![]() It lets you create short URLs for any site using bit.ly, a service that is far better than TinyURL as it offers real-time click statistics. Short URL - This is too obvious but still a must-have bookmarklet. This indicator can help decide if I should add that site to my reading list or not.Ĭapture Screenshot - This helps me capture screenshots of web pages directly in the web browser that I can directly upload to Flickr, Blogger, Evernote and other online services. In Techmeme? - If I come across a new tech blog, I use this Techmeme bookmarklet to discover stories from that site that may have made it to Techmeme in the past. Now that you know the benefits of using a bookmarklet and how easy it is to add one to your own browser bookmarks, let me share some of my favorite bookmarklets that are both useful and powerful: The above video is for the notebook bookmarklet but the technique is the same for other bookmarklets as well. If you are new here, the following video will help you understand how to install bookmarklets in your browser bookmarks toolbar - it’s as simple as dragging a link from the web page to the bookmarks region. Poorly coded add-ins can significantly slow down your browser while bookmarklets have negligible (if any) effect on memory usage as they are executed on-demand. Unlike add-ins that require installation, you can add and remove bookmarklets without restarting the browser.Ĥ. And this is a big problem considering that new browser patches are released every couple of months.ģ. Some add-ins can break (or won’t install at all) if you try installing them on a newer version of the browser. On the other hand, a bookmarklet written for Firefox is very likely to work with Safari or IE.Ģ. Add-ins are browser specific so tomorrow if you decide to move from Firefox to Opera or Google Chrome, your favorite add-ins will no longer work. If you were to choose between a bookmarklet and a browser add-on, both offering similar functionality, here are a couple of reasons why you may want to go with bookmarklets:ġ. ![]() This guide will help you understand the advantages of bookmarklets over add-ons, how to install bookmarklets followed by a list of essential bookmarklets that should work across all popular browsers including Google Chrome, Firefox, Opera, IE and Safari. ![]()
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