What is Bookmarklet ? links for bookmarklets a very useful article

A bookmarklet is a bookmark stored in a web browser that contains JavaScriptcommands to extend the browser's functionality.

Bookmarklets are unobtrusive scripts stored as the URL of a bookmark in a web browser or as a hyperlink on a web page. The term is a portmanteau of the termsbookmark and applet,^[1] however, an applet is not to be confused with a bookmarklet, just as script written in JavaScript is not to be confused with a script written in Java. Whether bookmarklet utilities are stored as bookmarks or hyperlinks, they are designed to add one-click functionality to a browser or web page. When clicked, a bookmarklet performs some function, one of a wide variety such as a search query or data extraction. Bookmarklets are usually JavaScriptprograms.

For instance, clicking on a bookmarklet after a selection, might allow the user to be presented with a search engine results page for the search term.

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• 1 Concept
• 2 Usage
  • 2.1 Installation
• 3 History
• 4 Example
• 5 See also
• 6 References
• 7 External links

                                                                                                      

Links for Bookmarklets

Site reviews: WebReview PC World PC World again, more PC Magazine (Wayback version) Hotwired's WebMonkey Washington Post San Jose Mercury News (Wayback version) BYTE (Wayback version) About.com Earthlink's bLink magazine NetMechanic TBTF LockerGnome Internet Tourbus (Wayback version) Business 2.0 CBC Radio (Wayback version) Heise Online (German) Akademie.de (German) New York Times Notable sites distributing bookmarklets: (any site which does this is notable. Sorry to pick just a few.) Google AltaVista's Babelfish Merriam-Webster Dictionary Dictionary.com Blogger Backflip Internet.com's Webopedia Alexa Snapshot Bookmarklets in other languages: French Russian Danish Romanian Finnish Tutorials: WebReference ZDNet's DevHead (Wayback version) Inside DHTML IRT.org CNET's Builder.com (packaging scripts) Netscape's View Source (useful technique for debugging) Robot Wisdom Weblog (embedded date bookmarklets) CGI Programming with Perl (book with section on bookmarklets) JavaScript for the World Wide Web: Visual QuickStart Guide (book with chapter on bookmarklets) JDNet (French introduction) www.large.ru (Russian tutorial) Other bookmarklets: (NOTE: bookmarklets.com is not responsible for the content of the following pages) Open Directory Project tools by and for the editors In-situ web editor edit the pages you see Javascript FAQ a clock and other examples DC-dot Metadata Editor helps add metadata to pages Amazon relinker directs Amazon affiliate fees Napsearch bookmarklet uses Napster's search Edit this page for Netscape/Unix Web UI dev tools for MacIE5 for working with style sheets Validation Bookmarklets validators for HTML, CSS, and accessibility Annotea W3C annotation system Make a Shorter Link turns long web addresses into short ones Smokinggun browser tools various ways to change the page Jesse Ruderman (squarefree) has many bookmarklets Favelets some style sheet bookmarklets and others Sam-I-Am web page debugging & development tools lineDraw overlays an application on the page BookPost post to your weblog about a book Passhash recall your passwords Screensaver uses images on page LibraryLookup tells if a book is available at your library Safari bookmarklets from Apple and MacWorld Layout grid bookmarklet. A grid for web designers Bookmarklets work on the iPhone. This opens up the possibility of using bookmarklets to overcome limitations of the iPhone's native Safari browser. One example: Tabulate allows you to open in new tabs. More to come...