Interfaces for Scripting: Making Greasemonkey Scripts Resilient to Website Upgrades

Publication Details
Title Interfaces for Scripting: Making Greasemonkey Scripts Resilient to Website Upgrades
Authors Oscar Díaz, Cristóbal Arellano, Jon Iturrioz
Author Count 3
Type Conference Paper
Publication Date Jul 2010
Year 2010
Where Published Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Quartile N/A
DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-13911-6_16
ResearchGate URL https://www.researchgate.net/publication/220940647_Interfaces_for_Scripting_Making_Greasemonkey_Scripts_Resilient_to_Website_Upgrades
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Abstract

Thousands of users are streamlining their Web interactions through user scripts using special weavers such as Greasemonkey. Thousands of programmers are releasing their scripts in public repositories. Millions of downloads prove the success of this approach. So far, most scripts are just a few lines long. Although the amateurism of this community c...