You know and I know it, MySpace is ugly as hell and filled with a lot of ugly Web pages. Even the basic design of MySpace is down right unusable at times. So why use it? Well, everybody and their grandmother is on there, so it is still a good way to stay in touch with folks. So you don’t want it to be ugly and unusable, but you do want to use the service. What is a guy to do?
Well, the first step is to get Greasemonkey for Firefox.
The next step would be to visit UsefulScripts.org and pick up a few handy helpers. What are the scripts you need?
This script adds a few more links on the “View All Friends” Web page via MySpace that makes checking out your friends a lot easier. It adds “Message” link for you to send them a message. It adds a “Comment” link for you to leave a comment for them. Last but not least, you get a “View Pics” link to view your friend’s pictures.
Now lets clear away some of that stuff you don’t really need. The author of this script says:
This script removes the Cool New People (that really aren’t even that cool), the Featured Profile (that nobody cares about), the block ad at http://home.myspace.com/* (which, when animated, can reduce the viewer to a drooling pile of mush), the ad at the top of the page (which is just as annoying as the block ad), and the full-page ads- plus it even lets you block CSS, images, or flash for individual profiles (this is in the form of a link that replaces the “Extended Network” text), and it’ll even remember and let you change your settings. It even has automatic release notification so that you’ll never be without the latest version!
I do not really think I need to explain this one. It shrinks the “white space” left in the head of the MySpace Web pages.
So there you have it, an almost usable version of MySpace in four steps.
Update: I updated the URL for MySpace View All Friends +. Thanks to Jade for pointing that out to me. 
