- Stylish
Infobox_Software
name = Stylish
caption =
developer =Jason Barnabe
latest_release_version = 0.5.7
latest_release_date =May 17 ,2008
operating_system =Cross-platform
genre =Mozilla extension
license = GPL
website = [http://www.userstyles.org/stylish www.userstyles.org/stylish]
Stylish is a free
Mozilla extension that allows for the manipulation of web pages and XUL application user interfaces through the use of CSS. The "userstyles", as they are called, are available locally or from centralized web-site [http://www.userstyles.org/] , which allows style sharing. It is available forMozilla Firefox ,Mozilla Thunderbird , and Flock.Technical Details
The stylesheets made for Stylish are saved in a location, and then inserted when the page is visited. Typically, users would have to insert an
!importantafter every rule declaration to override default styles on web pages.Comparison to Greasemonkey
It is often compared to
Greasemonkey , another Mozilla extension that allows for the client-side manipulation of web pages through userscripts, which is essentially dynamically insertedJavaScript . Furthermore, the style repository at userstyles.org allows you to add custom made stylesheets as Greasemonkey scripts.Examples
Below are some examples of Stylish user styles being applied to web pages.
External links
* [http://userstyles.org Online repository for user-created stylesheets]
* [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2108 Mozilla Add-ons entry for Stylish]
* [http://community.linux.com/community/07/04/30/1557201.shtml Linux.com - "Make the whole Web look better with Stylish"]
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