It’s entitled “User Script Compiler” and it is very easy to use.
Now you’re free to do the same - even if you don’t have any programming knowledge.
First, you should probably get the actual Greasemonkey script.
Go to your Firefox profile in your Windows Explorer and find the “gm_scripts” sub-folder.
Alternatively, you’ve got the option to download some scripts from Userscripts.org.
bring up the text file and you have your code.
Then go to theUser Script Compilerand enter the required information in the fields provided.
I just copied and pasted the entire contents of the text file into the User Script field.
Then when all fields are filled, press the “compile” button.
An XPI file should now be generated for you onto your system.
That’s your new Firefox extension.
Close and restart Firefox and your extension should now be there.
Try it out to see if it works.
I tried it on three different Greasemonkey scripts and they work flawlessly.
Oh and don’t forget to delete the original Greasemonkey script which is now not needed!
You’re probably asking by now what the advantage is of doing all this.
Isn’t a Greasemonkey script and a Firefox extension essentially doing the same thing?
It’s much easier to point them to an extension and say “press that”.
If they have to drop in the Greasemonkey extension and then the script, they would probably not bother.
Are there any other Firefox compiler tools out there that we should know about?
