Monday, March 14, 2005

Butler rewrites Google pages and adds functionality


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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