Download the new Switched app for your iPhone

Skip to Content

Stay up to date with Switched's CES 2010 coverage
AOL Tech

Filed under: Google, Open Source, Browsers

Customizing Chromium with Userscripts gets way easier in nightly build

You won't notice this change in Google Chrome just yet, even if you're running the developer channel. But if you happen to be one of the intrepid souls who routinely download and roll the dice on Chromium nightly builds, you've now got a much easier way to install Userscripts.

In past releases, you had to manually save Userscripts into your Chromium (or Chrome) Userdata\Default folder. Not any more! Now, all you have to do is click on the .js download link for any Userscript. Once saved, Chromium automatically converts the script to a Chrome Extension.
Userscripts can then be disabled, re-enabled, and uninstalled just like any other extensions from Chromium's chrome://extensions page.

It's a simple (but welcome) progression. After all, Chrome's extensions are very similar to Userscripts and the conversion process is fairly simple (it can be done with a tiny Python script).

Now that they're easier to get installed, why not check out our previous list of 10 handy Userscripts which work on Chrome? You can find more at Userscripts.org, but remember to avoid scripts which say they're made for Greasemonkey - they rarely (if ever) work properly in Chromium and Chrome.

[via Google OS]
jobs & resumes
Mac Support Technician

Kerdan - Cambridge, MA (2 weeks ago)

See More Relevant Jobs ›

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Featured Time Waster

Level Up! A platform-hopping RPG Time-Waster

I don't know if this is a labor of love or merely the brainchild of four very gifted games designers, but Level Up is a really weird mash-up of gaming elements that you have probably never seen in a Flash game before. Let's start with the premise itself: Groundhog Day meets Memento. The game experience revolves around 'days': you explore the world and the clock slowly ticks towards the evening. You bounce around picking up gems and talking to the denizens of 'Level Upland'. Eventually you feel tired and head back to ...

View more Time Wasters


Follow us on Twitter!

More Tech Coverage

Joystiq

TUAW

DailyFinance

Autoblog

Urlesque

Engadget

WoW

Switched.com

FanHouse