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Share. Bookmarklet Directory. 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. 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. The Bit.ly bookmarklet is the most useful way I know to share links through Twitter. 4. 5. Image credit: vramak. 15+ handy bookmarklets to power up any browser. Bookmarklets can be incredibly handy. If you use multiple browsers, they're a great way to ensure you don't lose any of your favorite functions when switching back and forth. Maybe your browser doesn't support extension or there aren't many in the wild for it just yet - bookmarklets can provide many of the same functions. Here are ten that I find particularly handy. If you've got a favorite, feel free to share the link in our comments!

Form Bookmarklets - Loads of handy things like a checkbox toggle, textarea enlarger, character count, and hidden field unhider. iTransmogrify [site] - Creates inline links which allow embedded Flash movies and audio to be played on your iPhone or iPod Touch. The author also provides a link to create the bookmarklet right on your iPhone [link]. LastPass Login and Form Fill - Not linked because that just wouldn't be smart. Tags: bookmarklets, browser-independent, cross-browser. Bookmarklet Directory. TBUZZ. How to avoid spoiler while watching YouTube videos with nospoile. Readability. Update: On February 1, 2011, Readability was re-launched into a full-fledged reading platform that includes mobile support, queuing articles for reading later and a greatly improved reading view. In addition, the platform provides a unique model for supporting publishers and writers through your reading activity.

Visit to learn more. Reading anything on the Internet has become a full-on nightmare. As media outlets attempt to eke out as much advertising revenue as possible, we’re left trying to put blinders on to mask away all the insanity that surrounds the content we’re trying to read. It’s almost like listening to talk radio, except the commercials play during the program in the background. It’s a pretty awful experience. Recently, Mandy Brown wrote a wonderful article for A List Apart called In Defense Of Readers. Despite the ubiquity of reading on the web, readers remain a neglected audience. Readability : An Arc90 Lab Experiment from Arc90 on Vimeo. Tinyarro.ws, créez les raccourcis URL les plus courts. Ceux qui utilisent Twitter connaissent l’avantage d’utiliser un service de raccourci d’URL. Ce type de service vous permet de créer de courts alias d’URL qui permettent de gagner de l’espace pour intégrer plus de caractères sur votre tweet. Tinyarro.ws est un nouveau service qui permet de raccourcir vos URL, sauf que celui-ci a la particularité d’offrir les URL plus courtes.

Par exemple, voici l’URL de l’un de mes billets générés par Tinyarro.ws: www.➡.ws/룶. Vous pouvez aussi créer une URL personnalisée qui contiendra les mots que vous sélectionnerez. Si vous cherchez à récupérer quelques caractères pour vos messages sur Twitter, Tinyarro.ws est probablement un outil qui vous intéressera. Comme tous les services de ce type, vous pouvez installer un bookmarklet sur votre navigateur. Benoit Descary Liens: Tinyarro.ws: Via: DownloadSquad. Twitlet. What is bookmarklet? Lipsumlet. How to download high definition YouTube clips with a bookmarktle. Along with the Standard and High Quality formats, YouTube offers a High Definition 720p MP4 format version of some videos. By using a bookmarklet, you can easily download these videos to your computer without the use of any other software. Once you have the video downloaded, you simply rename the file and it’s set to go. 1. Open your Firefox web browser. 2. 3. 4. 5. Javascript:window.location.href = ' 6.

When you are viewing Videos at YouTube, you can click this bookmarklet to download the High Definition version of the video you are viewing (if available). To download Standard or High Quality formats, use this bookmarklet. How to download and save any video from Youtube, Dailymotion, Me. Vi.sualize.us browser button. Be part of the VisualizeUs community and start collecting and curating the pictures you like on the web. With our VisualizeUs button is super easy to remember a picture. ʘ Post to VisualizeUs Drag this button to your toolbar. Just click on the VisualizeUs button whenever you find a beautiful or inspiring picture that you want to remember, curate or share with the community. It also works with videos! The pictures and videos on that page will get a blue border. Installation is really simple. Browsers fully supported: Firefox 1.5+, Internet Explorer 6+, Opera 9+, Safari 2+ Notes: Firefox users, make sure that the "Bookmarks Toolbar" is visible in your browser.

How to use bookmarklets to create a customized toolbar. Tiny URL bookmarklet. Welcome to TinyURL! ™ Are you sick of posting URLs in emails only to have it break when sent causing the recipient to have to cut and paste it back together? Then you've come to the right place. By entering in a URL in the text field below, we will create a tiny URL that will not break in email postings and never expires. An example Turn this URL: lly/dp/B003FSUDM4/ref=amb_link_353259562_2? Into this TinyURL: Which one would you rather cut and paste into your browser? Add TinyURL to your browser's toolbar Click and drag the following link to your links toolbar. Once this is on your toolbar, you'll be able to make a TinyURL at the click of a button.

This is compatible with most web browsers and platforms as long as your bookmarks or favorites allow javascript. Can't drag and drop? Redirection to any page in your site! With TinyURL, you can also make a smaller URL that will work for any page on your site. How to edit any web page in your browser just like a wiki. 13 Jul 2008 Imagine if you could open websites like the BBC or New York Times in write mode and change text or images on the web page as if you were editing some open wiki. couch mode print story Imagine if you could open websites like Techmeme or New York Times or password protected WSJ in write-mode and change text or images at will as if you were editing some open wiki.

Well that’s quite possible through Edit Current Website – a bookmarklet that helps you change content of any web page live inside the browser – no need to install extensions like Firebug or learning HTML. Edit current website – Drag this link to your bookmarks toolbar The moment you press the Edit Website button from the bookmarks toolbar, the web page you are currently reading turns into an editable document – you can then edit text, move around images on the page or even remove them completely. Related: Know Everything About a Website with Free Tools.

Open Google Notebook in the Firefox sidebar. DelegateGcal. 10 Must-Have Bookmarklets.