Marklets.com may be the last bookmarklet you'll ever need. As a website, marklets.com offers up a vast library of bookmarklets, much in the same way that userscripts.org does for user scripts. But marklets.com has a serious ace up its sleeve: its very own bookmarklet. Drag it onto your bookmarks bar, click it, and you'll get a pop-up bookmarklet search prompt. Type in what you want to do (for example, "PDF"), hit Enter (no "live search" while typing), and get a list of bookmarklets that may do what you need. Okay, so far so good. But the cool part is what happens when you click the bookmarklet that you're interested in: it runs!
How awesome is that? 9 Bookmarklets To Instantly View Your To-Do Tasks on Remember The Milk. There’s also an officially supported Remember The Milk bookmarklet (that loads what you see in the screenshot) that lets you add tasks with one-click, but there’s currently no bookmarklet to just load your task list quickly. Sure, you can open a new tab and head to the RTM website, but a mini-app such as a bookmarklet could easily help you get to your tasks a lot faster. Firefox users can open up the RTM iGoogle gadget in the sidebar, but Google Chrome users don’t have that much luck with a sidebar.
There’s probably a lot of desktop applications and even extensions that could let you open up your task list. Instead of browsing, downloading and testing all of these to find one that works for me though, I decided to try editing some of my favorite bookmarklets (such as GmailThis!) Like Steve Rubel does here so these aren’t all that new. I’m not a Javascript expert though so I consulted a few Javascript tutorials to hand-roll these. To Open In New Tab To Load A Popup Image credit: goosmurf. ToRead bookmarklet emails you an article with one click. Your Bookmarklets, On Steroids – Quix.
Quix adds tons of useful functions to your browser via a single bookmarklet. We've written about bookmarklets plenty of times before here on Download Squad. They're a great (nearly) zero-footprint way to add add-on or extension-style functions to your web browser. Quix is a little different than many of the marklets I'm currently using. It's a bit like the run box on your Windows computer. Click Quix on your browser's bookmarks toolbar and an entry box appears -- into which you can type dozens of commands. They'll do everything from search Google for links back to the current page, Tweet the URL, add a ruler overlay, check WHOIS and SEO information, and loads more. Perhaps best of all, Quix is also extensible. If you're tloking for more like this, check out my previous list of 15 useful bookmarklets to power up any browser. [via FeedMyApp] Tags: add-ons, bookmarklets, browser, extensions, favelets, marklets, seo. Bookmarklets Home Page - free tools for power surfing.
Bookmarklet Directory - Marklets.com. Jesse's Bookmarklets Site. Bookmarklets Bookmarklets are free tools to help with repetitive or otherwise impossible tasks in your web browser. To use a bookmarklet from this site on another web page: Bookmarklet categories: Search Bookmarklets.Search Engine Optimization Bookmarklets: search for backlinks, analyze search engine positions.Log Analysis Bookmarklets: analyze referer logs efficiently.Flash Bookmarklets: pause, rewind, and fast-forward Flash cartoons.Tipping Bookmarklet: send money to an e-mail address in a page.Color Bookmarklets: change all colors on a page at once.Keyword Bookmarklets for Scripters: type "jb document.body" to make document.body blink, etc.Site-specific Bookmarklets: fix annoyances on some sites I read.Bugzilla Bookmarklets: for people involved in the Mozilla project or other projects that track bugs using Bugzillas.Testing browsers: test features or stress limits of browsers.
Other pages: 5 Recommended Bookmarklets To Simplify Tedious Tasks. A bookmarklet is a piece of code saved as a bookmark. When you click it, instead of just taking you to a bookmarked website, it performs an action (which may include taking you to another website, but does not have to do that). Here are 5 recommended bookmarklets to boost your productivity by helping you instantly subscribe to, read, tweet, share and translate webpages.
[To use the bookmarklets, simply add them to your bookmarks bar. Right click them and choose "Bookmark This Link" or just drag and drop it to the bookmarks bar] 1. Subscribe to a website with Google Reader Here is a known scenario – you visit a cool blog and want to subscribe to it. 2. The ZAP reader bookmarklet opens a new window where it flashes text at high speed (text which you previously marked in a website). It’s a good idea to use a speed that you can read relatively easily when the text is important and you have to completely understand it. 3. 4. 5. Image credit: vramak. 15 Must-Have Bookmarklets For Web Designers And Developers.
Bookmarklets are a great way of saving time when used regularly. With just a click, they can provide so much information / help. Here is a list of 15 very handy web designer / developer bookmarklets which includes: learning the colors usedinserting a ruler on a webpagereloading CSS without reloading the whole site & more.. To use them, bookmark the "Get It" links. Click here to download all the bookmarklets mentioned as a Firefox bookmark folder (can be added from bookmarks>organize bookmarks>import&backup>import HTML menu at Firefox).
Note: If you’re not using it already, Firefox web developer extension is strongly adviced for developing faster besides using these bookmarklets (few of the bookmarklets mentioned are already in the extension). WTFramework – Learn JavaScript Framework Used When you wonder which JavaScript framework is used on a website, rather than checking the source, simply click to this bookmarklet & it will display the framework(s) used. Design – Grid-Rule-Unit-Crosshair. IE6ify Bookmarklet. Bookmarklets - www.docjavascript.com. Bookmarklets are simple one-line scripts, implemented as ordinary bookmarks. You can use bookmarklets to add macros and additional features to your browser, whether it's Netscape Navigator or Microsoft Internet Explorer. Bookmarklets are cool because: They work on all platforms (Windows, Macintosh, Unix) They are supported by all browsers (Navigator and Internet Explorer) They are extremely simple and easy to write There is no need to write cross-browser code They can be executed on any page Bookmarklets aren't new to the JavaScript community.
In fact, they can be used in older JavaScript-enabled browsers. However, this topic was never covered in depth. It was pointed out to us by Steve Kangas, author of bookmarklets.com. In this column you'll learn: Produced by Yehuda Shiran and Tomer Shiran All Rights Reserved. URL: Find the conversation on any page with ConvoTrack. Make Webpages Easier On The Eyes With Readable | MakeUseOf.com. Have you ever needed to read something that is on a horribly formatted website? I am talking about white text on a light colored background or dark purple text on a dark background. Maybe the page you need to retrieve some knowledge from is riddled with pornography? Or maybe you are sensitive to all the penile enlargement advertisements? Any which way an awesome “Bookmarklet” site called Readable is about to change the way you deal with sites like this. Up until now I would have to copy the entire text from the web page using Control ““ A and then Control – C.
I would paste my results into a notepad window and read it there. I know at first glance this can be a little confusing and that is why I am including the author’s “Silent Film” below: If you are still interested in Readable we will cover how to use and configure it below. After clicking on the grey bar you will see the following options: I found an article that I wanted to read. Anyone use something similar? Guide to Most Useful Bookmarklets for Chrome, Firefox, Safari, etc. Quot;I Need to Read This" Like "Read It Later" Without the Extension - Reading. PageZipper Displays Multi-Page Content on One Page - Web Browsing. Page Data tools. Finally - Get RSS Support for Google Chrome - ReadWriteWeb. Although many of us have been enjoying the speedy new browser from Google, Google Chrome, it's far from perfect.
Despite being released from beta status in December, the browser still lacks a handful of features that would make it more of a complete product. One such feature is the browser's lack of support for RSS feeds. Along with lack of support for RSS, the Chrome browser's Mac version is still underway and there is not a good extension architecture in place. As we discovered earlier, the best way to use add-ons in Chrome is via browser bookmarklets. Along those same lines, there are now two new ways to work with RSS, also by employing the use of browser bookmarklets.
Auto-Detect RSS in Chrome On the web page there are two bookmarklets available: "View RSS Feed" and Auto-Detect RSS. " One of the problems with the ramisp.org bookmarklets, though, is the limited choice of RSS readers they offer underneath the "Subscribe Now! " Make "Add-ons" for Google Chrome Using Bookmarklets - ReadWriteWeb. Even though Google took their web browser Google Chrome out of beta last month, we can’t help but feel like Chrome is still only half way to being a compete product at this point.
Without RSS support, the ability to use add-ons, and gasp! No Mac version, Chrome still has a way to go before people give up Firefox for good and make a full switch. However, despite Chrome’s lack of features, its lightweight feel and speedy browsing have made it a popular choice as a Firefox alternative for light web surfing…especially the kind done on a netbook while killing time at Starbucks. Unfortunately, no one knows when Google will release an update for Chrome that will provide add-on support. But until then, there is a way to at least simulate the use of browser add-ons. This is done using bookmarklets (small pieces of javascript code) which you can easily add to Chrome’s bookmark toolbar. HOW TO: To use the bookmarklets listed below, just drag and drop the link onto your bookmarks bar in Chrome. Bonus!