Butler rewrites Google pages and adds functionality

By at 5:29 pm Monday, Mar 14

Mark Pilgrim has released an amazing browser enhancer called "Butler" (requires Firefox and Greasemonkey) that adds loads of functionality to Google: 
* removes ads on most Google pages
* fixes fonts on most Google pages
* Google web search:
	  o adds links to other search sites ("Try your search on...")
	  o in news results, adds links to other news sites
	  o in movie results, adds links to other movie sites
	  o in weather results, adds links to other weather sites
	  o in product results, adds links to other product sites
* Google image search:
	  o adds links to other image/photo/art sites
* Google News:
	  o adds links to other news sites
* Froogle:
	  o adds links to other product sites
* Google Print:
	  o Removes image copying restrictions
	  o adds links to other book sites
* Google Toolbar Firefox page:
	  o adds links to other Firefox-friendly toolbars
Link (Thanks, Dan!)

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