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Ask HN: Is there an accepted name for writing browser-based user scripts?
The type of development I mean is GreaseMonkey or TamperMonkey scripts -- or even browser plugins -- that modify and "hack" web pages after they've loaded in the browser.
Is there a name to refer to this type of thing? Is this an accepted or pseudo-discipline? I'm trying to find best practices around this, but it's hard when there doesn't seem to be a nomenclature around it.
- p_ing 1y agoUser scripts is the name you're looking for. https://github.com/awesome-scripts/awesome-userscripts?tab=readme-ov-file https://github.com/awesome-scripts/awesome-userscripts?tab=r...
- gnatman 1y agoI recently learned about “bookmarklets” — browser bookmarks that execute javascript on the current webpage.