Monkey Business

Wednesday March 23rd 2005, 10:20 am Printer Friendly Version
Filed under:Firefox, World Wide Web
Posted By: Matt

CNet discusses another potential problem with Greasemonkey: malicious scripts. Add that to the potential backlash from site operators that I mentioned last week, and it’s clear that we want to be on the lookout for safer alternatives to Greasemonkey scripts. That said, existing scripts have a hidden benefit, besides their immediate utility, in that they tell us in great detail what the requirements would be for a potential replacement.


1 Comment »

  1. Yep. Tim Bray has made the point (repeatedly) that technologies succeed when they hit the 80/20 point.

    And that standardization should occur on the basis of experience, and not innovation.

    People didn’t cook up the cookie spec before the web went live. There was a lot of existing art that informed the requirements and security concerns.

    I’m happy to make this useful mess. I think the web will be pushed forward (in a small way) on the basis of what we’re learning.

    Comment by Jeremy Dunck — 3/23/2005 @ 6:12 pm

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