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"Will code for karma points"

There is already an FF extension that does this. It's called OptimizeGoogle and they need help keeping it up to date. I've offered to help but the code is quite strange (came from an older extension called CustomizeGoogle) and I'm not sure it's worth saving.

A cross-browser effort that implements a few key features from OptimizeGoogle, would be a very good idea. I'd be up for that.

Which browser? Safari, Chrome, Opera and Firefox all support extensions/plug-ins.

Maybe IE9 does, too, but that's not important. :)

People might take you more seriously if you bothered to write a little about how you're qualified to even do so in your about section.

Because he says he can?

Typically it's ok to err on the side of caution but when someone offers to do a bunch of work if you just indicate that you'd like it done the safe bet is to assume that in fact they are qualified, after all their reputation is on the line in public.

I admit that I was being too harsh. I think I was just having a grumpy day and let it spill over into my comments.