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I recently ran across a Greasemonkey script for Flickr that adds a handy gadget to Flickr photo pages that lets you change the background color for the photo. The change happens instantly on mouseover, and it also removes all other visual elements from the page.

The script is by Rafal Smyka and has been around for a while. I found it while perusing a Digital Photography School post on GM scripts.

Some screenshots below. Notice the black-to-white scale next to the photo. When you roll your mouse over it, the background changes immediately. If you wait one half second, the scale itself disappears for a clean viewing experience. Move your mouse away to bring the the page back to normal. It’s very clean and usable.

Greasemonkey is a Firefox add-on that allows you to run scripts that can change Web pages viewed in that browser. It’s a very powerful tool.