With now over 400 Million members, Facebook is the Number One social network world wide. However, it’s far from being perfect- there are tons of forums, blogs, and web sites out there discussing how to improve Facebook. Luckily, there are some easy ways to customize Facebook’s look-and-feel, and sometimes even to add new options and features. All you have to do is install the Greasemonkey add-on for Firefox.
Then, just download some of the web browser applications, and there you go! In case you’ve never heard of Greasemonkey or userscripts before- Greasemonkey is basically the plugin that enables Firefox to use userscripts. These are little web applications that enhance your browsing experience. Got it? It’s that easy. And now, let’s see who unfriends you on Facebook, start to manage your Farmville wall, get a MafiaWars alphabetic member list, or even integrate Google Calendar into your Facebook page.
1. Facebook Unfriend Finder
If you’re posting too much, or too much useless stuff, your Facebook contacts might get annoyed and consider you more a spammer than a friend. Result: Less friends. Or, after the last fight your partner (with whom you were friends on Facebook, regrettably) decides to delete you as a Facebook friend even before telling you that the relationship is over. Whatever the reason might be to have a -1 on your friends count, you just want to know who dropped you, unfaithfully. With the Facebook Unfriend Finder Firefox plugin, it’s easy to track. After installation, you’ll find a new tab in the upper menu – “Unfriends”.
2. Farmville Wall Manager
Are you a Farmville fanatic? Then, trying out the Farmville Wall Manager is a must. The script automatically accepts/grabs bonuses, bouquets, animals, eggs, fuel, presents, mystery boxes, and collectables. Additionally, it lets you choose which animals you want to adopt, which eggs you want to hatch, and much more… pretty useful stuff, eh?
3. Facebook MafiaWars Alphabetical Member List and Auto Helper
Mafia Wars can be both addictive (for those sending out invites) and uber annoying (for the ones receiving all these invites). In the latter case, block the application. But if you’re part of the MafiaWars gang, check out the MafiaWars Alphabetical Member List plugin. It lets you sort and display the members list in Mafia Wars, produce a leader board, and a Top Mafia list with bonuses. You can also install the Mafia Wars Wall Auto Help that helps you to do friends jobs, and gets you free boosts and helps in mafia declared wars.
4. Facebook Fixer
This is really powerful stuff. The Facebook Fixer plugin adds some shiny little features to your Facebook page, such as a big profile picture, bigger album pictures, video download links, localization, translation, age and sign, Google Calendar integration, keyboard shortcuts, and some more homepage customization. Don’t believe it? Run in the install and see.
5. Remove Recent Activity
Since the latest security and privacy update in 2009, all of your recent activities on Facebook will appear on both your wall and your friends news feed. Facebook has ways to customize what actions you’ll share with others, but you cannot prevent all of your actions from appearing in ‘recent activity’. The Remove Recent Activity plugin simply adds another button right below your profile picture with which you can erase your recent activity completely.
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