Helvetical for Google Chrome

Jason • 2nd Sep 2009 • Technology • google calendar, google chrome, helvetical, userstyle

This AM I came across the Helvetical Google Calender userstyle created by Ad Taylor via Hicksdesign (who created Helvetireader) and immediately wanted to try it out for Google Chrome, since I am on a PC at work and use Google Chrome for all my Google apps. However, the default userstyle file provided didn’t work in Google Chrome, so I modified it a bit.

Here’s the file: helvetical.user.js

Just unzip and drop the helvetical.user.js file in your User Scripts folder, as detailed on Lifehacker:

Windows XP: %userprofile%\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\User Scripts\
Windows Vista: %userprofile%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\User Scripts\

Then, I have Google Cal set up as a Chrome “Application”, so all you need to do is right click on the Google Cal icon and change the switches at the end of the target to this (switches in bold):

"C:\Documents and Settings\{user.name}\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" --enable-user-scripts --app=https://www.google.com/calendar/render?tab=mc

Enjoy!

P.S. I am sure this Google Calendar userstyle would work with all userscript flavors (Firefox & Greasemonkey, Safari & GreaseKit), but haven’t tested it… use at your own risk!