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Download Youtube Videos

September 9th, 2008 · 3 Comments

download youtube logoWant a quick and easy way to save Youtube videos to your hard drive? Then if you’re running Greasemonkey in the Firefox browser you can get it here by installing the Youtube Download script.

This Greasemonkey scripts adds a somple download button to…

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Colorize Facebook Using Your Face

September 8th, 2008 · No Comments

facebook-colorTo continue the recent Greasemonkey theme, here’s a neat userscript that colorizes Facebook in your browser window by extracting a color scheme from the profile photo of the page you’re viewing.

So, each of your friends gets their own great custom color scheme,…

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SQT: Orkut Manager

September 6th, 2008 · No Comments

Saturday Quick Tip logoIf you’re an Orkut user you are no doubt frustrated by some of the features it doesn’t have. Firefox users who install the Greasemonkey scripting addon can install a scrip (Orkut Manager) to help them quote messages, use a better toolbar,…

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SQT: Redirect Yahoo Links

August 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

Saturday Quick Tip logoYou may have noticed that every hit in the Yahoo! search engine results pages (SERPs) points to a Yahoo URL and when you hit it, it redirects, presumably so that the company can monitor popular sites. That’s a pain if…

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SQT: Three Facebook Hacks

August 16th, 2008 · No Comments

Saturday Quick Tip logoFacebook fans will enjoy some of these Facebook hacks (Greasemonkey scripts, actually) that allow you do stuff the makers of FB probably don’t want you to:

  • Add the Cleaner script, and you can remove some of the Facebook advertising and sponsored sections.…

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