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Ask HN: Most Useful Bookmarklet?

28 points by andrewparker 18y ago

Got any killer bookmarklets you like? My favorite right now is "Instacalc", with "Zap Colors" coming in close second.

faizur 18y ago
http://www.plum.com http://www.plum.com
tlrobinson 18y ago
This JavaScript console w/ autocompletion, etc: http://tlrobinson.net/misc/console_bookmarklet.html http://tlrobinson.net/misc/console_bookmarklet.html
ivankirigin 18y ago
I tip sites I like with this: http://tipjoy.com/bookmarklet http://tipjoy.com/bookmarklet We're going to expand on the functionality soon.
bigtoga 18y ago
Tinyurl: http://tinyurl.com/ http://tinyurl.com/
- ScottWhigham 18y ago
  I use TinyUrl and the Wikipedia bookmarklet more than any others: javascript:(function(){q=document.getSelection(); if(!q){void(q=prompt('Wikipedia keywords:',''))}; if(q)location.href='http://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?search='+escape http://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?search='+escape(q)})() Here's an amazon.com lookup one as well: javascript:void(q=prompt('Enter%20text%20to%20search%20Amazon.',getSelection()));if(q)void(location.href='http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/external-search/?keyword='+escape http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/external-search/?keyword='...(q)+'&mode=blended&tag=blogography00-20&Go=Go')
jacobbijani 18y ago
The only ones I use are "Post to Tumblr" and "Save to pHome.us" (my site). I submitted this handy bookmarklet the other day: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=206066 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=206066 It translates between local and remote urls, including the stuff after the domain. http://example.local/user/foo http://example.local/user/foo becomes http://www.example.com/user/foo http://www.example.com/user/foo
petercooper 18y ago
The one that I use to post the current page to del.icio.us with. I've clicked it several thousand times in the past few years.
ichverstehe 18y ago
http://www.instapaper.com/ http://www.instapaper.com/ – definitely. It's so darn useful.
- chrisbolt 18y ago
  See also http://www.laterloop.com/ http://www.laterloop.com/ for something very similar
- myoung 18y ago
  i'm a little biased, but check out http://shifd.com/tools http://shifd.com/tools similar to instapaper, delicious, etc in that you can bookmark links, but you can also do plain text (notes, addresses, recipes, etc). one use i like - you can highlight addresses on a page and click the bookmarklet which will save to shifd.com...then you can access the address+map on your phone.
BSeward 18y ago
I find http://www.sprymedia.co.uk/article/Design http://www.sprymedia.co.uk/article/Design Design to be really handy when I'm making sure text line cadence is right. It's handy all around for design: powerful grid, rulers, measuring, and targeting tools. http://westciv.com/xray/ http://westciv.com/xray/ XRAY keeps a spot on my bookmark bar. It's an HTML-traversing bookmarklet that lets me figure what's going on with underlying HTML and positioning CSS without leaving the page. It's been somewhat marginalized since Safari's Web Inspector started rocking so hard. They; InstaPaper (also great); and Delicious/Facebook/Yahoo Bookmarks share/post bookmarklets are what currently dominate my bookmark bar.
- raju 18y ago
  Wow! Thanks for Design and XRAY. Those look to be pretty useful.
strick 18y ago
"Gmail This" is great: http://contrapants.org/blog/2005/07/gmailthis.html http://contrapants.org/blog/2005/07/gmailthis.html
- DTrejo 18y ago
  In my view it is better than Google Reader's "note this" (followed by emailing). I say this because GmailThis! does not insert propaganda. It simply pastes the link and preps you to email to a friend.
joshwa 18y ago
The bookmarklet for the app I'm building... :)
vanekl 18y ago
http://turtle.dojotoolkit.org/~david/recss.html http://turtle.dojotoolkit.org/~david/recss.html
mudge 18y ago
http://newsconomy.com/ http://newsconomy.com/
seregine 18y ago
I like the one for http://faves.com http://faves.com, primarily because it's the social bookmarking app most of my friends use. Del.icio.us is the other one.
akirk 18y ago
http://www.blummy.com/ http://www.blummy.com/ "The bookmarklet management bookmarklet" Sorry for the plug, but it fits well :) Since I wrote Blummy, I have not changed it much, but IMO it is still useful. The database contains 400 bookmarklets to add to your own blummy. Also see http://alexander.kirk.at/2006/08/02/unknown-blummy-treasures/ http://alexander.kirk.at/2006/08/02/unknown-blummy-treasures...

28 points by andrewparker 18y ago

Got any killer bookmarklets you like? My favorite right now is "Instacalc", with "Zap Colors" coming in close second.

faizur 18y ago

http://www.plum.com http://www.plum.com

tlrobinson 18y ago

This JavaScript console w/ autocompletion, etc: http://tlrobinson.net/misc/console_bookmarklet.html http://tlrobinson.net/misc/console_bookmarklet.html

ivankirigin 18y ago

I tip sites I like with this: http://tipjoy.com/bookmarklet http://tipjoy.com/bookmarklet We're going to expand on the functionality soon.

bigtoga 18y ago

Tinyurl: http://tinyurl.com/ http://tinyurl.com/

ScottWhigham 18y ago
I use TinyUrl and the Wikipedia bookmarklet more than any others: javascript:(function(){q=document.getSelection(); if(!q){void(q=prompt('Wikipedia keywords:',''))}; if(q)location.href='http://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?search='+escape http://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?search='+escape(q)})() Here's an amazon.com lookup one as well: javascript:void(q=prompt('Enter%20text%20to%20search%20Amazon.',getSelection()));if(q)void(location.href='http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/external-search/?keyword='+escape http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/external-search/?keyword='...(q)+'&mode=blended&tag=blogography00-20&Go=Go')

jacobbijani 18y ago

The only ones I use are "Post to Tumblr" and "Save to pHome.us" (my site). I submitted this handy bookmarklet the other day: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=206066 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=206066 It translates between local and remote urls, including the stuff after the domain. http://example.local/user/foo http://example.local/user/foo becomes http://www.example.com/user/foo http://www.example.com/user/foo

petercooper 18y ago

The one that I use to post the current page to del.icio.us with. I've clicked it several thousand times in the past few years.

ichverstehe 18y ago

http://www.instapaper.com/ http://www.instapaper.com/ – definitely. It's so darn useful.

chrisbolt 18y ago
See also http://www.laterloop.com/ http://www.laterloop.com/ for something very similar
myoung 18y ago
i'm a little biased, but check out http://shifd.com/tools http://shifd.com/tools similar to instapaper, delicious, etc in that you can bookmark links, but you can also do plain text (notes, addresses, recipes, etc). one use i like - you can highlight addresses on a page and click the bookmarklet which will save to shifd.com...then you can access the address+map on your phone.

BSeward 18y ago

I find http://www.sprymedia.co.uk/article/Design http://www.sprymedia.co.uk/article/Design Design to be really handy when I'm making sure text line cadence is right. It's handy all around for design: powerful grid, rulers, measuring, and targeting tools. http://westciv.com/xray/ http://westciv.com/xray/ XRAY keeps a spot on my bookmark bar. It's an HTML-traversing bookmarklet that lets me figure what's going on with underlying HTML and positioning CSS without leaving the page. It's been somewhat marginalized since Safari's Web Inspector started rocking so hard. They; InstaPaper (also great); and Delicious/Facebook/Yahoo Bookmarks share/post bookmarklets are what currently dominate my bookmark bar.

raju 18y ago
Wow! Thanks for Design and XRAY. Those look to be pretty useful.

strick 18y ago

"Gmail This" is great: http://contrapants.org/blog/2005/07/gmailthis.html http://contrapants.org/blog/2005/07/gmailthis.html

DTrejo 18y ago
In my view it is better than Google Reader's "note this" (followed by emailing). I say this because GmailThis! does not insert propaganda. It simply pastes the link and preps you to email to a friend.

joshwa 18y ago

The bookmarklet for the app I'm building... :)

vanekl 18y ago

http://turtle.dojotoolkit.org/~david/recss.html http://turtle.dojotoolkit.org/~david/recss.html

mudge 18y ago

http://newsconomy.com/ http://newsconomy.com/

seregine 18y ago

I like the one for http://faves.com http://faves.com, primarily because it's the social bookmarking app most of my friends use. Del.icio.us is the other one.

akirk 18y ago

http://www.blummy.com/ http://www.blummy.com/ "The bookmarklet management bookmarklet" Sorry for the plug, but it fits well :) Since I wrote Blummy, I have not changed it much, but IMO it is still useful. The database contains 400 bookmarklets to add to your own blummy. Also see http://alexander.kirk.at/2006/08/02/unknown-blummy-treasures/ http://alexander.kirk.at/2006/08/02/unknown-blummy-treasures...