The Customisable Web

Why everyone will be using greasemonkey

Thom Shannon

New Mind

What is it

• Just JavaScript
• Runs against any or all sites
• Fixes bugs
• Adds features to web applications
• Enhances the browser
• Can be written for cross platform

Writing them

• JavaScript with a few simple headers
• Extended for cross site scripting and data storage
• WYSIWYG Scripts with Platypus
• Publish and share

Why you should encourage them

• Better user experience
• Quick & easy prototyping on a live application
• Usability feedback
• Product development
• The downside
• Support and debugging

How to encourage them

• Open API
• Continuity and clear semantic code
• Easily reusable UI elements
• None obfuscated/compressed JavaScript
• Built in community to share scripts