It has been confirmed that the latest build of Chrome has support for Greasemonkey. A very popular, and previously Firefox-only, browser plugin. Greasemonkey can be used by developers to do many useful tasks like creating mashups, creating themes, and fixing annoying problems on websites without needing to wait for the website owner to do it for you.
According to ZDNet – Google hasn’t yet provided a way for developers to create plugins for Chrome because doing so would open up a whole can of worms as far as security goes. Greasemonkey support is an interesting addition because developers can now essentially make a plugin that works for specific websites rather than allowing global “browser-level” plugins.
Of course, Google will one day have to allow the development of global plugins, but this is an important first step in the right direction.
To learn more about Greasemonkey go follow this link http://www.greasespot.net/
>previously Firefox-only, browser plugin.
Not quite.
Opera – http://my.opera.com/Contrid/blog/2007/02/11/how-to-greasemonkey-in-opera
Safari – http://creammonkey.sourceforge.net/
Internet Explorer – http://www.gm4ie.com/
Nice catch Jim! Thanks for keeping me honest.
This rocks! I’m hoping that there will be a slew of new plugins for Chrome…Maybe then I’ll really start using it.
Thanks for the info Frank J!
Evan I hope more add-ons for Chrome get implemented to. It loads so fast but it’s limited in add-ons.