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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. 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

How to back up del.icio.us bookmarks on your blog - Lifehacker Social bookmarking system del.icio.us makes it easy to post your bookmarks to your blog on a daily basis automatically. Not only is this a great way to back up your del.icio.us bookmarks, it also kills two birds with one stone: participate in the del.icio.us community AND update your blog daily with one del.icio.us post. Want to get it set up for your WordPress or Movable Type-based site? Here's how: While logged into del.icio.us, click on the settings link in the upper right-hand corner and choose daily blog posting under the "experimental" heading. Redundancy is always a good idea, especially when you're depending on a free web service to track your bookmarks.

JavaScript Your Bookmarklets, On Steroids – Quix Del.icio.us complete tools [Regularly Updated] Looking for the best delicious tools, mashups, hacks and services on the web. Delicious is a popular social bookmarks manager that lets you create and share your personal collection of links and categorize them with keyword tags. You can start by viewing the most popular bookmarks. Official delicious tools Tagometer Badge – easily display both tags and number of saves on your siteDelicious API – create your own del.icio.us tools.Delicious Blog – posts official updates about the service.Network Badges – allow you to display details about your del.icio.us network as part of your website.Del.icio.us Firefox Extension – Integrates del.icio.us into Firefox.Play Tagger – easily play mp3 files directly on your website or blog by simply including a tiny javascript.Buttons for Internet Explorer – Integrate del.icio.us right into Internet Explorer. Best Third Party delicious tools, Mashups, Hacks Post a comment if you know of a absolutely delicious tool to be listed here.

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:

Une liste de Bookmarklets dont devrait disposer chaque Blogueur 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

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 tested the bookmarklets in Chrome, Firefox, Opera, Flock, IE (just for fun since I have the portable versions). To Open In New Tab To Load A Popup

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. 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. LastPass Login and Form Fill - Not linked because that just wouldn't be smart. Tags: bookmarklets, browser-independent, cross-browser

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. How awesome is that? 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

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. In this column you'll learn: Produced by Yehuda Shiran and Tomer Shiran All Rights Reserved. URL:

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 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: As you make changes to your Font, Font Size, Layout, Color and margins it will be represented in the preview below Step 2. Anyone use something similar?

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