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What is Greasemonkey

Chapter 2
Handbook of Research on Open Source Software: Technological, Economic, and Social Perspectives
An extension for the Mozilla Firefox browser that enables users to install client-side user scripts that alter the behavior and appearance of Web pages. The alterations occur as a Web page is downloaded and rendered in a user’s Web browser. The alterations occur without the consent of the site owners.
Published in Chapter:
Greasemonkey and a Challenge to Notions of Authorship
Brian D. Ballentine (West Virginia University, USA)
Copyright: © 2007 |Pages: 11
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59140-999-1.ch002
Abstract
This chapter introduces Greasemonkey, a new extension for the Firefox browser, which enables users to alter the behavior and appearance of Web pages as the pages load. The chapter claims that Greasemonkey is forcing a reevaluation of what it means to be an author in digital environments. Using Michel Foucault’s (1979) original question, “What is an author?” the chapter argues that creators of Greasemonkey scripts take on the additional roles of designer and programmer. Also, the chapter cautions that since Greasemonkey scripts have the ability to alter the layout, navigation, and advertising on a Web page, there may be legal ramifi cations in the future for this open source project.
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