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Google Chrome 2.0 Pre-Beta
Google Operating System — ... * support for Greasemonkey scripts (or user-scripts). To enable this experimental feature you need to right-click on Chrome's shortcut from your desktop, select Properties and add --enable-user-scripts in the Target field. While you're in the Properties dialog, click on "Open File Location" and create a folder named User Scripts, where you'll need to manually save scripts. ...

Google Chrome 2.0 Pre-Beta Now Available, Supports Profile Switching, User Scripts [Beta Beat]
Lifehacker — ... , including support for user scripts ( la Greasemonkey but not yet full Greasemonkey compatibility), easy profile switching, form autofill ( la every browser in the world), and full page zooming. You'll need to download the ...

Google Releases First Pre-Beta of Chrome 2.0
ReadWriteWeb — ... tentative support for Greasemonkey scripts: you have follow these instructions, and not every script will work (for us, only about 1 in 3 worked), but it's a start. Hopefully, Google will include a UI for managing user scripts in one of the next versions ...

Google readying Mac, Linux versions of Chrome 2.0
APC - Tagged Articles - Apple — ... ). You can add a --enable-user-scripts flag to your Google Chrome shortcut to enable user scripts. See the developer documentation for details. A new HTTPS-only browsing mode. Add --force-https to your Google Chrome shortcut, and it will only load HTTPS sites. Sites with SSL certificate errors will not load.

Google Talks Chrome 2.0 and the Delay for Mac/Linux Compatibility
Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim — ... Could this be the beginning of a transition to plugins in Chrome? This is exactly what I’ve been waiting for. Chrome has always been second fiddle for my browsing needs because of its lack of add-on features. See the developer documentation for details. ...

AdSweep Blocks Ads in Google Chrome and Opera [Downloads]
Lifehacker — ... files. The instructions for installing the single AdSweep.user.js file in your Opera or Chrome browser are laid out step-by-step on AdSweep's main page. Opera users have a mostly graphical process, while Chrome users will have to check their version and then make a few tweaks to enable user scripts . The site notes that AdSweep will work for Firefox as well, along with Safari and Internet Explorer with some third-party add-ons, but each of those platforms has their own ad-blocking solutions, like Firefox's ...

Google Chrome Will Have Extensions by May
Google Operating System — ... explains the process model for extensions. The latest developer versions of Google Chrome already supports user scripts, which could later become part of more complex extensions. ...

Extensions Coming in May for Chrome: Look Out IE [OStatic]
GigaOM Network — ... delves into the exact processes for developing Chrome extensions. The Chromium core also already supports user scripts. ...

Extensions Coming in May for Chrome: Look Out IE
OStatic blogs — ... to enhance with the browser." As I've written before, this, along with the delivery of Mac and Linux versions of Chrome, will kick the browser into high gear, with Internet Explorer facing many problems. Google has already made plans for encouraging and delivering Chrome extensions available. In this post, goals and guidelines are summarized. And this post delves into the exact processes for developing Chrome extensions. The Chromium core also already supports user scripts. “The system should be able to support an open-ended list of APIs ...

Extensions for Google Chrome Coming In May?
TechCrunch — ... on the topic if we didn’t see them sometime around the date of the conference. Extensions, which are very popular among Firefox users, were notably absent from Chrome when it launched last September. Google has since made it clear that it has always planned to provide for them at some point. However, many have taken it into their hands to hack away at Chrome on their own. As Google Operating System points out, Google has already enabled user scripts for Chrome. A draft of the extensions model can also be found here. ...

Google Chrome 2.0 Beta
Google Operating System — ... * Greasemonkey support, with some limitations. Not all the Greasemonkey extensions will work, there's no user interface for adding scripts, but it's a simple way to extend the limited features offered by Chrome. ...

Google Chrome Extensions Are Happening in the Latest Beta [Google Chrome]
Lifehacker — ... " aren't really much to speak of, and the process of installing an extension still seems very much like running Chrome with user scripts , but it's great to see that they're making some progress on the extensions front. As Google Operating System is quick to point out, these "extensions" are in fact "just fancy wrappers for user scripts, but there are plans to make them more useful by exposing browser features and allowing developers to create interfaces." Hit the link below for a quick guide to installing your first (not terribly useful) Chrome extension if you're eager to ...

Disable Google Chrome's New Tab Page
Google Operating System — ... , you can easily enable the user scripts support by following the instructions from this page: find or create a shortcut for Chrome's executable, right-click on the shortcut, select "Properties" and append to the value from the Target field --enable-user-scripts (include a space before the flag). Create a directory named User Scripts in one of ...

Bring Back the Small Google Search Box
Google Operating System — If you don't like Google's new search box and you think the font size is way too big, there's a Greasemonkey script that brings back the old interface. I've tested the script in Firefox and Google Chrome, so you should try it if you use one of these browsers. In Firefox, you need to install the Greasemonkey extension, restart the browser and then install the script. If you use Google Chrome Dev Channel or a recent Chromium build, follow these instructions and copy the script to the User Scripts directory. ...

Use Google's Document Viewer to Read PDF Files Online
Google Operating System — Google Docs Viewer is a handy way to view PDF, PPT and TIFF files online, without having to install plug-ins or additional applications. Unfortunately, Google didn't make it easy to use the viewer without having to manually generate URLs. A Greasemonkey script automates the process by replacing all the links to PDF, PPT and TIFF files from a page with links to Google's document viewer. To use the script, you need to install Greasemonkey in Firefox or use a dev build of Google Chrome. It should also work in Opera, Safari + GreaseKit and Internet ...

Google Chrome Converts User Scripts into Extensions
Google Operating System — A recent Chromium build added a feature that converts user scripts into extensions. Until now, Google's browser didn't provide an interface for adding and managing user scripts, so you had to manually copy the scripts to a folder. ...