User Scripts

GreaseMonkey Gets Official Support For Google Chrome

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If you are an enthusiastic fan of  GreaseMonkey user scripts in Firefox browser and haven’t switched to Google Chrome for the only reason that Chrome doesn’t support GreaseMonkey user scripts, well probably you need to think again.

Either you have missed our elegant tutorial on how to enable GreaseMonkey user scripts in Google Chrome, or you haven’t been following the news off late.

Well, Google Chrome 4 now officially supports GreaseMonkey, according to Chrome official blog.If you still use an older version of Chrome, may be it’s the right time you should update your browser to the latest version.

Google Chrome Greasemonkey According to Aaron Boodman, Software Engineer in Chromium project, (who is also incidentally the original author of Greasemonkey Firefox add-on),  as of now there over 40,000 scripts available on userscripts.org alone.Keep in mind that Google Chrome may not yet support all the user scripts, he expects that 15%-25% of scripts may not work in Google Chrome browser.That’s understandable since Chrome is no Firefox and that most of the scripts are written for use on Firefox.Install Greasemonkey scripts normally as you do in Firefox and enjoy the browsing in your own style.

How to Download Video From YouTube in Google Chrome

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Google Chrome is becoming popular day by day with the increasing features of customization and user scripts. Using GreaseMonkey in Google chrome is also possible in the newer Version from Google Chrome 2.0 onwards. As for now it stands in the 4th position in popularity.

We know that  to download videos from YouTube is much easier in the case of FireFox, thanks to the number of wonderful add-ons available, but how can we actually do this if you are using Chrome browser, come let’s get into it.

Here we are going to see another user script customization technique for Google Chrome. Everybody uses YouTube for video sharing and all. Now if we want to download the video from YouTube in Google Chrome, we can keep a download link for each video in YouTube. This will download the video in flv format.

YouTube Video Download in ChromeTo Enable the Download Link in YouTube follow the steps below:

Step 1: If you have not enabled GreaseMonkey User Scripts feature in Google Chrome then Enable it using the Guide: Enable GreaseMonkey User Scripts in Google Chrome

If you have already enabled Grease Monkey then skip Step 1.

Step 2: Download the DownloadYoutube.user.js file from the link below: (Right Click and Select Save Link As)

Size: 2 KB

http://www.techrena.net/downloads/Grease%20Monkey/DownloadYoutube.user.js

Step 3: Save the DownloadYoutube.user.js file in your computer location given below:

Windows XP Users:

Documents and Settings\%userprofile%\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\User Scripts

Example: C:\Documents and Settings\DENNIS\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\User Scripts

Windows Vista and Windows 7 Users:

Users\%userprofile%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\User Scripts

Example: C:\Users\DENNIS\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\User Scripts

YouTube Video Download in Google ChromeAfter successfully saving the file, open any YouTube Video. You should get the Download Link as shown in the image above.

Important:

1. This method is possible only if you have Google Chrome version 2.0 or higher. To install the Newer version go to: Download Google Chrome 2.0.172.2 Beta Open Source Web Browser

2. It is compulsory for you to enable GreaseMonkey User Scripts for this method to work.

3. You need to show hidden System files and folders in order to find the Application Data folders in Windows Explorer. Otherwise you cannot see them.

Enable GreaseMonkey User Scripts in Google Chrome

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GreaseMonkey in Google Chrome

Greasemonkey is a Mozilla Firefox add-on that allows users to install scripts that make on-the-fly changes to most HTML-based web pages. As Greasemonkey scripts are persistent, the changes made to the web pages are executed every time the page is opened, making them effectively permanent for the user running the script. Earlier versions of Google Chrome did not support Greasemonkey. But from the new version of Google Chrome 2.0, we can make it support Greasemonkey. Greasemonkey can be used for adding new functions to web pages like downloading videos form YouTube or removing the most visited sites from new tab in Google Chrome.

To Enable User Scripts follow the steps given below:

Step 1: Go to the location below in your computer:

Windows XP Users:

Documents and Settings\%userprofile%\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default

Example: C:\Documents and Settings\DENNIS\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default

Windows Vista and Windows 7 Users:

Users\%userprofile%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default

Example: C:\Users\DENNIS\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default

Step 2: In the Default folder Create a new folder and name it as User Scripts. User Scripts FolderStep 3: Now find the shortcuts of Google Chrome in the Start Menu, Taskbar or your Desktop. Right click on it and select properties.

Google Chrome Properties

Step 4:  In the Properties Window go to Shortcut tab and add 

--enable-user-scripts

by giving a space after chrome.exe” in the Target text box. Select OK. It is shown below.

Enable Greasemonkey user scriptsNow you can simply save your Grease Monkey scripts in the User Scripts folder that you have created.

For a small test download the script given below in the User Scripts directory

To download Right click and Select Save Link As:

https://techrena.net/downloads/Grease%20Monkey/test.user.js

You should see a Hello World! dialogue when you open Google Chrome from the Start menu or Desktop shortcut. Don’t forget to delete the script after the test has been successfully completed.

Important:

1. GreaseMonkey Scripts will work on Google Chrome 2.0 or higher. To download the new version visit  Download Google Chrome Latest Version

2. You should perform Step 3 for all the Google Chrome shortcuts you have, either in Desktop, Taskbar, or Start Menu.

3. User scrips will be enabled only if you open Google Chrome from a shortcut where you have preformed “Step 3”.

4. For removing a particular Greasemonkey addon, just delete the corresponding user.js file from the User Script folder.

UPDATE on Feb 4, 2010: Google Chrome 4 now officially supports GreaseMonkey User Scripts