What useful bookmarklets do you use? [closed]

Question

I use:

• Remove bloat
• Gmail this
• Delicious
• G-site search
• TinyURL
• Readability

You?

Answer 1

The one I probably use the most is Show Anchors, which I made. It shows an anchor icon next to every element on the page that can be linked to directly.

Sounds stupid, but it's very useful when you want to refer someone to a specific section of a website. And it's much easier than trying to figure out where the site owner put their anchor links (if they even did in the first place).

Answer 2

Read Later (marks page for reading later in InstaPaper)

Answer 3

Kick Ass

http://erkie.github.com

I found this on GitHub. It's fun and likes to get my mind off things and also get rid of them!

Answer 4

Long URL Please

Rewrites most shortened URLs on a page to show where they will take you.

Answer 5

I use SuperGenPass to hash my master password into unique passwords for the sites I visit (the hash is based on the domain). Very convenient.

Answer 6

TinEye bookmarklet for finding other sources for images on a webpage.

Answer 7

BugMeNot to quickly bypass the login of web sites that require compulsory registration and/or the collection of personal/demographic information (such as the New York Times).

Answer 8

Quix: http://quixapp.com

This is a little bit like Quicksilver for the web. It's very useful for web development. You can also configure Chrome to use it as a search engine to turn the address bar into a command line.

Answer 9

I use StackPrinter bookmarklet; it allows to print Stack Exchange questions (like this one) in a printer-friendly way.

javascript:(function(){var re = new RegExp('^http://(.*?)\.com/questions/([0-9]+)/');var group = re.exec(window.location.href);if (group!=null){var service = group[1];var questionid=group[2];window.open('http://www.stackprinter.com/export?format=HTML&service='+service+'&question='+questionid)}else{alert('Attention: question id not found!')}})()

Answer 10

1. Read Later (sends page to InstaPaper)
2. Clip to Evernote (saves page as Evernote note)
3. Readability

Answer 11

I use:

1. Google Translation Browser Buttons
2. Stack Printer
3. Bespin Bookmarklet
4. Bit.ly
5. Print What You Like

Answer 12

jQuerify is the bookmarklet I can not live without. Adds (if necessary) jQuery to the list of scripts on the page. Makes writing other little bookmarklets much less painful!

Answer 13

I use a couple of bookmarklets (named + and -) to quickly increment or decrement the page of an article I'm reading.

Decrement:

javascript:(function()%7B%20var%20e,s;%20IB=-1;%20function%20isDigit(c)%20%7B%20return%20(%220%22%20%3C=%20c%20&&%20c%20%3C=%20%229%22)%20%7D%20L%20=%20location.href;%20LL%20=%20L.length;%20for%20(e=LL-1;%20e%3E=0;%20--e)%20if%20(isDigit(L.charAt(e)))%20%7B%20for(s=e-1;%20s%3E=0;%20--s)%20if%20(!isDigit(L.charAt(s)))%20break;%20break;%20%7D%20++s;%20if%20(e%3C0)%20return;%20oldNum%20=%20L.substring(s,e+1);%20newNum%20=%20%22%22%20+%20(parseInt(oldNum,10)%20+%20IB);%20while%20(newNum.length%20%3C%20oldNum.length)%20newNum%20=%20%220%22%20+%20newNum;%20location.href%20=%20L.substring(0,s)%20+%20newNum%20+%20L.slice(e+1);%20%7D)();

Increment:

javascript:(function()%7B%20var%20e,s;%20IB=1;%20function%20isDigit(c)%20%7B%20return%20(%220%22%20%3C=%20c%20&&%20c%20%3C=%20%229%22)%20%7D%20L%20=%20location.href;%20LL%20=%20L.length;%20for%20(e=LL-1;%20e%3E=0;%20--e)%20if%20(isDigit(L.charAt(e)))%20%7B%20for(s=e-1;%20s%3E=0;%20--s)%20if%20(!isDigit(L.charAt(s)))%20break;%20break;%20%7D%20++s;%20if%20(e%3C0)%20return;%20oldNum%20=%20L.substring(s,e+1);%20newNum%20=%20%22%22%20+%20(parseInt(oldNum,10)%20+%20IB);%20while%20(newNum.length%20%3C%20oldNum.length)%20newNum%20=%20%220%22%20+%20newNum;%20location.href%20=%20L.substring(0,s)%20+%20newNum%20+%20L.slice(e+1);%20%7D)();

Answer 14

PrintLiminator - Similar to other printing bookmarklets, but lets you select elements to remove from the page.

Answer 15

Here's my own bookmarklet for all Stack Exchange sites:

This code will show your upvote count for all tags that appear in your user page's top tags section. It should work on any Stack Exchange site you are logged in on (but I've only tested it on Stack Overflow and Meta Stack Overflow). Unfortunately there is a bug in the tag synonym redirection logic that will keep this script from working with tag synonyms.

javascript:var uP=$('#hlinks-user a:eq(1)')[0].href;var uN=uP.replace(/.*\//gi,'');var uI=uP.replace(/.*\/([\d]+)\/.*/,'$1');var tsp='/tags/$0/topusers';var tqp='/questions/tagged/$0';var rD='result';var mA=5;var cA=0;var cO=0;var tT;var aT=[];var rT=[];var lI=function(tA,tP,tX,tT,bK){return' <span style="font-size:smaller;">[<a style="color:#777" href="'+tP.replace('$0',tA)+'"'+(bK?' target="_BLANK"':'')+(tT?' title="'+tT+'"':'')+'>'+tX+'</a>]</span>';};var pR=function(){if($('#'+rD).size()==0){$(document.body).append($('<div id="'+rD+'"></div>').css({'position':'fixed','top':'0','bottom':'0','left':'0','width':'40ex','background':'#fff','border-right':'solid #777 5px','overflow':'auto','text-align':'left','padding':'.3em'}));}};var dR=function(){rT.sort(function(a,b){return b[1]-a[1];});$('#'+rD+' h3').html('Your top '+tT+' tag scores:');$.each(rT,function(index,item){var tA=item[0],sC=item[1];var select=$('#tA'+(index+1));select.find('td:eq(1)').html(tA+lI(tA,tqp,'q','questions')+lI(tA,tsp,'s','stats'));select.find('td:eq(2)').html(sC);if(sC>99){select.find('td:eq(2)').css({'background':(sC>999?'gold':sC>399?'silver':'#A67D3D')});} select.find('td:eq(0)').remove();select.find('td').css({'padding':'.3em'});});};var dP=function(){if(aT.length==0&&cA==0){dR();return;}else if(cA<mA&&aT.length>0){rS(aT.pop());} window.setTimeout(dP,200);};var rS=function(tA){cA++;var oS=++cO;var dI='tA'+oS;$('#'+rD+' table').append($('<tr id="'+dI+'"><td>'+oS+' / '+tT+'</td><td>'+tA+'</td><td>...</td></tr>'));jQuery.get(tsp.replace('$0',tA),function(data){var sT=$(data.replace(/<img[^>]*>/gi,'')).find(".fl:eq(1) a[href*='"+uI+"']").parents('tr:eq(0)').find('.top-count:eq(0)').contents().text().trim().replace(/\D+/,'');rT.push([tA,sT?parseInt(sT):0]);$('#'+dI+' td:last').html('Done.');cA--;});};var tU=function(){jQuery.get(uP,function(result){fT($(result.replace(/<img[^>]*>/gi,'')));})};var fT=function(pN){if(!pN)pN=$('html');pN.find('.user-stats-table:eq(3) a.post-tag').each(function(index,item){aT.push(item.innerHTML.replace(/<[^>]*>/gi,''));});tT=aT.length;$('#'+rD).html('<h3>Retrieving tag scores...</h3><table style="width: 100%;"></table>');dP();};pR();if(document.URL==uP) fT(false);else tU();void(0)

And here is a readable non-bookmarklet version of the script:

// begin config
var uP = $('#hlinks-user a:eq(1)')[0].href; // user page URL
var uN = uP.replace ( /.*\//gi, '' ); // user name
var uI = uP.replace(/.*\/([\d]+)\/.*/, '$1'); // user id
var tsp = '/tags/$0/topusers'; // template for stats page
var tqp = '/questions/tagged/$0'; // template for questions page
var rD = 'result'; // dom id for generated div
var mA = 5; // max concurrent ajax requests
// end config

var cA = 0;  // current ajax requests
var cO = 0;  // current tag offset
var tT;      // total number of tags
var aT = []; // all remaining tags
var rT = []; // retrieved tags (format: [[tag,score]]
var lI = function(tA,tP,tX,tT,bK){ // build link using a tag, a template and a text
    bK = bK!==false;
    return ' <span style="font-size:smaller;">[<a style="color:#777" href="'
           + tP.replace('$0', tA) + '"'
           + (bK ? ' target="_BLANK"' : '')
           + (tT ? ' title="' + tT + '"' : '')
           + '>' + tX + '</a>]</span>';
};
var pR = function(){ // prepare result div
    if($('#'+rD).size()==0){
        $(document.body).append(
            $('<div id="' + rD + '"></div>')
                .css({
                    'position':'fixed',
                    'top':'0',
                    'bottom':'0',
                    'left':'0',
                    'width':'40ex',
                    'background':'#fff',
                    'border-right':'solid #777 5px',
                    'overflow':'auto',
                    'text-align':'left',
                    'padding':'.3em'
                })
        );
    }
};
var dR = function(){ // display results
    rT.sort(function(a,b){
        return b[1]-a[1];
    });
    $('#'+rD+ ' h3').html('Your top '+tT + ' tag scores:');
    $.each(
            rT,
            function(index, item) {
                var tA = item[0], sC = item[1];
                var select = $('#tA'+(index+1));
                select.find('td:eq(1)').html(tA + lI(tA,tqp,'q','questions') + lI(tA,tsp,'s','stats'));
                select.find('td:eq(2)').html(sC);
                if(sC > 99){
                    select.find('td:eq(2)').css({
                        'background' : (
                            sC > 999 ? 'gold'   :
                               sC > 399 ? 'silver' :
                               '#A67D3D'
                        )
                    });
                }
                select.find('td:eq(0)').remove();
                select.find('td').css({'padding':'.3em'});
            }
        );

};
var dP = function(){ // dispatcher function
    if(aT.length == 0 && cA == 0){
        dR();
        return;
    }else if(cA < mA && aT.length > 0){
        rS(aT.pop());
    }
    window.setTimeout(dP, 200);
};
var rS = function(tA){ // retrieve tag score
    cA++;
    var oS = ++cO; // current offset
    var dI = 'tA' + oS; // corresponding dom ID
    $('#'+rD + ' table').append($(
        '<tr id="' + dI + '"><td>'+oS+' / ' + tT + '</td><td>'
        + tA + '</td><td>...</td></tr>'
    ));
    jQuery.get(tsp.replace('$0', tA),function(data){
        // score as text:
        var sT = $(data.replace( /<img[^>]*>/gi, ''))
        .find(".fl:eq(1) a[href*='" + uI + "']")
        .parents('tr:eq(0)').find('.top-count:eq(0)')
        .contents().text().trim().replace(/\D+/,'');

        rT.push(
            [tA,sT ? parseInt(sT) : 0]
        );
        $('#' + dI + ' td:last').html('Done.');
        cA--;
    });
};
var tU = function(){ // get user page via ajax
    jQuery.get(uP, function(result){
        fT($(result.replace( /<img[^>]*>/gi, '')));
    })
};
var fT = function(pN){ // find tags in page node
    if(!pN)pN = $('html');
    pN.find('.user-stats-table:eq(3) a.post-tag').each(
        function(index,item){
            aT.push(item.innerHTML.replace(/<[^>]*>/gi, ''));
        }
    );
    tT=aT.length;
    $('#'+rD).html('<h3>Retrieving tag scores...</h3>'
        + '<table style="width: 100%;"></table>');
    dP();
};
pR();
if(document.URL==uP)// we're in user page
    fT(false);
else // load user page per AJAX
    tU();

Answer 16

Remember password to remove autocomplete="off"

Answer 17

KeepVid: http://keepvid.com/

Answer 18

I have a large screen. Some websites don't limit the maximum width of the content. That often makes long texts unreadable. So my favorite bookmarklet is this. It limits the maximum width of the page.

javascript:(function(){var%20newSS,%20styles='body%20{max-width:%20800px;}';%20if(document.createStyleSheet)%20{document.createStyleSheet(%22javascript:'%22+styles+%22'%22);}%20else%20{newSS=document.createElement('link');%20newSS.rel='stylesheet';%20newSS.href='data:text/css,'+escape(styles);%20document.documentElement.childNodes[0].appendChild(newSS);}})();

Answer 19

XRAY
I use it to see the box model for any element on any web page.

Answer 20

Eventually Zap Colors gets installed on any browser I use. Gray text on a black background? Zap and it's suddenly readable.

Answer 21

I have my own collection of such utilities those can be found here...

http://saraswaticlasses.net/sites/links4.php

Answer 22

Anyone who likes bookmarklets should have a look at the iMacros Firefox and chrome extensions. They let you create "macros" (kind of like huuge bookmarklets) to autoamte task. We use them for all kinds of "stuff" in the office.

Creating iMacros "Bookmarklets" in Firefox:

Answer 23

Aardvark, which is both a Firefox extension and a bookmarklet (for Chrome, Safari and Internet Explorer). It is useful for web developers as well as people who just want to clean up a page prior to printing it. http://karmatics.com/aardvark/

Answer 24

Coralize for adding a site to the Coral CDN before it gets slashdotted.

Similarly:

Google Cache

Way Back Machine/Internet Archive

Answer 25

I use Diigo and the diigolet on safari, they have a toolbar for some browsers though.

Trust me, give it a try.

Answer 26

Wikipedia Search for searching the highlighted text on Wikipedia

Answer 27

Amazon universal wishlist for tracking things I might want to buy later (birthdays, Christmas gifts, etc)

Answer 28

There are lots of useful bookmarklets for Google services:

• Subscribe in Reader
• Translate
• Bookmark in Google Bookmarks
• Add Event
• Map this
• Google Cache
• Definitions

Answer 29

I use the following bookmarklets:

• Share on Tumblr
• ReclaimPrivacy (This checks how much accessible you are in Facebook)

Answer 30

If you're a web designer, or someone who loves typography, you'd enjoy Font Friend bookmarklet.