If you like to test and install Greasemonkey scripts on a regular basis you might be regularly hanging out at the Userscripts website which contains the largest collection of Greasemonkey scripts on the Internet. It is not that practical as you have to always head over to the site to search for Greasemonkey scripts for a particular website but it was the only way to discover new scripts. The checks would have to be performed regularly as scripts are added and updated regularly.
The Firefox add-on Greasefire changes this to the better. It integrates itself nicely with the Greasemonkey extension and becomes active on every website for which Greasemonkey scripts are available. The extension maintains a list that gets regularly updated so that new and updated Greasemonkey scripts will be listed when the user takes a look at them
All available Greasemonkey scripts for that specific website will be displayed in a new window that opens when the user right-clicks on the icon in the Firefox status bar and selects the line telling him how many Greasemonkey scripts are available for it.
The manager can then be used to discover the various scripts to find out what they are doing. It is also possible to install them right away or take a look at the source code first to make sure they are not malicious.
Greasefire provides an easy and elegant method of discovering and installing new Greasemonkey scripts in Firefox. Should be definitely worth a test for users who use Greasmonkey or want to start doing so.
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Hello; I’ve had Greasemonkey for quite some time now. I also run PeerGuardian2. PG2 will not allow me to access http://www.userscripts.org/ unless I allow IP 72.51.33.158 (ServerBeach|Anti-p2p) access to my computer. A whois ARIN search gave me abuse@peer1.net as a contact to report this underhanded attempt to track me; but no reply was ever received. It is worth noting that I do NOT have any peering services or torrent programs running. Are you able to help me utilise Greasemonkey safely again please?