I use Facebook the way you should; for keeping track of my friends, their information, planning events, discussing things, etc. I don’t believe that Facebook should be another MySpace (a popularity contest).
That being aside, I didn’t enjoy the fact that Facebook now allows “apps” (applications/widgets) to be added to profiles. Sure, some applications are useful, but like MySpace, it gets annoying. So, with that I created a Greasemonkey script to remove, per se, all those apps. You can also specify others, such as “Mini-Feed”, “Education”, etc.
To use this script, you need Greasemonkey addon. Once you have it, just go here and click install: http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/11747.
I spent around 1 hour and whipped it up and it works better wonders. To me, it loads the page faster. Here’s the code:
// Facebook Profile Cleaner // // Version 1.0 // // Date Written: 2007-08-26 // // Copyright (c) 2007, Ali Karbassi // Released under the GPL license // http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html // // -------------------------------------------------------------------- // // This is a Greasemonkey user script. // // To install, you need Greasemonkey: http://greasemonkey.mozdev.org/ // Then restart Firefox and revisit this script. // Under Tools, there will be a new menu item to "Install User Script". // Accept the default configuration and install. // // To uninstall, go to Tools/Manage User Scripts, // select "Facebook Profile Cleaner", and click Uninstall. // // -------------------------------------------------------------------- // // WHAT IT DOES: // After the facebook profile page is loaded, it finds all the // applications that are not in the list below and 'removes' them. By // remove, I mean, not display them. // // NOTE: This does not alter, delete, edit, add, or anything else to // your facebook profile. Just remove or disable this script and // everything will be displayed the same as it used to // -------------------------------------------------------------------- // // ==UserScript== // @name Facebook Profile Cleaner // @namespace http://tech.karbassi.com/ // @description Removes applications from all profiles. Clean out // all those annoying applications people add. This // script will remove all the applications (plus // others if specified) from any facebook profile // you view. // @include http://*.facebook.com/* // ==/UserScript== // Comment out the ones you don't want displayed // Note: This list is the 'original' apps var AppsToKeep = [ 'box_app_2407511955', // Mutual Friends 'box_app_2356318349', // Local Network Friends //'box_app_2503140832', // Friends in Other Networks 'box_app_2305272732', // Photos //'box_app_2347471856', // Notes //'box_app_2361831622', // Groups //'box_app_2341989679', // Mini-Feed 'box_app_2327158227', // Information 'box_app_2297529396', // Education and Work //'box_app_2386512837', // Gifts 'box_app_2719290516', // The Wall ]; // DO NOT EDIT // Well, unless you know what you're doing Array.prototype.inArray = function (value) { var i = this.length; while( i-- ) { if( this[i] === value ) { return true; } } return false; }; pageDivs = document.getElementsByTagName('div'); // Delete application divs for(var i = 0; i < pageDivs.length; i++) { if( ( pageDivs[i].id.indexOf( 'box_app_' ) === 0 ) && ( !AppsToKeep.inArray( pageDivs[i].id ) ) ) { pageDivs[i].style.display = 'none'; } }
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or summon a zombie to slap your friends. Well I will be the first to say that I hate this new look. Instead of getting mail or notes from friends now I am left with hugzzzz, slaps, and donkey punches. If you are like me check out this website onhow to keep Face Book clean and fresh with FireFox. You will need to download Firefox and use it instead of Internet Explorer but do it cause it’s much better anyways. P.S. Still wide awake and kicking at 4:30, bah!
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howdy!
i was wondering where you got the ‘box_app_xxxxx’ info for this script. there’s a few other 3rd party apps i’d like to see, but still block out all the junk.
it’s a gorgeous script btw, thanks for bringing back the simplicity!
ils décident grâce à Greasemonkey de nettoyer les profils de toutes ces applications futiles que sont les iLike, Super Poke et consorts. Si vous voulez nettoyer des applications inutiles des profils de vos amis il y a leProfile Cleaneret si vous voulez automatiser le rejets d’invitation et le blocage des applications, il un autre script qui fait l’affaire. Merci Ali Karbassi d’avoir fait un si bon boulot. J’ai pris un peu de temps pour étendre les fonctionnalités du
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You sir, are a non specific deity among men!
Can you make a facebook app that cleans facebook apps. That would be awesome. I’ll check into it though.
Jashua: The point of this script is so that you don’t use “annoying” facebook apps. Also, Facebook Applications cannot affect other applications.
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