I've had this idea for a Greasemonkey script for a while. It seemed to me like, using the extensive Flickr API, I should be able to write a script that shows me a thumbnail of an image that was linked to in Flickr. When someone says, "Check out thesephotosonFlickr," with text hyperlinks, I'd like to be able to see what those pictures are without going all the way to Flickr. In my research into this goal, I discovered two reasons why my goal is unattainable using pure javascript:
The result is that the script must use a cross-site scripting technique to send information to a PHP program running on a server I host, which sends the request to Flickr and returns the remaining part of the script that knows what to do with the information from Flickr.
Well, first you'll have to install Greasemonkey Firefox plugin. Then you can go to http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/39390 and click the Install button. That's it!
Enjoy.