My last post was written as an introduction to the Greasemonkey API from Gmail. Its intent was to introduce wouldbe greasemonkey scripters to the various methods that are available in the API. It has recently come to my attention, however, that not everybody is interested in writing their own scripts. Perhaps, in fact, I am a member of the minority.  *gasp*

So. This post will be a simple rundown on how to install my Ad-Removing script, for those that aren't interested in how it works:

1- Get Firefox.

2- Install the Greasemonkey Add-On.

3- If you are using Gmail, install this script.  If you are using Google Apps, install this script.

4- Refresh Gmail/Google Apps.

And that's all there is to it. Lately there have been periodic changes in the way Gmail sets up their pages. I'm usually pretty quick to update the script, so if something starts looking weird, come back here, or head over to userscripts.org (links to follow) and re-install the script.

As a sidenote, while you're at userscripts.org check out some of the other scripts that are available from other users. There is a huge quantity of scripts there that do a lot of helpful things, and once you have Greasemonkey installed, it is a simple thing to add new scripts. Just do a search for the page that you're interested in modifying, or the action you want it to do (ie: remove facebook ads), and likely somebody has written a script for that purpose. Just be careful, as the big red banner at the top of every script page says, if you're installing a script that is new. I would go as far as to say that if you're not familiar with scripting, you shouldn't install a script if less than a couple hundred people have installed it. Also check out the comments to see what other users have said about it. And that's a wrap, as they say. Enjoy my script, and check out some others while you are at it. 

My pages on userscripts.org:

The Gmail Script

The Google Apps Script