Google recently made changes to the location of the cached links on the search results pages. One of the issues that you may have is that you can only open the Google search results link in the cache. All other links on the site do not link to the cached version. That’s a problem if the entire site is down and you need to open multiple pages on it to retrieve the information you are looking for.

This leaves you with two options. You can copy the original link, paste it into Google Search and open the cached page this way, or modify the webcache url manually. Both options are not really that comfortable, especially if you need to open several pages and not only one.

The free userscript Google Cache Browser automates the process by converting all links on a cached page automatically. This happens behind the scenes and should not have a visual impact on the page rendering time or performance.

When you hover your mouse over a link on a Google cached page, you will notice that it too links to Google Cache and not the original website it was posted on.

The userscript modifies both internal and external links so that they are pointing to their Google Cache location instead.

The userscript can be useful in a number of ways. It first and foremost provides better and direct access to all cached pages of a website. It can also be helpful if you are experiencing connection issues or slow loading pages on a particular website. Connecting to the cached page instead may speed up access significantly.

Google Cache Browser is available on the userscripts website. It has been tested in Firefox with the Scriptish add-on installed. It is likely also compatible with Greasemonkey and Google Chrome, and maybe other browsers like Opera as well.

The menu looks like this when it is fully expanded on the screen. Core Google services like Google+, Google Search, YouTube and Gmail are linked in the main black menu. Secondary services such as Translate, Music, Finance or Wallet in the white menu that is displayed by hoovering the mouse over the More link.

The Even More link opens a page listing additional services. Part of Google’s userbase has criticized the new design, particularly that it now takes longer to access services that were displayed directly in the black bar, and that Google offers no customization options based on the user preferences.

That’s where the userscript Tweak Google Menu comes into play. The userscript adds reordering abilities to the Google menu.

The options are available with a click on the Even More link in the Google menu. The page lists the main and secondary menu entries, and other options that are not linked at all in the standard menu.

Google services can be moved around by dragging and dropping them to another position. It is for instance possible to remove the Google News link from the main menu to replace it with a link to Google Code. New items can be added without removing existing ones. The menu is automatically expanded to make room for the additional menu items.

Tweak Google Menu allows Google users to modify the Google menu to their liking. An option to add custom links, e.g. to Blogspot blogs, would be useful but is currently not available.

The userscript can be installed from the official UserScripts repository.

The userscript integrates into the Edit Facebook Friend’s page on Facebook which can you access with a click on this link. You can alternative click on the Friends link on your Facebook profile page to open the same listing.

A click on Facebook Delete Friends at the top displays the selection menu. You will also notice that checkboxes have been placed next to each friend’s name on Facebook. These checkboxes are for friend’s that you do not want to delete. The methodology can be confusing at first, as it would feel natural to select friends that you want deleted this way. I suggest you use the Highlight Only button to test the deletion. This highlights all friends that would be deleted if you’d click on the Delete all button provided by the userscript. The total count of deleted Facebook friends is displayed here as well.

You can use the Select all button to check all boxes before you go through the list and uncheck friends that you want to delete. That’s probably the safest option. I’d still recommend to test the deletion before you start it.

Please note that only visible friends will be deleted. If you want to make sure that everyone is included you need to first scroll down to the very bottom of your friend’s list on Facebook. You can also use it in combination with the Facebook friends checker.

Firefox users need to download and install the Greasemonkey or Scriptish extension for the browser before they can install the userscript.

One solution for the issue are scripts or extensions that automatically display the bigger picture when the mouse hoovers over the image. I have reviewed several extensions and scripts in the past that provide users with that functionality. From Hoover Zoom for the Chrome browser to the Image Search Preview and Zoom Image userscripts.

Mouseover Popup Image Viewer is a new userscript that is compatible with the Firefox and Google Chrome browser (the Chrome functionality is limited though according to the developer as http referrers cannot be faked).

You can simply hoover over an image to see a larger version of that image directly in the browser window.

This works for all images that are directly linked and dozens of image hosting websites including Imagebam, Imagefap, Flickr, Imageearn or Pixhost. Firefox users get the additional benefit that the script can bypass the hotlinking protection of some of the image hosting sites. Instead of having to visit the site to view the image, Firefox users see those images directly in the same browser tab.

The image popup can only be as large as the browser window. This can be a issue if the original image is larger than the browser window. In this case, only part of the image is shown on the screen in the preview.

Firefox and Chrome users can download and install Mouveover Popup Image Viewer from the official Userscripts.org website. (Thanks Vineeth for the tip)

You can follow the link above to read up on the new search tool. You can access Verbatim with a click on More search tools in the left sidebar of a Google search result’s page, and the selection of Verbatim thereafter. Another possibility is to add the parameter &tbs=li:1 to the end of the query to trigger a verbatim search.

It took less than a day for someone to create a Google Verbatim userscript that places the option more prominently on all Google Search pages. A Yes, really button is added to the Google search form both on the Google homepage and on search result pages. Users can still click on the standard button to perform a search, or they can click on the new Yes, really button to run a verbatim search instead.

The name Yes, really answers the unasked question whether you really want to search for all the words entered in the search form. The userscript works fine under the Firefox web browser with Scriptish installed, and in the Google Chrome web browser. It should run equally fine for users who have the Greasemonkey extension installed instead. I have not tested the Google Verbatim userscript in the Opera browser or other web browsers.

Interested users can download Gooverbatim from the official Userscripts website.

The new design has also been criticized for putting the content second to the interface. Lets take a look at the current implementation of Google Reader on the official site.

Users are greeted with the black Google toolbar at the top and a large area with logos and elements below. The actual news items are placed in large font with lots of whitespace in between, far from ideal for users who want to get quick overviews of new items posted.

The userscript (also available as a Firefox add-on) Google Reader New Style Minimalistic turns Google Reader changes the interface to a minimalistic one that is optimized for using as much screen estate as possible for Google Reader posts. Lets take a look at how Google Reader looks with the userscript installed and activated.

The new interface removes almost all the static elements at the top. The font size has been reduced to display more news items and categories on the screen at the same time. When you click on a news post you will notice that the same font size design is used which means that less scrolling is required (if at all) to read a full post on the Google Reader website.

The userscript is compatible with Firefox, and maybe other browsers as well. Firefox users can alternatively install the Firefox add-on instead

The Remove Google +1 buttons from the search result userscript removes the +1 buttons from all google.com search result pages. The userscript works on all google search domains, including google.com but also country specific domains such as google.de, google.co.uk and google.fr.

The userscript uses a wildcard as the domain extension to include all google.* domains so that it should work on all google-dot-something properties.

Please note that you will still see Google +1 results in the search engines if you or your Google+ friends have recommended a particular site that is displayed.

The second feature of the userscript is the removal of the preview link that is displayed when you hover with the mouse cursor over a result in the results listing.

The removal of the previews in Google search may lead to a problem for users who need to access the cached and similar links that have been placed there by Google (see Where Are Google Search Cached And Similar Links? for all details)

Webmasters and users who need access to those links can install the Resurrect Google Cache & Related links userscript to move them back right to their original positions in the search results.

Removing the Google+ buttons in the search results removes some of the noise that Google added lately to the result listings. The developer noted that the remaining Google+ information (if you or your friends +1′ed a link) are not removed because of performance issues “when Google is using Ajax”. The userscript is compatible with Firefox and Google Chrome.

Are you a Google+ user? If so, what’s your take on the social networking site? Activities seemed to have died off a bit lately, or is that only my impression?

Probably the biggest issue with linked YouTube videos is the fact that users do not see any information about the video. They see a cryptic url http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=co8IaSS0Z08 and do not know if it is worth watching the video.

The free userscript YouTube Link Title has two core features. It looks up YouTube video urls automatically and replaces their original link text with the video title. See the following two screenshots for a demonstration (first the standard display on Twitter, then the YouTube links with YouTube Link Title installed)

While that does not make it impossible to get rick rolled it certainly aids users in determining whether they would like to watch the video.

The second feature puts an end to pranks and rill rolls though. You can hover your mouse over YouTube links to see a still of the YouTube video. Even better, a left-click on that video link loads the full video right on the third party web page so that it can be played right away without having to visit the YouTube video portal to do so.

YouTube Link Title is a handy userscript for Internet users who encounter direct links to YouTube videos regularly. NoScript users need to enable scripts for the root domain to make the extension work on sites.

I have tested the userscript both in Firefox and Google Chrome, and it worked identical in both. Firefox users need to install Scriptish or Greasemonkey to install the script, Chrome users can install it right away. (thanks Vineeth)

Plain text links from a user perspective are not nearly that ambivalent. Instead of clicking on the link to open it, users either have to copy and paste it or use other means to open it in their favorite web browser. This means that it will take longer to open those links.

The Firefox Internet browser has a nice feature that can be used to open non-HTML links. Just select the link text, right-click it and select to open the link in a new tab. The browser can identify plain text links automatically to display those options in the context menu.

While that’s a great workaround if you encounter those links on an irregular basis, it may become an annoyance if you happen to encounter plain text links regularly.

That’s where the free userscript Linkify comes into play. The script turns plain text links automatically into clickable HTML links on all http pages (it is not working on https websites).

The script supports http, https, ftp and email address links that are displayed in plain text instead of the HTML code version.

This is the plain text link of the screenshot above.

And this is the very same link after installation of the userscript.

As you can see, the script has modified the plain text link on page load and turned it into a clickable link.

I have tested Linkify Plus under Firefox with Scriptish installed. It is likely that the script will also work under different web browsers, Opera or Chrome for instance. Please note that Linkify Plus can only work its magic if JavaScript is enabled for the particular website you are visiting.

You can install Linkify Plus directly from the official userscripts website.

To make matters worse, there is no option to halt, disable or hide the ticker on Facebook. Some Facebook users think that this is an oversight on Facebook’s part.

When you look at the Userscripts website you will notice more than a dozen scripts that promise to remove the ticker from Facebook. I have tested about six and noticed that many did not work properly. I finally discovered the Facebook Side Ticker remover userscript which works exactly as advertised.

It automatically hides the news ticker on all Facebook pages. All that you need to do for that is to install the userscript in your browser.

I have only tested it under Firefox, it is however likely that it will work under Google Chrome and Opera as well.

Firefox users need to install the Greasemonkey or Scriptish add-on before they can install userscripts. Once done all that is left to do is to go to the Facebook Side Ticker website on the official Userscripts repository website to click on the Install button there.

The ticker on the right side is hidden automatically most of the time. I experienced one or two situations where it remained on page after the page loading finished. A simple reload of the Facebook page was then enough to hide the ticker again.

I suggest you give Facebook Side Ticker Remover a try if you are annoyed by Facebook’s new real-time ticker.

The default homepage for instance does not fit vertically on a computer monitor running a 1920×1200 resolution. Imagine how that looks like on a netbook or tablet with half that resolution. While it is possible to cut down on the gadgets on the page to reduce the space requirements, it means at the same time that less information are displayed on the page.

If you look around, you will notice other areas of improvement, the large header, sidebar or footer areas for instance.

There is no option to remove the static contents from the iGoogle homepage, or at least reduce the height or width. The userscript Super iGoogle changes that. It hides the header, sidebar and footer area of the iGoogle page by default, and offers options to display the modules again should they be needed.

The default homepage after installation of the Super iGoogle userscript looks like this.

As you can see, the header, sidebars and footer area have been removed from the page. The functionality of the page remains the same, it is still possible to move modules around. The only difference is that the modules can now use the full height and width of the screen, with the exception of the small header bar on top of the screen.

Some users may want to retain one of the removed areas, the sidebar for instance or the header. A click on the options button at the upper right corner of the screen displays options to display the hidden page elements again.

A click on one of the elements displays it instantly on the page. It is alternatively possible to use one of the shortcuts to display and hide the elements.

• Display the header with the shortcut Alt-1
• Display the sidebar with the shortcut Alt-2
• Display the footer with the shortcut Alt-3
• Display a mini-search element with Alt-4

Users who do not want the big header but a search on their iGoogle page can display the mini search module instead to search the Google Search engine from their iGoogle page.

Super iGoogle is a userscript. It has been tested under Firefox with the Greasemonkey extension installed. It may run on other web browsers as well, but that has not been tested.

Some Facebook users may want to know if one of their friends has removed them from the friendlist. Usually do remove that friend as well, or to contact that friend to get an understanding of why they were removed from the list.

Facebook itself has no option to display those information. All you can do is to try and access Facebook profiles and their friendlist to see if you are no longer listed as a friend.

The userscript Unfriend Finder is a third party tool that informs you if someone has removed you from their friendlist on Facebook. It furthermore notifies you if someone has declined your friend request and if a friend has deactivated their account on Facebook.

Unfriend Finder is compatible with Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Opera and Safari. It is offered as a userscript that you can either install directly, or after you have installed an extension that adds userscript compatibility.

The userscript adds an Unfriends menu entry to your Facebook sidebar menu, an Unfriends link to the top right menu and an icon next to Facebook chat at the bottom. some of these menus can be removed from Facebook in the program settings. A click on the menu on the right displays all Facebook users who have unfriended you since the installation of the userscript. It is unfortunately not possible to access a history.

Three subgroups are listed beneath the menu. They display Pending friend requests that have not been accepted yet, Settings and Messages.

Options to remove connections, cancel everything or to hide the information are provided by the program.

You can configure notifications and information under settings. Here it is for instance possible to disable some notifications that you are not interested in, for instance if a friend has deactivated or reactivated their profile on Facebook.

You receive notifications whenever you are removed from a Facebook’s friendlist. These notifications use Facebook’s own notification system. Updates are posted in realtime.

The integration into Facebook is well done and unobtrusive. All you need to do is to run the script whenever you are on Facebook. Facebook Unfriend Finder takes care of the rest.

But how is the script working its magic? It basically compares your friendlist regularly to see if there are any changes to it. Facebook users who have been on your friendlist but are missing at a later check are added to the unfriend list.

Facebook users who like to keep taps on their friends on the social networking site should consider installing Unfriend Finder, it does not get any better than this.

The only indication of a link’s destination is the url that is displayed when you hover over the link with the mouse cursor.

Cursor Indicator is a free userscript that addresses this. It will automatically change the mouse cursor when it is moved over a supported file link.

The userscript supports the following file extensions and protocols: zip, doc, exe, pdf, txt, xls and e-mail. Each file extension is indicated with its own cursor design to make the distinction easier.

The cursor change is automatic and requires no user interaction. The standard white mouse cursor will change to the appropriate file type cursor whenever you hover the mouse over a support file link. Please note that this acts as an indicator only, the links remain clickable.

The script is offered for multiple web browsers. According to the project page, it supports Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Opera and Internet Explorer. Firefox users can use the Stylish extension to install it as a user style, or Greasemonkey or Scriptish to install it as a userscript.

The script works on direct links only. Some websites use redirects to link to direct files. Those redirects are not detected by the script which means that the cursor won’t indicate that the destination points to a file.

Cursor Indicator works on all websites and properties. It has been tested on Google and Bing search, as well as on forums and blogs.

Interested users can download the userscript from the UserStyles website.

The preview thumbnails on the new Google Images results page take longer to load, simply because that page displays a multiple of the images displayed on the old Google Images search page.

The userscript Google Image Basic changes the behavior by redirecting users to an old layout page. Redirection does mean that the new image search page is loaded and then redirected to the basic image search page while it is still loading.

Some users may still experience lags and high cpu loads because of this, but those should go away once the old basic search interface starts showing up.

Here are two screenshots that show the new Google Image search results page and the results page after installing the Google Image Basic userscript.

Standard Google Image Search

Google Image Basic

Notice the scrollbar on the standard Google Image search page? That page has lots of space to display thumbnail previews, and all of those thumbnails need to be loaded.

The redirects are automatic, and you do not need to do anything after script installation. I have tested the userscript under Firefox and Google Chrome, and it worked flawlessly under both web browsers. Firefox users need to install Greasemonkey or a comparable add-on like Scriptish first before they can install userscripts. Google Chrome users on the other hand can install the script right away.

The script is active right after installation. If you are on Google Images search currently you need to reload that page before the new interface becomes available.

The core benefit of the userscript is that it reduces the page loading time of Google Image Search and the load it causes while the page and its elements are loaded. Google Image Basic is available at the userscript website.

And then I discovered Zoom Image. Zoom Image is a userscript that should be compatible with all browsers that support userscripts. Firefox users need the Greasemonkey add-on or a comparable add-on like Scriptish to run the userscript.

Once installed it adds a small overlay to the upper left corner of every image. This overlay is only visible if you move the mouse cursor over the image.

The three buttons, from left to right, have the functionality to zoom in, zoom out and reset the image. A click on one of the buttons performs the underlying action. Only the underlying image is affected by the actions, every other page elements stays exactly the same.

While that functionality is handy in itself, it still requires you to click on the toolbar buttons to change the image’s zoom level. The developer therefor has added a second option that does not require clicks at all.

For that you need to move the mouse over the toolbar that the userscripts adds to the image. The mouse wheel can then be used to zoom in and out of the image, completely without clicks. This is probably the more comfortable option, even though it means that you still need to move the mouse cursor on the toolbar before the functionality becomes available.

The script comes with configuration options that unfortunately need to be edited directly in the JavaScript source. Among the options are settings to change the default zoom factor, change the toolbar’s opacity or add custom buttons to the toolbar.

Basic instructions are available at the developer website over at Vadikom. The userscript can be downloaded or installed directly over at Github.

The userscript Soundcloud Super adds options to download all songs from SoundCloud on every page of the music hosting service. The userscript adds a “Use right click save as to download” link to every song header on SoundCloud which links directly to the mp3 file on the SoundCloud server. A right-click on the file and the selection of Save Link or Save As opens the browser’s save as dialog window to save the song to the local hard drive.

The download link is displayed on every page, both for visitors of the service and logged in users.

Soundcloud Super has a second feature, SoundCloud recommendations which taps into Easyrec’s recommendation engine to display song recommendations for the songs that you are playing or looking at over at SoundCloud.

The userscript works right out of the box under Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome. Chrome users can simply install the userscript and start using it right away, Firefox users need the Greasemonkey add-on or a comparable add-on like Scriptish before they can install the userscript in the browser.

Soundcloud Super is available on the userscript project website.

Users who prefer desktop applications can take a closer look at SoundCloud Downloader for Windows, Mac and Linux (with emulation) which is a free desktop application that can download multiple songs at once from SoundCloud.

You need to paste a SoundCloud url into the form under (1) and click on load afterwards. The application scans the page for songs and display every song found under (2). Check the songs that you want to download and specify a download directory under (3) before you click on the download button to download all selected songs. (via Caschy)

Most Facebook users who use the chat stumble upon emoticons by chance, by adding text emoticons to their chat messages that are magically turned into graphics by the chat application on Facebook. There is however no index or toolbar available that shows all the emoticons that are available in the chat.

The userscript Facebook Chat Emoticons Bar adds a toolbar to Facebook’s chat window that displays the available chat emoticons. I’m not a huge fan of emoticons but I know that they are popular.

Lets take a look at the Facebook chat interface once the userscript has been added to the web browser.

All emoticons are added as little images at the top of the Facebook chat bar. You can select them with a click which adds the text emoticon to the chat form at the bottom. The emoticons consist of smileys mainly and several additional options including the option to bold or underline text.

Userscripts are supported by the Firefox web browser if Greasemonkey is installed, by the Google chrome browser and Opera. I have tested the script in Firefox and Google Chrome, and it worked flawlessly in both web browsers. Google Chrome users can install the userscript directly. Opera does not seem to be supported, as only Firefox and Chrome are listed as supported on the userscript profile page.

The Facebook Chat Emoticons Bar can be installed from the userscript website over at userscripts.org. Cautious users may want to read the user comments and take a look at the source code before they install the userscript.

Here are all available text emoticons, handy for those users who do not want to install the userscript, or who use a web browser that does not support those scripts.

:) :( :p :D :o ;) 8) 8| >:( :/ :’( O:) :* <3 ^_^ -_- o.O >:O :v :3 :|] (^^^) :putnam: <(") :42: * _bold_ *

I suggest you enter them all at once in the Facebook chat box to see their effect.

A Youtube user who wants to view a video maximized needs to open it first before the option to switch to fullscreen viewing mode appears as part of the standard user interface. Doing that once may be inconvenient but manageable, but doing it dozen times a day is everything but user friendly.

Youtube TV Mode is a lightweight userscript that will automatically load videos in full screen mode. A left-click on a video loads it in a new tab in the browser. Users who do not want to view all videos in full screen mode can middle-click a video, or right-click the video link and select to open it in a new tab to bypass the userscript automatically.

The video fills the full browser window regardless of its size and the video will always be loaded in HD format if available. This happens automatically without user interaction.

The developer has added an auto-pause feature to the userscript which pauses videos automatically if the video tab is not the active tab. And since videos are opened in new tabs they are automatically paused at least for the time it takes to switch tabs. This means that video data can be buffered in the meantime to reduce the chance of lags and stuttering.

The autopause feature can be disabled on the video screen in the upper right corner. The only remaining controls are to watch the video on Youtube, which loads the video in the normal Youtube interface and the standard Youtube video controls at the bottom.

Youtube TV Mode has been only tested in the Firefox web browser. It is likely that it will work in other browsers that support userscripts. Let us know in the comments if you have tested that. Firefox users need to install the Greasemonkey extension or Scriptish before they can install the userscript in the web browser.

Update: The userscript has been removed from the official Userscript website. An alternative is YouTube HD Ultimate.

The Firefox extension supports all userscripts that can be loaded into Greasemonkey, and then some that make use of Google chrome functions that Greasemonkey does not support right now.

Probably the biggest problem for existing Greasemonkey users is that Scriptish cannot import userscripts from Greasemonkey, which means that they need to be installed anew before they become available in the new extension. But that is a one time process and should not take that long, especially since the developer has posted a guide to manually import Greasemonkey userscripts into Scriptish on the official website.

Scriptish offers a better manageability of userscripts. It is for instance possible to edit excludes and includes, and a userscript’s options in the Firefox add-on manager. Greasemonkey users need to be on one of the pages supported by the userscript to access the options. The extension in addition reveals more information about userscripts directly in the add-on manager.

Is Scriptish the better Greasemonkey? It certainly offers support for features that Greasemonkey does not offer. More interesting than that may be that it offers better access to configuration options and additional information about individual userscripts.

Does it offer a better performance than Greasemonkey? I could not really tell a difference, but that does not mean there is none as it depends a lot on the computer and the scripts that are used.

Scriptish is an option for Greasemonkey users who experience performance problems when running scripts, users who want to run userscripts that are working in Chrome but not in Firefox and users who prefer extensions that receive regular updates. For the rest it is definitely an extension to keep an eye on.

The userscript Webcomic Reader offers a partial solution for the problem. Partial? Yes, it is only compatible with site’s specified b the developer. Among the hundred+ websites that are supported are popular destinations such as XKCD, One Manga or Penny Arcade. A full list is available on the userscript profile page, more about that later.

Back to why the userscript is a godsend for comic lovers. Probably the most noticeable feature is the ability to pre-load images or pages. Couple that with Ajax navigation for instant page changes and keyboard shortcuts, and you reduce the page load delay to an absolute minimum. The delay is barely noticeable on fast connections.

Webcomic Reader automatically positions the page so that the comic is shown at the very top. It adds several buttons right beneath the comic which can be used to navigate back and forth with the mouse (this can also be done by clicking directly on the images). There is also a button to remember the page which basically acts as a bookmark without saving a bookmark.

Configuration options are displayed below that allow the user to open the userscript’s settings, switch between the standard and minimalistic layout (which only displays the comic and navigation basically), and enable or disable the fit to screen option.

The following keyboard shortcuts are available to navigate even faster:

• Left/right arrows to move to the previous/next page
• Ctrl+arrows to scroll
• F5 or “.” to reload the current page
• “-” to toggle between the original and minimalistic layout
• “+” to toggle the fit-to-screen option (zooms in or out the image to make it fit in the window)
• Ctrl+Shift+A to add the current page to the site’s bookmarks
• Ctrl+Shift+B to set the current page as the only bookmark
• Ctrl+Shift+X to toggle the “debug mode” (to get alerts on errors, useful for testing settings for new sites)
• “,” while in “debug mode” to see the currently preloaded links/images

Keyboard shortcuts can be changed in the program settings.

What else; Oh yeah, it is possible to add your own site to the userscript. How is that done? Well the developer explains it in detail on the userscript’s homepage but there is a quick rundown. Please note that this only works in Firefox with Greasemonkey installed.

• Right-click the Greasemonkey icon and select Manage User Scripts.
• Select Webcomic Reader and click the Add button. Enter website addresses that you want to add to the userscript.
• Try it, may work out of the box.
• If it does not open the Site settings under User Script Commands – Webcomic Reader – Settings and start modifying parameters.

Webcomic Reader offers everything that one expects, it fastens up page loading times thanks to pre-loading, Ajax and better navigational options, can remember page positions without saving bookmarks and has options to add support for new web comics that are not supported by default.

The userscript works best in Firefox thanks to the advanced options that are available there. It is however compatible with Opera and Google Chrome as well. Check the userscript page for restrictions on this. The userscript is available for installation at the Userscript.org website.