To install Grooveshark, make sure you have a plugin that can run userscripts such as Greasemonkey for Chrome and Firefox. Then click on Better Grooveshark’s main page, then install the script by clicking the “Install” button.

Available in all major browsers, Better Grooveshark gives you an ad-free interface and scrobbling with Last.fm. Users familiar with Grooveshark will also find the lyrics side bar on the right side of the page. This userscript also adds a cross-fader, the title of the currently playing song in the browser title bar, and faster search.

Better Grooveshark is a cool tool for users who use Grooveshark for their music streaming needs. This simple app makes a magnificent app that much better.

Features:

• Install script easily with Greasemonkey.
• Adds lyrics sidebar on the right.
• Title previews using the browser title toolbar.
• Use Grooveshark without loading Flash.
• Get Grooveshark VIP features without signing up like Last.fm scrobbling.

Check out Better Grooveshark @ http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/93354

This means more space for your news feeds and comment boxes. MinimalistFacebook also removes the chat info from your left column and make your Facebook chat somewhat transparent so it doesn’t bother you while doing other stuff. It doesn’t really take care of annoying apps but gives you a much cleaner layout and social networking experience.

Features:

• Clean up your facebook layout.
• Completely Removes the right column.
• Widens your news feeds and comments.
• Makes your Facebook chat transparent.

Download MinimalistFacebook from https://userscripts.org/scripts/show/80793

Once installed, it will let you browse the websites like normal but whenever you click on an image page on one of the free image hosting sites, it will automatically refresh to show you just the image.

The tool supports over 100 image hosting websites including most of the popular ones. It is a great tool if you are a regular visitor to these websites and you want an unobtrusive picture viewing experience.

Features:

• Remove unnecessary details from an image hosting website.
• Works with over 100 image hosting sites.
• Supports ImageShack, Flickr, PhotoBucket and other popular sites.
• Available for Google Chrome, Opera and Firefox browsers.

Download ShowJustImage from http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/54108

It comes as a Firefox and Chrome add-on, and as a greasemonkey script for Firefox. It can auto-load such paginated webpages making all the content appear on a single page.

The extension may not work smoothly on all sites but it does work on the popular ones, like Google for instance. It can enable endless scrolling on Google search pages, which is kind of cool.

Features

• Auto-load paginated webpages.
• Available as an add-on for Firefox and Chrome.
• Also available as a greasemonkey script for Firefox.
• Works on more than 1,000 websites including popular sites like Google.
• Similar tool:  PageZipper.

Check out AutoPagerize @ www.autopagerize.net (via Lifehacker By Abhijeet from Guiding Tech)

External Link & Phishing Highlighter is a simple Greasemonkey script for Firefox users that offers a solution to that. It basically highlights all external links on a webpage with a helpful icon so you know when you’re about to leave a website and go to another source. The icons added to external links are favicons from those sites.

It is really easy to set up and use, if you already have Greasemonkey installed then simply go the script page and click on the Install button to get it working on your browser.

Get External Link & Phishing Highlighter @ www.userscripts.org/scripts/show/28901

Being a Greasemonkey script means only Firefox users can benefit from it. To use the script, first you need to install Greasemonkey and then get the actual script. Once the script is in your Firefox browser, check corresponding boxes, click save and you ready to go.

Features:

• Make YouTube better by removing common annoyances.
• Automatically loads the HD version of the video.
• Removes buffering pauses.
• Disables video auto-playing.
• Removes hidden adds that are show up at the bottom of videos.
• Free and easy to set up.
• Also see 10 More Cool Things You Can Do With YouTube Videos.

Check out YouTube Auto Buffer @ userscripts.org/scripts/show/49366 (via Lifehacker via gHacks)

There are two ways it can be used:

(1) By typing pwn in front of any Last.Fm URL (see image below). This will bring up the actual torrent site from where the relevant torrent files can be downloaded.

(2) By installing an add-on which works with Firefox (as a Greasemonkey script) and Opera browser. When installed it automatically integrates a list of related torrents to any Last.FM page, showing full titles, file sizes and the number of active seeds and peers for the MP3 file or an album. See image below:

In addition, every torrent includes a play icon with full preview of the track.

Features:

• Download last.fm music tracks and albums.
• Works with Firefox (requires Greasemonkey) and Opera browser.
• Option to use the service without installing any add-ons.
• No registration needed and easy to use.

Check out PWNLast.fm @ www.pwnlast.fm (via Torrentfreak )

Basically, Greasemonkey extension lets you quickly add so called “˜user scripts”˜ which are designed to customize the way webpages look and function. For example some of the things you can do: add video download feature to Youtube, remove ads from Myspace/Facebook/Bebo …, change the the Google logo on google.com, integrate Google Reader to Gmail and a lots more.

To get started

1. Go to Greasespot.net and install Greasemonkey
2. Once Greasemonkey installed go to Userscripts.org and search through over 2 mil. scripts to find what you need. If you need something for Gmail just search for ‘gmail’, looking for something for Youtube search for ‘youtube’ and etc.
3. Once you find the script you need, just press the ‘Install This Script’ button located in the upper right corner of the screen.
4. Having trouble finding good scripts ? Check out: 20 must-see Greasemonkey Addons (No Technical Knowledge Req.)

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