Greasemonkey for Firefox 2.0 beta
While Firefox 2.0 is in beta, Greasemonkey 0.6.4 is not yet compatible with this new beta version. I noticed that most of GM just appears to work for me, it only won't install. unless you tweak the bundled "install.rdf" file to increase the upper version limit to 2.0
The patched GM installer now is correctly recognized by Firefox 2.0b1 and installed. The only glitch I noticed was that user scripts are not visually marked as such in the browser window (the header including the install button is missing), but you can still install a user script from the Tools menu.
I put up a link to the patched version for your convenience, but remember: there is no warranty, it may kill your computer and all that, just use it at your own risk. And please, compare the file to the original/official GM 0.6.4 version, to see for yourself that only the version number in istall.rdf was changed (and no malware etcetera was added)!!!
Link: download greasemonkey-0.6.4-fx-2.0b.xpi - unzip, verify the contents (see below) and then install in Firefox 2.0 by dragging the XPI file on a browser window.
Verification of your GM file
For your own security, you should always carefully scrutinze any plugin you don't get from the official location (you might even want to inspect the official ones...)!
- Download Greasemonkey from the official location.
- Unzip in dicretory "gmold"
- Download my Patched greasemonkey-0.6.4-fx-2.0b.xpi
- Unzip in directory "gmnew"
- Compare both directories using a diff tool: on *nix and OSX simply type
diff -r gmold gmnew - The output should look like this:
$ diff -r gmold gmnew diff -r gmold/install.rdf gmnew/install.rdf 31c31 < <em:maxVersion>1.5.0.*</em:maxVersion> --- > <em:maxVersion>2.0.*</em:maxVersion>
You can of course apply this patch by hand to be sure. If you see other differences, something went terribly wrong and you should not install the XPI!
About Greasemonkey
Greasemonkey is a Firefox extension, which can change web pages by applying cleverly crafted user scripts after they are loaded in the browser.
Tip! Greasemonkey Hacks by Mark Pilgim.
More Greasemonkey User Scripts
For more, and a couple of Greasemonkey resources, see Greasemonkey User Scripts.
