[Greasemonkey] Combobulate

[Jeremy Dunck]

On 10/17/05, Porges <porges at gmail.com> wrote:
> Basically it does a lookup using the host of the current page to find
> CSS/JavaScript to inject into the page, then removes all the elements
> which match a set of XPaths it is given.

You eval the returned JS.  You may be a good guy, but I wouldn't
install this script nor trust the community to supply only
well-intentioned scripts per-domain.  :)

> The primary focus I have for it is the removal of ads, although the
> JavaScript aspect is there to be used for getting rid of other
> annoyances such as so-called "interstitial" pages.

For the ad bit, you've seen AdBlock, right?  There's a ginormous
community keeping the blacklist up to date.  Nice wheel they have
there.  :)

> Any suggestions for how to implement a system for users to submit
> their own rules would be appreciated as that's where I'm sticking at
> the moment :)

There's been talk of wikifying userscript.org, but unfortunately, I've
spent very little time on it.

> This is my first post to the mailing list and my first GM script so
> please don't be too harsh!

Nah, we're only jerks to the regulars...