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Wait, how do you use a bookmarklet like that on mobile Firefox? I have two that do this: https://web.archive.org/web/submit?url=%s https://web.archive.org/web/

by sp332 4y ago

Wait, how do you use a bookmarklet like that on mobile Firefox? I have two that do this: https://web.archive.org/web/submit?url=%s https://web.archive.org/web/submit?url=%s javascript:void(location.href='http://web.archive.org/save/'+document.location.href) http://web.archive.org/save/'+document.location.href) But neither of them work on mobile because it opens a new tab first before evaluating the bookmarklet.

mg 4y ago
Is that void(...code...) syntax a good way to execute bookmarks? Also, your code is not urlencoded? I use javascript:(function(){...code...})() and urlencode the whole thing. I maintain this bookmarklet editor to easily convert code to bookmarklets: https://www.gibney.org/bookmarklet_editor https://www.gibney.org/bookmarklet_editor
- sp332 4y ago
  It's been sitting around a long time and I don't remember where I got it from. Thanks for the link though.
  - mg 4y ago
    You're welcome. By the way, in Chrome on Android, you can't execute bookmarklets from the bookmark menu. You need to give the bookmarklet a name. Say "Upsize". Then when you are on the page where you want to increase the font size, type "up" in the url bar and click on "Upsize" in the suggestions. Might be the same in Firefox?
    - muxator 4y ago
      I tried this in firefox for android and it did not work. What gets opened instead is a google search for "javascript:(function()...". Firefox used so be super useful on Android, but since its redesign almost all its customizability has been gone. So sad.
      - mg 4y ago
        I just tried it on Firefox on Android, and for me it works. In fact, it works both ways: I can click on "bookmarks" and then on the bookmarklet, and it gets executed on the current page. I can also start typing the bookmarklets name and then click on it in the suggestions. It then also gets executed on the current page.
- cookie_monsta 4y ago
  Nice! Bookmarked :)
- ckcheng 4y ago
  Thanks! Unfortunately, bookmarklets just doesn't seem to work on iOS... :( I tried using your bookmarklet editor to see if it helped, and the resulting bookmarklets didn't work in iOS Safari nor iOS Firefox. oh well... Wish I had found your bookmarklet editor when I was trying to use them on Android before!
  - ckcheng 4y ago
    Wait… it works in iOS Safari by tapping on the bookmarklet icon in the Bookmarks panel or under Favourites. Can’t get it to work in iOS Firefox tho.
pwg 4y ago
For the few I have on FF Android, create the bookmarklet as normal, give it a name, and also give it a "keyword" string. Then, when you want to execute a bookmarklet on the current page, pull down to get to the URL bar (if it is hidden) and start typing the "keyword" string into the url bar. After a few characters the "suggestions" list should show the bookmarklet entry, when it does, tap on the entry and the bookmarklet will execute on the current page. I've not been able to find a way to "open" a list of bookmarklets to pick from, other than using keyword search via the URL bar, so this does also require remembering the "keywords" for each to be able to access them.
- sp332 4y ago
  That doesn't work for me at all. If I type the keyword, it doesn't show up in the URL suggestions. And it doesn't activate when I push go. But mg also says that it works, so I wonder what's wrong with mine.

by sp332 4y ago

mg 4y ago

Is that void(...code...) syntax a good way to execute bookmarks? Also, your code is not urlencoded? I use javascript:(function(){...code...})() and urlencode the whole thing. I maintain this bookmarklet editor to easily convert code to bookmarklets: https://www.gibney.org/bookmarklet_editor https://www.gibney.org/bookmarklet_editor

sp332 4y ago
It's been sitting around a long time and I don't remember where I got it from. Thanks for the link though.
- mg 4y ago
  You're welcome. By the way, in Chrome on Android, you can't execute bookmarklets from the bookmark menu. You need to give the bookmarklet a name. Say "Upsize". Then when you are on the page where you want to increase the font size, type "up" in the url bar and click on "Upsize" in the suggestions. Might be the same in Firefox?
  - muxator 4y ago
    I tried this in firefox for android and it did not work. What gets opened instead is a google search for "javascript:(function()...". Firefox used so be super useful on Android, but since its redesign almost all its customizability has been gone. So sad.
    - mg 4y ago
      I just tried it on Firefox on Android, and for me it works. In fact, it works both ways: I can click on "bookmarks" and then on the bookmarklet, and it gets executed on the current page. I can also start typing the bookmarklets name and then click on it in the suggestions. It then also gets executed on the current page.
cookie_monsta 4y ago
Nice! Bookmarked :)
ckcheng 4y ago
Thanks! Unfortunately, bookmarklets just doesn't seem to work on iOS... :( I tried using your bookmarklet editor to see if it helped, and the resulting bookmarklets didn't work in iOS Safari nor iOS Firefox. oh well... Wish I had found your bookmarklet editor when I was trying to use them on Android before!
- ckcheng 4y ago
  Wait… it works in iOS Safari by tapping on the bookmarklet icon in the Bookmarks panel or under Favourites. Can’t get it to work in iOS Firefox tho.

pwg 4y ago

For the few I have on FF Android, create the bookmarklet as normal, give it a name, and also give it a "keyword" string. Then, when you want to execute a bookmarklet on the current page, pull down to get to the URL bar (if it is hidden) and start typing the "keyword" string into the url bar. After a few characters the "suggestions" list should show the bookmarklet entry, when it does, tap on the entry and the bookmarklet will execute on the current page. I've not been able to find a way to "open" a list of bookmarklets to pick from, other than using keyword search via the URL bar, so this does also require remembering the "keywords" for each to be able to access them.

sp332 4y ago
That doesn't work for me at all. If I type the keyword, it doesn't show up in the URL suggestions. And it doesn't activate when I push go. But mg also says that it works, so I wonder what's wrong with mine.