Better Cache Pages -- Greasemonkey

Greasemonkey is an addon for the Firefox web browser that can customized the way a web page looks using Javascript.  Some creative cachers have written some Greasemonkey scripts for a variety of Geocaching.com web pages, that add some useful features to the page.  This tutorial will highlight how Greasemonkey works, and why you might want to take a look at it.  At the bottom of this page, there is a video highlighting showing these Greasemonkey scripts at work.

In order to use Greasemonkey, you will first need to download and install Firefox.  Firefox is an excellent web browser and is completely free.  Even without Greasemonkey, you will enjoy using Firefox.  You can download it from here.

After installing Firefox, you can install the latest version of Greasemonkey here .  Installing addons with Firefox is easy, and Greasemonkey is no exception.

Finally, you will need to add the various Geocaching Greasemonkey scripts that you want to use.  Here are some of the ones that I particularly like:

Greasemonkey Scripts at Locus Prime

• More Maps Plus Driving Directions -- adds links for driving directions, Google Satelite and Google hybrid maps
• Show All Logs -- this script will show the cache page in "all logs mode" so you can read all the logs on one page
• Sequential Log Counter -- this adds a link to the logging page that keeps a sequential count of finds, and allows you to insert it in your logs.
• Seek Page Logging -- adds an icon to the lists of cache pages that takes you directly to the log page

There are quite a few others on the Locus Prime page, so be sure to check them out and see if they interest you.

Lil Devil's Greasemonkey Scripts

•  Geocaching Bag-o-Tricks -- a useful collection of enhancements such as adding email links by cache owner's names, widening text boxes, auto-enabling the checkboxes on cache submission pages.

Normam Walsh "Geocaching with Decimal Degrees " script -- adds decimal degrees to the cache page description.

You will need to have FlashPlayer installed in order to view this video.