Very cool. It takes some finesse to apply the filters, such as selecting the energy function for the image. The examples shown are pretty impressive, and the idea of using seams seems pretty novel.
Internet Duct Tape has a post up talking about GreaseMonkey, how to install it and how nice it can be.
I thought it was funny though, that upon following the link to Userscripts.org you are greeted with a large red banner that gives a dire warning:
“A malicious user is uploading scripts that steal cookies.
Extra caution is recommended when installing recently uploaded/updated scripts.“
The resulting thread is full of good information on the topic, as well as a good number of poor souls who aren’t tech savvy but were using GreaseMonkey. It is too bad that Userscripts.org has to deal with malicious people. Thankfully it is just a case of people grabbing scripts, adding code to farm cookies, and re-uploading them as a new version. Shouldn’t be hard to track, but it still creates somewhat of a minefield for the users.
GreaseMonkey looks like a very nice plug-in for Firefox, but it should come with a good warning for the less technical people. User created content and plug-ins are definitely good in the long run, but you do have to be a bit wary.