[dundee] NoHelpDesk

[Lee Hughes]

All I can say is wow, that's an uber tool!


azmodie <azmodie at gmail.com> wrote: i agree the problem all be it a wider one is a battle we will always face as there is always a cost in changing any product.
hence the need to persuade theses companies that it is in there interest and cab be extremely financially viable. 

as i see the current problem with blackboard and webct is not a problem of source code due the fact that the javascript and html source code is available via the old trusted method of view source option available in all browsers. 

thus getting to my point is something that in itself can be modified by use of greasmonkey plugin available for firefox.

Greasemonkey scripts have been used to mofdify existing websites without directly modifinig the site itself.  

for example the job center plus site contained ie specific javascript which caused there job search page to fail to function in Firefox. Ok in this case it was only a three line rewrite to fix the code.

so there is nothing to stop anyone from finding the errors in the code and rewriting it with a greasmonkey script. 
also greasmokey scripts can utilise ajax to enhance the site too.

references:  
http://greasemonkey.mozdev.org/
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greasemonkey
http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2005/09/01/what-is-greasemonkey.html

 http://userscripts.org/  -- Greasemonkey scripts for your favorite sites.

azmodie

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