Thank you for being a valued part of the CNET community. As of December 1, 2020, the forums are in read-only format. In early 2021, CNET Forums will no longer be available. We are grateful for the participation and advice you have provided to one another over the years.

Thanks,

CNET Support

General discussion

Learning curve for Greasemonkey?

by Owyn Oct 27, 2006 1:57AM PDT

Getting really annoyed with unreadable websites. The ones with dark backgrounds, small text, and poorly chosen contrasting colours. e.g.

http://www.getautomatix.com/

I can make the site more readable with View -> Page Style -> No Style but that may have some other side effects.

Anyway, starting looking around for potential solutions and came up with Firefox Greasemonkey extension. I have heard about this off and on but never delved into it.

Found this reference as a starting point.

http://www.diveintogreasemonkey.org/

My questions:
1) How long does it take to learn Greasemonkey? Probably somewhere between novice and journeyman and also probably well short of master.

2) Is it a reasonable tool to add to my kit?

3) Is there a better place to get started?