook Chat Emoticons

This extension adds emoticons to Facebook chat. It is based on a script first made by Mike S., then edited by DMaster and finally converted in a Chrome extension by me.
https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/fadhfaodlifdejmlhpokpajfndpcoaeh

SocialPlus!

This extension adds many news features in Facebook. It adds a color status, smileys, ‘I don’t like’ next to ‘Comment’ and ‘Like.’ and allows you to skin your profile (which didn’t work for me), allows you to use a star rating, and more.
https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/eidogommnbbcgnhfjkcgjnlonijjhmjl

Fittr Flickr

This extension is for enhancing Flickr.  It adds keyboard shortcuts, tag autocomplete, a lightbox for large previews, quick access to EXIF data, easily copy Flic.kr short URL to the clipboard, and a page action that allows you to easily get from a Flickr image URL back to it’s photo page.
https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/fhaledancjhefginmkkondfjpnkhdglh

Image Preview

This extension links to image files (JPEGs, PNGs, GIFs etc) as a default open up in a new tab or the current tab. Many websites have begun to use lightboxes to display images instead of just linking to them, but not all.  This extension creates the lightbox functionality for all web pages. Image Preview is unobtrusive and you’ll barely notice that it is even there. If you want to save an image or view it in a new tab, you can still right-click on it or do it from the menu. This extension currently does not work with links to images that were rendered with AJAX requests.
https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/onjnjkdpcenccelaggaiakhmkjlcedab

Stop Autoplay for YouTube

YouTube autoplay is annoying when you open a lot of pages at a time, but many extensions that turn it off also stop the pre-buffering of the video, which is crucial for slow networks. This extension stops YouTubes autoplay but continues buffering.
https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/lgdfnbpkmkkdhgidgcpdkgpdlfjcgnnh

Overall, Google Chrome is fast and easy to use. If you use Google Chrome and have tips and tricks you want to share or any extensions that you want to add to the list, please leave a comment. If you liked this article, share it with people you know and leave a comment.

This is a list of the user scripts rated 3.0 by members of userstyles.org from January 1st to January 31st 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/.

Google Dark Plus
Dark redesign of Google Web Search with pleasant text and links colors.
http://userstyles.org/styles/13955

Google Images Dark Plus
Dark redesign of Google Image Search with pleasant text and links colors.
http://userstyles.org/styles/16767

Stylish – Manage Window beautified
This style adapts the Stylish manage-window. It changes the following

• compacts the styles listing
• displays the style type
• adjusts some margins
• makes disabled styles stand out
• changes the icons (thanks to famfamfam.com for the silk icons).

http://userstyles.org/styles/17571

Stylish – Edit Window beautified
This style adapts the Stylish edit-window. It changes the following

• adds icon to all the buttons
• adds icons to the menu items of the insert menu
• adjusts some margins
• displays style name in bold
• makes the update-URL field visible and displays a label for it
• colors the tags and the errors

http://userstyles.org/styles/17742

deviantART – Better Emoticons
Many of the emotes in the Emoticon Legend on deviantART are just flat out crappy, or have room for improvement. This style simple replaces the images with images of revamps found in the emoticon gallery.
http://userstyles.org/styles/22739

Google reader — clean up
Removes the google reader UI and leaves only the sidebar and the reading area, maximizing reading space. Some other minor tweaks, such as non-underlined links.
http://userstyles.org/styles/12663

Tab Progress Bar – Thin & Smooth line at the top
DESCRIPTION:
This style styles “Tab Progress Bar” extension.
Features:

• Makes it thin
• Places it on the tab’s top border
• Changes its color
• Applies shadow
• Expands it to the start of and the end of the URLbar
• Removes the background
• Easy to optimize it to work with other themes and userstyles (See EDITING)

http://userstyles.org/styles/23903

Weave Sync – Statusbar button tweaks
DESCRIPTION:
This style styles the Weave Sync statusbar button. Have different looks of it, depending on if you’re signed in or not, if you’re currently syncing or if your in Private Browsing.
Features:

• Remove the label (username for example) or remove it until hover
• Remove the icon or fade it.
• Change background colors
• Change text colors
• Change text style

http://userstyles.org/styles/20646

Personas and Themes – AIOS and Menubar fix
Personas and Themes shall be displayed correctly on the All-In-One Sidebar (AIOS) and the menubar with this script.
http://userstyles.org/styles/23764

Gawker: Enhanced comments (Lifehacker, Gizmodo…)
NEW: Now working on all Gawker Websites!
-Changes the color of all comments to black for better readability
-Highlighting for “good” comments
-Disables the background-color-change on hover
-Wider comments to use the available space
-Moves replies to the right and adds a dotted line to their left
http://userstyles.org/styles/19392

Popmundo – All Skills Visible
All Skills are now visible by default.
http://userstyles.org/styles/10069

Myspace.com – Remove ALL adverts – every page
Removes ALL adverts on all pages of myspace.
Cleans up left over space where possible.
http://userstyles.org/styles/19473

Facebook DARK-BLUE
Dark Blue Thema for FaceBook %100
http://userstyles.org/styles/24004

HelvetiCal V1.5 – Google Calendar Color Agenda
A user style based on Helvetireader by Jon Hicks and created by Ad Taylor
Now with coloured ‘Other Calendars’ and support for https:// hosted calendars.
Cleaned up for use with Google Gears Help from Martijn van der Ven.
Fixed Firefox specific bugs (tasks, labs items,hover states etc)
Events are now colour coded in the ‘Months’ section.
Agenda events are color coded in Agenda section.
http://userstyles.org/styles/24012

Tabs – generic favicon replacement
Replaces the generic file favicon. This image will not work well on dark tabs as the image is a transparent (empty) square with a black border.
http://userstyles.org/styles/16769

Global No Comments
removes comments section on most sites
http://userstyles.org/styles/16486

Tabs – transparent favicon
Replaces the generic file favicon. This image should work on light and dark bg – the image is a transparent (empty) square with a black inset border.
http://userstyles.org/styles/17508

Google Web & Image Search Redesign Bungie (Halo) A
A new skin in the colours of Bungie (Halo) for the search engine Google
http://userstyles.org/styles/13292

Google Web & Image Search Redesign Bungie (Halo) C
A new skin in the colours of Bungie (Halo) for the search engine Google
http://userstyles.org/styles/13884

Answers.com – Desert
Removes most of the noise
http://userstyles.org/styles/11519

Reddit – The Dark Reddit only
Adapted from the global Dark Reddit theme by aedes
http://userstyles.org/styles/24122

Userstyles.org – Brass
This is a companion style for Userstyles.org forum – Brass and i believe it to be the best of all my styles for this site, a lot of work went into it and i’m using it with a great pleasure myself ;-) on Vista/Aero (the hover is a clear glass bar. If you don’t like your system hover, look for a block i’ve added at the bottom of the code).
http://userstyles.org/styles/11629

Snow Leopard tooltips
*** This style should work with any theme. ***
This style changes the tooltips to closely mimic the look of the dock menus in Mac OS X Snow Leopard.
http://userstyles.org/styles/21832

iGoogle – Clean and Green (SFYVP)
iGoogle.. except less kiddy and much classier.
http://userstyles.org/styles/20698

Userstyles.org ‘Super Style’
My version of Complete Redesign of Userstyles.org – Super Style by drake.
Optimized for 1280×800 resolution & for Chrome/Chromium users using ChromeStylist.
http://userstyles.org/styles/23360

Gawker Media Sites Dark
This is a style that makes the Gawker sites dark in color.
http://userstyles.org/styles/19398

Google Reader: Snow Leopard (Refinements) Part 3
This is some refinements to the awesome style called Google Reader: Mac OS X Snow Leopard.
I’ve changed some parts and added new styles for the features added recently.
http://userstyles.org/styles/24293

Paint it Black theme for last.fm v.2
This style has grown larger than what Userstyles.org allows (65536 characters), so they now resides here, i.e. don’t use those button over there on the right to use this style.
http://userstyles.org/styles/8671

Google Reader Moderately Compact

• Removes excess spaces/links/images, but keeps most UIs.
• Dims background. (#fff => #eee)
• Image Auto-resizing.
• Wraps <pre>s.
• Highlights current focus.
• Shrinks extra <br>s.

http://userstyles.org/styles/12868

Firefox Addons Page Full Glass root-based AMO Blues
Firefox Addons Page Full Glass (root-based AMO Blues by makondo)
This theme works ONLY WITH “Glass every single part of firefox 3.5″.
http://userstyles.org/styles/23570

Helvetical – Google Calendar User Style
A user style based on Helvetireader by Jon Hicks
http://userstyles.org/styles/20669

Bigger YouTube HD
Makes all the pages on youtube wider and resizes the video to 960×720. In widescreen mode it is resized to 1280×720 (720p).
Comments, thumbnails .etc are resized to fit the new layout.
Removes advertising.
Tested on Firefox, Chrome and Opera.
http://userstyles.org/styles/9044

Transparent Firefox until hover
This style will make certain items in Firefox transparent until hover:
- Every toolbar button
- Menu bar
- Location bar (including buttons)
- Search bar
- Bookmarks Toolbar items
- Tab bar elements (text, icons, etc.)
- Status bar items
- Scrollbars
http://userstyles.org/styles/20061

Merge Findbar and Statusbar (updated FF3.6)
Merge the findbar onto the statusbar. Work best with aero-glass status bar.
http://userstyles.org/styles/19686

UserStyles.org Redesigned 2
Based on http://userstyles.org/styles/6403 . All the credit goes to Globex Designs for creating the graphics. I have been waiting to userstyles.org to update their stuff but it seems that might not happen anytime soon. So I decided to revive as much of the old style that I could. Also works with the Autopagerize GM script or AutoPager add-on.
http://userstyles.org/styles/19943

deviantDark
Takes the color scheme from my Clean dA Browse Page, and applies it to the whole of dA
This style includes the clean gallery skin, so you only need to install one.
http://userstyles.org/styles/24677

weather.com – Minimalist
Flying rewrite attack.
http://userstyles.org/styles/12919

userstyles.org – Rating Stars for all pages
Yet another “new rating system (stars)”
http://userstyles.org/styles/21210

ExtraTorrent – Re-Skinned
Completely new code. Looks A LOT better now.
Added new large category icons.
This style may work in other browsers with different resolutions, but no promises.
http://userstyles.org/styles/20613

I hope that you can find something useful from this list. I use a most 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 I like about the userstyles.org site is that you can view the code of the script, read any comments in the discussion, and some of the scripts pages will show you a before and after shot of the script.If you have a script for Stylish 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!

This is a list of the top rated (4 and 5 stars) user scripts that were voted by userscripts.org members from January 2010. Sorry that I’m getting this out so late. The list is going from January 1st to January 31st. 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.

Google Book Downloader
Download any book from books.google.com
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/37933

Craigslist image preview
View craigslist image previews and resize them or keep the aspect ratio and just adjust the height
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/6155

Netflix Rating Granulizer
Allows half star user ratings on Netflix.
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/8118

Torrentz Magnet Links
Add Magnet Links to Torrentz (torrentz.com, torrentz.eu)
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/65148

Facebook View Photo in Album
Adds a link above photos to see them in their albums, even if you’re not friends with the photographer. Adds links to view all photos of a user together (regardless of who took them). Adds links to view whole galleries/albums on one page.
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/9580

Mediafire Cleaner
Remove the ads from mediafire.com and prevents the opening popups.
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/65167

Tumblr Savior
Saves you from ever having to see another post about certain things ever again
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/30860

Google Search – un-S-U-P-E-R-sized
Reverts changes introduced by Google on September 9th 2009 (larger search box features + larger suggestion text).
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/57449

Latest Yahoo Smilieys/Smilies in Orkut By Apurba aka mr.Anxious
Use Latest Yahoo Smileys In Orkut !yahoo smile of Yahoo Messenger 10.0 .Work in Scrap Book & HTML Enabled Topics !Click on The Smiley to Insert! Enjoy! Have fun! For more detail mail me ->e.hellraiser@gmail.com
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/62280

Flowplayer for YouTube
Implements
Flowplayer (flowplayer.org) as a replacement for the default player on YouTube. Forked from version 1.2 of Youtube Alternate Video Player by Yansky.
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/63419

Invisibility Cloak
Turns time-wasting web pages invisible until a specified time of day; optionally on weekdays only.
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/48826

Megaupload redirector (with Megaupload auto-fill captcha)
Auto fillcaptcha, redirect
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/65800

Craigslist image preview 2.1
View craigslist image previews
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/65890

IMDB for TPB
Puts information from IMDB and Rotten Tomatoes on torrent detail pages on The Pirate Bay (thepiratebay.org).
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/31225

Depositfiles automater
(v1.62)
Gets a download slot for you and lets you download right away without captchas or timers
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/11630

Google Images – Direct Image Download Button
Adds Google Image Direct Download Button for each search result image in Google Image Result Page
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/63758

IMDb Movie Link Enhancer
Highlights movie titles and adds your ratings for movies you’ve already seen (voted for) when searching IMDb, displaying actor/director pages, or browsing movie lists (e.g. Top 250 voted by users, Awards, Box Office lists).
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/36817

GoogleImagesEnlarger
Enlarges pictures when you roll over them
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/11558

Super iGoogle
Compacts iGoogle: Lets you toggle header, footer and sidebar using mini-menu or shortcut keys (toggle settings saved). Mini search field added to top-right corner along with a mini-menu for all links. Works with Greasemonkey, Opera and Chrome!
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/26855

UserScripts.org Script Age
Show how long a each script has been around – adds totals to each script profile page on UserScripts.org, two flavors
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/44748

@troynt’s Twitter Script
Nested Replies, Custom Search Tabs, Autocomplete, Pagination, RT button, Media Embed, URL Expansion, Hash Tag Search Links, Social Links
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/40617

Quick Leave Facebook Groups/Reject Invites
Adds extra links to groups page to quickly leave Facebook groups or reject Facebook group invitations.
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/66285

Facebook App Terminator
Adds “[BLOCK APP]” link to block (not just hide) apps within the news feed. Automatically blocks quizzes.
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/44834

GC Friends List Enhancements
Sort your Friends List. Changes the “Found:” and “Hidden:” numbers on into links.
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/32379

Small&Simple YouTube Downloader
Fast, lightweight, simple script (FF/Opera compatible. Does not require Flash plug-in. Supports keyboard shortcuts.) that adds direct video download links to all supplied by YouTube formats.
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/40250

Google Reader New Style Minimalistic by DemianGod v3.1
Removes all the junk from New Style Google Reader and just gives you the search and collapsable subscriptions. Now you can use this Minimalistic Style as Add-On (Firefox Extension)!!!!
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/30242

Gmail Sound Notify
Plays a wav sound file to notify you when you receive new email in gmail.
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/63100

Display Feed Favicons
Displays site favicons for each feed in Google Reader (incompatible with OS X skin)
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/54805

Follow Rank and Follows in Common for Twitter User Profiles
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”.
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/64286

Adds a link to download original file for Veoh
Adds a link to download original videos and preview videos. You can watch a video in list pages.
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/41901

New York Times Full Width Articles
This userscript removes the extra columns for article pages.
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/56687

NEW Grooveshark Ad Remover
Removes the side banner advertisements on Grooveshark.
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/56063

Gawker No Sidebar
Removes the left sidebar from Gawker Media sites including Lifehacker, and then centers the page’s main content.
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/53359

Google Translator Tooltip
Translates selected text into a tooltip.
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/36898

FacebookDeletes
Bulk delete friends on facebook
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/43404

Google Pirate v2 Extended
Use Google to find free music, tv shows, movies, anime, torrents, comics, books and other files stored publicly online.
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/65708

Youtube (No Autoplay)
Prevents autoplay – does nothing else. Configure the pages you want to include.
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/66616

Backbars on social link-sites
Turn the headlines and comments of social link-sites (reddit, delicious, digg…) into ambient bar-charts.
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/51281

AdditionalLogButton
Adds an new Submit-Button to the Log page of geocaching.com
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/43128

Magnet Catcher
Magnet Catcher helps you catch torrents and turn them into magnet links. Works on any torrent site.
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/64210

Yays! (Yet Another Youtube Script)
Control autoplay and playback quality on YouTube.
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/65477

YaHoo Autocomplete & Remember Passwords
Enable remembering passwords in sites like del.ici.ous & yahoo where it is switched off by default.
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/44369

SUEditor
A WYSIWYG Editor for Stumbleupon.com, works on blog, forum, contact, and site review pages.
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/45642

experts exchange
include answers from experts exchange and remove junk
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/37941

Facebook Video
Adds links to download or convert videos with Zamzar.com, and provides code to embed your videos in other sites. Now even works when Flash is disabled!
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/9789

Google Image Ripper
Shows full original images instead of the small thumbnails for Google Image Search.
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/36918

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

Better Amazon
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!
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/61073

Facebook Fixer BETA! NOT MY CODE!
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, keyboard shortcuts & more. Compatible with new Facebook and fully customizable!
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/64718

Ebay – Remove Image Overlay
Removes the overlay preventing the user from saving images.
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/66738

Adds a link to download video for Dailymotion
Adds a link to download video and a button to watch a video. You can watch a video in list pages.
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/57093

Facebook games quick invite.
Adds quick invite links to various facebook game. Needs the facebook invites script to work.
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/45265

serials.ws ==>
crap/ad/spam killer
Shows only the real search results and rewrites the link to open new box.
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/31602

Rapidshare Links Checker
Automatically check links from more that 50 file hosts including rapidshare.com, megaupload.com, hotfile.com, filefactory.com and others directly from the page that you are visiting.
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/9467

LabelLinks4Gmail
Like labels? Like folders? LabelLinks4Gmail allows you to label your labels as well as your emails, combining the best of both worlds.
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/30757

Better iGoogle
Take control of your iGoogle page! This script GREATLY improves the RSS feeds on your iGoogle page, making them look better, giving summaries on hover, and allowing you to mark feeds as “read” so they don’t show up if there are no new items. It also adds many more options, letting you take full control over your iGoogle experience!
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/56039

YouTube Video Download
Works in Greasemonkey, Opera 10 and Chrome 4. Scans the YouTube page for all download formats, including 1080p on selected videos. Designed to be lightweight and unobtrusive, it runs entirely on the page without contacting any external sites.
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/62634

Minimal Slacker
UPDATED 22 Jan 2010 – Slacker added some ads for their player that were sneaking through the code, but I’ve updated it to prevent that. Removes all but the player from slacker.com
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/61937

Facebook – Poke All
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.
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/22808

Gaia – Add useful links to user menu
Wherever the user menu dropdown exists on Gaia, adds an “Add Profile Comment” link, a “View Posts” link, and a “View Topics” link.
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/66101

MediaFire Cleanup
Remove annoying embedded ads, banners, and all that garbage to make the DDL interface simpler.
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/67099

Anti-Disabler (Enable right-click and highlight)
Restore context menus on sites that try to disable them
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/30096

NoFacebookAds
Removes Facebook Flyer, Network, Bumper, and other adverts
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/13650

DirectLink
Finds URIs that are in links and displays them (as links). If a link has the url “www.foo.com?u=bar.com”, a link to “bar.com” is created.Many web pages have links which either redirect you to another URL, or embeds the target page in their own frame. There may be several reasons to go directly to the target URL; avoiding ugly frames with ads, not wanting to contribute to the statistics, or lowering load times. Even worse is that some pages only deliver the target page with a certain probability.
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/13079

Sourceforge Direct Links
Direct download links on sourceforge.net. Works with SF’s latest changes. Mirrors selectable by continent.
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/8263

ebaySearchPictures
Add pictures in search where no preview picture exists
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/1363

CleanTube
YouTube only with the video and search box. Only runs on firefox with Greasemonkey
- Remove everything else but the video and the search box 
- auto enlarge the video
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/67195

TOCMonkey
Adds a table of contents to any web page upon request.
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/66827
Google Calendar Age Adder Fixed
Adds the age to gcal events ending with ” – 9999″ where 9999 is the start year of the event.
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/67210

Gmail Notes Client
Adds web-based annotations to Gmail.
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/46226

dailymotion.com video download link
Adds a download link to dailymotion.com so videos can be downloaded. Works with and without javascript. No 3rd-party sites used.
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/10334

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

Linkify Plus
Turn plain text URLs into links. Supports http, https, ftp, email addresses
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/1352

Flickr Rich Edit
Adds a simple rich edit interface (Italic, Bold, Underline, Strike, Blockquote, Link, Image) to any comment text area on flickr and any in-situ description editor.
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/52904

Download YouTube Videos as MP4
Adds an option to download YouTube videos as MP4 files. Unlike most other scripts, this one downloads the videos directly from YouTube and doesn’t connect to any other site.
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/25105

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

Youtube without Flash Auto
Adds links below the Youtube video to (a) download the video (HD .mp4 file, no converters are used, no external sites) (b) view the video with an embedded external player (like mplayerplug-in or the totem plugin)
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/50771

IMDb Torrent & subs search
It adds direct search buttons for torrentleech, revolutiontt, isohunt, youtube, kickasstorrents, btjunkie, torrentzap, demonoid, h33t, subscene, opensubtitles, allsubs and subs4free
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/63093

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!

I recently wrote about the top Stylish scripts which pertain to Google site settings. Todays, article will be about a variety of scripts for other sites that I use. Some of them have minor tweaks, others add more significant changes to the site. To learn more about Stylish, please see the article “Top 15 Stylish Google Scripts” NOTE: The thumbnail to the left is a screenshot of some of my Stylish scripts I have installed. Also, to give you an idea of where to find your scripts once they are installed. Click on it to view larger.

The following scripts change the site significantly:

CRAIGSLIST

Craigslist Comprehensive Clean-Up

This is a full-site user style that aims to pretty up all sections of Craigslist. 
* Default font is changed from the browser-default of Times New Roman to Helvetica Neue/Arial.
* Extra spacing and a greater leading has been added for better legibility.
* Front landing pages have been tidied up and is now presented in three columns. All those tiny blocks are gone.
* Perhaps the biggest difference is the Table-of-Contents and Listing pages are now only 700px wide. This setting greatly improves legibility for long blocks of text.
http://userstyles.org/styles/12729

DEVIANT ART

deviantART – Appbar – Icons Only

This script modifies deviantART’s “Appbar” (the customizable set of links next to the search box) to show only icons, allowing many more links to fit (eleven, on a 1024×768 screen without additional customizations).
http://userstyles.org/styles/15670

Website: cleaner – DeviantART V6

Updated to V6.
http://userstyles.org/styles/906

FEEDBURNER

Feedburner quick update

This script makes Feedburner clearer and more open. White background (slight sky gradient) and no borders.
http://userstyles.org/styles/14803

GROOVESHARK

Grooveshark – Remove Ad

Removes the ad on right-side of Grooveshark and expands whole site to full browser width.
http://userstyles.org/styles/16382

IMDB

IMDb – Hide left-hand side buttons & Pro link

Hides the IMDbPro link and the left-hand side buttons (“action box”) from title/name pages.
http://userstyles.org/styles/10635

IMDb [new design] [minimalistic] [no ads]

This style modifies the design creating fixed width for all pages and no advertisements.  Other modifications include: the index, movie, profile, gallery, videos, news, top movies, registration, and login.
http://userstyles.org/styles/19751

LAST.FM

Last.fm – Transparent Navigation Menus

This script makes the lastFM user navigation menus transparent.
This style improves page visibility, allowing you to see all the web content behind the transparency. The affected menus are the User Name selection menus, Home, Profile, Recommended, Library, Events, and Settings also transparent.
Menus are more opaque when hovered over with your mouse cursor.
Ability to see images and text behind the header menu (transparent) until hovered over.
Works on both Firefox 2 and Firefox 3
Delicious – Transparent Navigation Menus
http://userstyles.org/styles/11998

Last.fm Paint It Black Improved

Gives the Paint It Black style on Last.fm some nice roundups (vertical menu and background).
http://userstyles.org/styles/21584

LIFEHACKER

Perfect Gawker blogs (Lifehacker, Gizmodo, etc)

This script replaces the ad sidebar by the splash news bar originally in the header, moves the logo to the right and makes small fixes, removes the tag function in the header, and allows full view when browsing a tag.
Works with Lifehacker, Gizmodo, Deadspin, Kotaku, Jezebel, io9, Jalopnik, Gawker
http://userstyles.org/styles/24821

MYSPACE

Myspace Scrollable Stream

This script helps save space on your home page by creating a scrollable stream.
http://userstyles.org/styles/23336

Myspace.com – Remove IM Bar

This script removes the Myspace Instant Messenger (IM) bar from the bottom of the page
.
http://userstyles.org/styles/19506

USERSTYLES.ORG (FOR STYLISH)

Userstyles.org ‘Super Style’

My version of Complete Redesign of Userstyles.org – Super Style by drake.
Optimized for 1280×800 resolution & for Chrome/Chromium users using ChromeStylist.
http://userstyles.org/styles/23360

UserStyles.org – Make Obsolete Styles Disappear

This is a very simple cleanup of userstyles.org hiding the bullets and the obsolete styles.
Added the ‘Edit’ link next to obsolete styles.
http://userstyles.org/styles/2924

userstyles.org – Rating Stars for all pages

This style adds a new rating system stars to search results.
http://userstyles.org/styles/21210

userstyles.org – Show Install Count & Rating

This style adds Total and Weekly Install Counts to search results.
http://userstyles.org/styles/21187

userstyles.org banner remover

This style removes google ads and other banners from userstyles.org web site.
http://userstyles.org/styles/21985
These scripts have minor tweaks:

Bing/MSN Live Maps

This script hides the new logo and moves the search bar to the left along with a trip background adjustment.
http://userstyles.org/styles/16131

Bing: no ad + numbered results + better rendering

This script adds numbers to search results, makes the input form round, highlights the top result if it’s a special bing result (like biographies, definitions, etc.), and enlarges the result display to fit bigger screens. It attempts to remove advertisements but if you have the Firefox extension AdBlock Plus, it is done automatically.
http://userstyles.org/styles/18615

Scannably Delicious

This script repositions and recolors elements in the delicious.com design to line everything up and make it more scannable.  It lines everything up by removing the gray bar & lock icon from private links and gives them a light blue background instead. It also removes the background images on the tags and makes those links blue. In addition, it bolds the link titles.
http://userstyles.org/styles/11344

Digg AdBlock Fix – No More Gaps

When you have AdBlock enabled, it does get rid of the Ads but then there’s ugly big gaps on every page.
http://userstyles.org/styles/12597

Digg Wide

This script expands content to full screen width, uses serif font for content and other tweaks for readibility adding a taller textarea for adding comments. Also makes links inline instead of block and removes ‘Related by Keyword’ links.
http://userstyles.org/styles/13132

Reddit – Reader-Friendly

This script tweaks Reddit by increasing margins and white space for overall page, columns, and story links, replacing Verdana with Helvetica font, shifts the colors to a less harsh color palette, shrunk the right search and login column, and minimized the header along with removing the logo to save space.
http://userstyles.org/styles/23440

TUAW (The Unofficial Apple Weblog) Cleanup

This script cleans up ads including extra stuff at the top and bottom of the page. If you have the Firefox extension AdBlock Plus, this script only seems to remove the stuff at the top and bottom of the page. The ads are removed with AdBlock Plus.
http://userstyles.org/styles/1458

Yahoo! Result Number

This style adds numbers beside Yahoo! search results.
http://userstyles.org/styles/22245

Flickr – Transparent Navigation Menus (WOW)

This script adds transparency to Flickr site navigation menus, (You, Home, Organize, Contacts, Groups, and Explore) Works on both Firefox 2 and Firefox 3
http://userstyles.org/styles/11529

The scripts listed above are some of my favorite Stylish scripts. I have many more that I use, but felt that these are much more user friendly. If you use Stylish and have some scripts that you’d like to share, leave a comment and share the wealth. If you liked this article, leave a comment and don’t forget to share this information with others.

Recently, I wrote about Greasemonkey user scripts. Today, I am writing about Stylish, which is another Firefox add-on for finding and using scripts to restyle your favorite websites.
To install Stylish, go to add-ons for Firefox and search for Stylish. Once the results are displayed, click the ‘Add to Firefox’ button.
Once you restart Firefox, you will see a ‘S’ box in your status bar. From this box, you can Manage styles,  Turn all styles off, Find styles for this site (which directs you to a new tab using userstyles.org, and displays styles available for the site you were on), Write new styles, and a list of the styles that are being used for the site you are on (once you install scripts for your favorite sites).
There are a couple of differences between Greasemonkey (which scripts JavaScript) and Stylish (which styles CSS). One is, once you install a userscript from Stylish, it immediately takes effect (no need to refresh your screen). Second, you manage your scripts from the same display as your Firefox extensions, plugins, and themes window. Third, you can edit your downloaded scripts from the Stylish window and preview your changes before saving (unlike Greasemonkey, which uses an external editor).
The following list is for the top Google scripts used in Stylish.

IGOOGLE SCRIPTS

iGoogle: Compact & Transparent top bar

This style removes a TON of padding and margins, allowing for more feeds and gadgets on your iGoogle homepage without scrolling. It reduces all headers and RSS links to be single-line only. It also removes the header and footer spacing. As a bonus, this style removes some of the header image, and makes the white bar at the top transparent. Because the text is white, it works best on dark themes.
http://userstyles.org/styles/8037

New iGoogle – Hide The Sidebar, etc.

This style hides the side bar and a couple other annoying things in the new iGoogle.
http://userstyles.org/styles/11373

GMAIL SCRIPTS

Gmail – Simple Header

Removes the header and footer and leaves the search box at the top so that you can focus on using the keyboard shortcut.
http://userstyles.org/styles/19999

Gmail Ads-block and Full-width

This style removes ads and widens the message area of Gmail.
http://userstyles.org/styles/22317

Minimize Labels in Gmail

This style minimizes all labels in gmail to look only like a box. If you mouseover each box, it will expand to show you the name of the label. This greatly increases the amount of space for text in your inbox, especially for emails with many tags on them. The ad sidebar is shrunk down to save space, hovering over it will give you access to the options such as print, new document, and new window.
http://userstyles.org/styles/19588

GOOGLE CALENDAR SCRIPT

Helvetical – Google Calendar User Style

A user style based on Helvetireader by Jon Hicks
Has coloured ‘Other Calendars’ and support for https:// hosted calendars.
Color coded events in the ‘Months’ section, along with RSVP coloring and line-throughs.
http://userstyles.org/styles/20669

GOOGLE DOCS SCRIPT

Google Docs – Mac OS X Leopard Theme

Transform Google Docs into a Mac OS X Leopard app. The buttons are modeled after the leopard Finder toolbar buttons, as are the toolbars. All menus and contextual (right-click) menus are themed to look like the native Mac OS X menus. This theme also styles Google Docs’ DHTML windows to match the actual window chrome from OS X, adding shadows, status bars, lighting and cursor modifications to complete the effect – the two types of windows should look identical after enabling this theme.
http://userstyles.org/styles/22994

GOOGLE MAPS SCRIPT

Google Maps – Minimal

This is a full screen view of Google Maps. To view the sidebar, move your mouse to left side to show sidebar
.
http://userstyles.org/styles/3520

YOUTUBE SCRIPTS

YouTube – Clean

This style removes all the “crap” on youtube for a more user friendly experience.
http://userstyles.org/styles/23215

YouTube Cleaned Up

Gets right of the footer, copyright, google ads, big frontpage ad, side announcement box, “may not be suitable for minors” warning, and other annoyances.
http://userstyles.org/styles/12702

GOOGLE BOOKMARKS AND HISTORY SCRIPT

Google Bookmarks & History – Simple Header

Simplify Google Bookmarks and Google Web History.
http://userstyles.org/styles/20001

GOOGLE GROUPS SCRIPT

Usable Google Groups ! Ads & Footer

Great font, remove Ads and Footer
http://userstyles.org/styles/3724

GOOGLE NEWS SCRIPT

Helvetinews – Google News

Inspired by Jon Hicks’s Helvetireader (http://helvetireader.com/) and Ad Taylor’s Helvetical (http://www.iamadtaylor.com/helvetical/), this is a Google News user style in the same vein.
*note that this doesn’t restyle Google News Archive pages, because the html for the archive is oddly not marked-up with any ids or classes.
http://userstyles.org/styles/20830

GOOGLE NOTEBOOK SCRIPTS

Google Notebook

This style simplifies the Google Notebook interface to a more minimalistic one removing a lot of the unnecessary bars and other content.
http://userstyles.org/styles/17400

Google Notebook full width

The public view of the Google Notebook is 800px width. This style removes the limitation.
http://userstyles.org/styles/7383

I like many things about the add-on Stylish and think you will too. It’s easy to use and adapt to. If you use Stylish and have add-ons you’d like to share, leave a comment and share the wealth with our fellow readers. If you liked this article, please leave a comment.

Firefox happens to be my favorite browser. I have used it for quite a while now, and use a variety of add-ons, Greasemonkey scripts, along with Stylish scripts to make it a better browsing experience. In this article, I will be listing the top 20 Greasemonkey user scripts that I use. For those of you who don’t know about user scripts, here is the best definition I can give:
Scripts are used to extend the functionality of existing web applications, web sites, etc., created by a community of developers. Greasemonkey scripts are considered to be a browser add-on that gives you the ability to integrate Javascript-based modifications to a site when you load it.
To use scripts, you will want to install Greasemonkey, which gives you access to thousands of scripts to use for a better browsing experience. Once you install Greasemonkey, you will also want to install another Firefox add-on ‘Greasefire’ to help you find scripts for a page that you want to make more user friendly.
Here is how it works:
Lets say you are on iGoogle and you want to have a different way of viewing iGoogle. All you do is right-click on the monkey face (Greasemonkey), and at the top of the list, you will see how many scripts are available for iGoogle. Hover to that menu item and click it to open the list. Here is where you will be able to see the name of the script, rank, update, and a description. You can also sort the list by name, rank, or update. When you find a script that you want to use, click on Install “name of the script” and it will bring up a pop-up window with a warning. Just click on Install if you trust the source. Once you have installed the script, hit your ‘refresh’ button to see the script in action.
If you decide not to use Greasefire, or are having problems with Greasefire (which I had been having since updating to Firefox 3.6), you can find specific scripts for Greasemonkey at http://userscripts.org which currently has over 45,000 scripts for you to choose from.
Now, enough about how scripts work and where to find them, let’s get to the list!
(NOTE: Most of the images will have the before and after shot. Some screens may not look exactly like yours, I use Stylish also – read about it in the next article.)

GOOGLE SEARCH SCRIPT

GoogleMonkeyR v.1.3.2

Used to create multiple columns for results, remove “Sponsored Links”, generate number results, auto-load more results, remove web search dialogues, open links in a new tab, view favicons, GooglePreviews with search, self updating and all configurable from a simple user dialogue.
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/9310

GOOGLE IMAGES SCRIPT

Google Image Search Direct Links

This displays a little “direct image link” above your Google image search results
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/62950

GOOGLE MAIL SCRIPT

Helvetimail

This is a skin for Gmail created by http://www.josefrichter.com/helvetimail/ Josef Richter.
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/57785

GOOGLE VOICE SCRIPT

Helvetivoice

This is a skin created for Google Voice based on Helvetireader by Jon Hicks and Helvetical by Ad Taylor.
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/57891

FLICKR SCRIPTS

Flickr Link Original Images

Adds a link to the original image on top of Flickr thumbnails so that when you click on the ORIG in the top left-hand side of the thumbnail, it will open the image in full view.
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/47925

FlickrZoom

Generates a preview of thumbnailed images on flickr, photosight, photosig.com, onexposure.net, facebook and google images.
Clicking on the magnifying glass icon in the upper right hand side of the thumbnail (when hovered over), it will generate a larger preview of the thumbnail along with its information.
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/29151

Flickr More Home

By default, the Flickr home page shows four images for you, eight from your contacts, and four from a group. This script expands it to 8, 16, and 16, respectively. Requires Greasemonkey 0.8.
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/1584

Flickr Multi-Group Sender

Overrides the flickr “Send to Group” button above your photo/video to send your Flickr image or video to multiple groups simultaneously.
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/1543

FACEBOOK SCRIPTS

Remove Facebook Ads

Removes silly Facebook ads with this script so that you’ll never be prompted to “CHECK OUT THIS NEW ENERGY DRINK” or “HEY ARE YOU PREGNANT” ever again.
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/46560

Facebook Fixer

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. It’s fully customizable!
Note: If you do not have the new Facebook home page (new as of February 2010) you should wait until you get it before you install this new version.
Some other features include:
A new bookmark feature which allow you to add and remove bookmarks for any facebook page. They will appear in a new drop-down submenu within the top menu of every page. To add or remove a bookmark you first have to go to the page you want added or removed.
Use a keyboard shortcut for adding bookmarks: K (shift + k).
Logout link on the main menu so you don’t have to go to the “Account” submenu to log out.
A link to the Facebook Fixer config screen from the “Account” menu
Hide application, status and wall stories. Previously you could “block 3rd party applications” but hiding application stories should be more reliable and will not adjust the settings for Facebook account.
Hide feed items for all feeds, no longer just the “most recent” feed.
Hide specific sections of the left column on the home page.
A list of translators to the About tab of the config screen.
Big pictures popup to be above the menus.
Hide feed items by story type.
Show today’s birthdays/events in bold on the home page.
Option to keep the top menu bar fixed.
Show popup pics for the new Photos page.
Support for URLs including an exclamation mark.
Load all tagged photos on one page.
Translate using Google’s translation API.
“Big Pictures” show above “ads”.
Download videos even if flash is not installed (thanks to Philipp Weis)
Option to prevent automatically closing popup pics when the mouse is over them (thanks to Samuel Tai).
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/8861

TWITTER SCRIPTS

Helvetwitter

A simple way to read what’s going on with your friends and/or random strangers. It strips everything out of the Twitter interface save for the essentials: names, Tweets, and a box for updates. Instead of a ton of colors, you get three: white, black, and red. This is Twitter minimalism to the max.
http://www.josefrichter.com/helvetwitter/

Twitter Unfollow Buttons 2

Creates buttons next to each posting to allowing you to easily unfollow users on twitter.
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/54894

Power Twitter

Power Twitter adds additional features to Twitter including:
-inline YouTube, Flickr, TwitPic, Google Maps, song.ly, and all sorts of playable/viewable media 
-link expansion 
-link translation to page titles 
-search scoped to a specific user 
-status history peeking on mouseover 
-Facebook status updates 
-custom settings 
-@mentions of friends on profile pages 
-photo uploading 
-link shrinking 
-#dailyquestion
http://powertwitter.me/get/greasemonkey/

DEVIANT ART SCRIPT

deviantDestroyer

This script gets rid of the idiotic footer of massive proportions of DAV6
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/53564

Suggest DD V0.6

This allows you to easily suggest daily deviations from the deviation page.
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/30911

ABOUT.COM SCRIPT

About.com Cleanup

Remove ads, make outgoing links direct, remove extraneous elements.
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/19095

LAST.FM SCRIPTS

Last.fm – Lyrics

Adds lyrics from Wikia to Last.fm track pages.
This script adds a panel with song lyrics to Last.fm track pages. The lyrics are retrieved from lyrics.wikia.com. You can configure the positioning of panel, collapse or expand the panel, and delay loading of lyrics when collapsed.
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/25208

Last.fm – Hide Activity Box

Allows user to toggle display of activity box in their own profile
This is a short script that modifies the activity box for a user on their own profile.
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/30628

YOUTUBE SCRIPT

YouTube Auto Buffer & Auto HD & Remove Ads

Buffers the video without autoplaying, removes in-video ads, and puts it in HD if the option is on.
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/49366

OTHER SCRIPT

Google Reader Subscribers Count

Shows how many subscribers to a Google Reader feed on many sites.
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/21909

There are many other scripts that I use. I have more on Stylish scripts, but you will want to come back to read about Stylish.
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