Mixx and Greasemonkey

We’ve had this question pop up a couple of times (most recently from emitstop on Twitter): Mixxers want to know what Team Mixx thinks about Greasemonkey.

If you’re not familiar with Greasemonkey, let’s bring you up to speed. Greasemonkey is an extension for the Firefox web browser (our favorite!) that allows you to enhance webpages using small, installable scripts. There’s a very large repository of scripts that you can install available at Userscripts.org. If you poke around Userscripts.org for any amount of time, you’ll find great scripts for some of your favorite sites (other than Mixx, of course) like YouTube, Digg, and FriendFeed.

Here at Mixx World Headquarters, we strive to bring you the tools you need to have the best possible social experience on the web. There’ll be cases though where there’s some little feature or enhancement that you want that we just haven’t gotten around to yet. This is where Greasemonkey can come in handy!

So, to answer the questions directly: We don’t mind our Mixxers using Greasemonkey scripts so long as those scripts don’t do anything mean, nasty, or nefarious. This means you shouldn’t use a script of any kind to violate our Terms of Use. Go on, give ‘em a read. They’re pretty straightforward and actually kind of entertaining. If you’re concerned that a script you’re using may violate our Terms of Use, drop us a line at feedback@mixx.com and we’ll deal with it. You should feel comfortable doing this without having to fear the banhammer.

We hope that answers your questions about Mixx and Greasemonkey. Now go write some cool scripts!

~ Jason

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