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Fix Unread Gmail Favicons In Better Gmail 2 And Greasemonkey

12:30AM Kevin Purdy | Firefox with Greasemonkey: Gmail recently made a few tweaks to its message count API, leaving tools like the favicon message indictors by Eric Bogs and Peter Wooley, along with Gina’s own Better Gmail 2 Firefox extension, broken. Now they’re fixed. More »
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64-Bit Foxtel Download Manager Hack

12:00PM Angus Kidman | One of the big complaints about Foxtel Downloads is the fact it’s not available for 64-bit Windows users (let alone Mac or Linux). Foxtel still doesn’t have an official timeline for cross-platform support, but with a little messing around it is possible to access downloads on 64-bit Windows. More »
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Google Homepage Reloaded Script Lets You Search Other Sites

4:00PM Angus Kidman | Mostly use Google to search but occasionally want to check somewhere else? A simple user script can make that happen. More »
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Chromium Installs User Scripts As Extensions

3:00AM Kevin Purdy | The nightly builds of Google Chrome’s open-source foundation, Chromium, includes a feature that might mean great things for Greasemonkey fans. Click on a user script file, such as at UserScripts.org, and Chromium asks to install it as a working extension. More »
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Facebook Keyboard Navigation Makes It Easier To Jump Around

12:00AM Kevin Purdy | Firefox with Greasemonkey: If you’re going to spend your time on Facebook, you can at least make it quicker to browse through and confirm that nothing earth-shattering has occurred. A simple Greasemonkey plug-in assigns Facebook sections to simple keyboard buttons. More »
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Google Reader Absolutely Customizable Puts You In Control

9:30PM Dustin Luck | Firefox with Greasemonkey: Previously mentioned Stylish script Google Reader Absolutely Compact removes a lot of the Google Reader interface to get more on-screen, but for some it takes away too much. Google Reader Absolutely Customizable lets you choose what to hide. More »
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Make Greasemonkey Scripts Work In Opera

6:00AM The How-To Geek | We’ve long been fans of using user scripts to change the way the web works, but since Greasemonkey only runs on Firefox, Opera users are usually left out in the cold. More »
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Make A Doodle Your Permanent Google Icon

10:30PM Kevin Purdy | Firefox: Google’s clever, mysterious and completely random logo changes, known as “doodles”, usually last for just one day. With this Greasemonkey script, you can make any official Google doodle the logo you always see when searching. More »
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Helvetimail Gives A Minimal Facelift To Gmail

3:30AM Adam Pash | Firefox/Chrome/Opera/Safari/IE: Gmail’s already got several great themes, but if you’ve never been satisfied with Gmail’s clutter, the Helvetimail user script transforms Gmail into a Helvetica-based, stripped-down interface. More »
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Get Real-Time Search Results From Google

9:30PM Kevin Purdy | Google’s built-in options let you filter your searches to show “Recent” or “Past 24 hours” results, but a quick URL tweak can give searchers near-real-time results. With a bookmarklet, you can activate Google’s semi-hidden real-time results on any search. More »