Thursday, May 19, 2005

Greasemonkey & Web Design

As a Web interface designer, I’m watching the recent torrent of Greasemonkey scripts with great interest.

For the uninitiated, Greasemonkey is a Firefox extension that allows users to load custom DHTML scripts that modify a specific website anytime they visit it. “Greasemonkey allows you to fix website annoyances or add desired functionality missing from a site. Additionally, the scripts can bring content from other sites and resources and embed them into the page you are viewing.”

I guess my interest in Greasemonkey is tri-fold:

    * As a new form of User Needs Analysis
    * As a means of Improving the Web Experience
    * How it impacts content/site/interface/etc. Ownership (and responsibility) (Via Functioning Form)

Greasemonkey - User Interface Design, Human Computer Interaction (HCI), Ergonomics

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