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List of augmented browsing software

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Main article: Augmented browsing

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  • Bookmarklets (JavaScript - last update: always working) Can execute arbitrary JavaScript on any page, but requires a user to click them, rather than running automatically
  • Firebug (Firefox extension for developers - last update: 2017) Allows arbitrary real time changes to a page's DOM
  • Grammarly (Browser extension - last update: 2017) Grammar, plagiarism and spell checker which can retrieve definitions and synonyms for marked words
  • Greasekit (last update: 2008) Provides userscripting for Safari (WebKit)
  • Greasemonkey (Firefox extension - last update: 2017) Alters the output of web content immediately after being displayed
  • iMacros (Browser extension - last update: 2016) Allows the user to record and replay "Internet Macros" for web automation, web scraping or web testing
  • monastic-browser (In-browser - last update: 2019) Rebuild the innocent web with Monastic Markdown-first web browser
  • Proxomitron (Proxy-level language - last update: 2003) Available since late 1990s, predates JavaScript active browsing and provides a similar function for all browsers using a regular expression-like matching language
  • Stylish (Firefox extension - last update: 2017) Client-side manipulation of webpage content

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