We have already written several articles to add new functions to browsers to surf the internet, but they were always based on plugins and add-ons to be installed.
When it comes to upgrading a browser, it immediately comes to mind what you can do with Firefox, of which we have the list of the best extensions and the list of the best GreaseMonkey scripts.
But as mentioned several times, if Firefox becomes a very powerful program thanks to the many plugins that you can put, every time you install something new, it becomes heavier and slower loading. The Bookmarklets (Bookmark in Italian means bookmark) instead are absolutely not extensions to be installed but simply links that activate functions on the browser and which are launched from the bookmarks bar of any browser, whether Internet Explorer, Opera, Chrome and Firefox and any other software that is used to read and browse websites. The bookmarklets also work on Safari for iPhone and iPad and on every browser for Android . Technically, they are Javascript codes that are activated only if you click on them and that nothing needs to be installed to make them work.
In this article we therefore see which are the best bookmarklets to enhance browsers .
READ ALSO: How to install Extensions and scripts on Chrome even unofficial
Here I put some very useful and to keep always at hand but if you know others, please report that we add them to the list.
Important note, in this list I put the links to the sites that distribute the bookmarklet keys or the codes to be added to the favorites.
To install these magic links that activate additional functions and make them appear on the browser's favorites bar, you must search for the words "Bookmarklet", "Drag", "Grab" "Install" on the listed sites. Then just press on it with the left mouse button, from where they are (not from here), and drag them to the bookmarks / bookmarks bar.
When there is the code, add a new favorite, then press on it with the right button to change the URL by entering the javascript code as indicated.
When it comes to upgrading a browser, it immediately comes to mind what you can do with Firefox, of which we have the list of the best extensions and the list of the best GreaseMonkey scripts.
But as mentioned several times, if Firefox becomes a very powerful program thanks to the many plugins that you can put, every time you install something new, it becomes heavier and slower loading. The Bookmarklets (Bookmark in Italian means bookmark) instead are absolutely not extensions to be installed but simply links that activate functions on the browser and which are launched from the bookmarks bar of any browser, whether Internet Explorer, Opera, Chrome and Firefox and any other software that is used to read and browse websites. The bookmarklets also work on Safari for iPhone and iPad and on every browser for Android . Technically, they are Javascript codes that are activated only if you click on them and that nothing needs to be installed to make them work. In this article we therefore see which are the best bookmarklets to enhance browsers .
READ ALSO: How to install Extensions and scripts on Chrome even unofficial
Here I put some very useful and to keep always at hand but if you know others, please report that we add them to the list.
Important note, in this list I put the links to the sites that distribute the bookmarklet keys or the codes to be added to the favorites.
To install these magic links that activate additional functions and make them appear on the browser's favorites bar, you must search for the words "Bookmarklet", "Drag", "Grab" "Install" on the listed sites. Then just press on it with the left mouse button, from where they are (not from here), and drag them to the bookmarks / bookmarks bar.
When there is the code, add a new favorite, then press on it with the right button to change the URL by entering the javascript code as indicated.
- Bugmenot is a somewhat contested site but one that has an extraordinary utility and function. We talked about it some time ago because it contains usernames and passwords for access or login to all, or almost all, the websites that require registration. With the button on the browser, before registering, you can immediately see if there is already a bypass to enter.
- View Wayback URL, to see the past version of a javascript website : location.href = '// web.archive.org/web/*/'+location.href
- Search in a site, to search with Google within a specific website
javascript: (function () {void (q = prompt ('What are you looking for "> - Enable right button, to activate the right mouse button on the sites where it has been deactivated
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void (document.oncontextmenu = null) - Enable text selection, to enable text selection on sites where it has been disabled
javascript: (function () {function R (a) {ona = "on" + a; if (window.addEventListener) window.addEventListener (a, function (e) {for (var n = e.originalTarget; n; n = n.parentNode) n [ona] = null;}, true); window [ona] = null; document [ona] = null; if (document.body) document.body [ona] = null;} R (" click "); R (" mousedown "); R (" mouseup "); R (" selectstart ");}) () - Aviary and Kwout are sites that provide image editing and editing tools (We also talked about Aviary as a Firefox extension). With the bookmarklet you add to the browser a button for capturing images from websites with an editor to edit it .
- Evernote Web Clipper to mark a link on Evernote, the most used site in the world for taking notes online, planning to-do lists also with calendars and deadlines (see article on best online reminders sites and To-Do Lists). The Javascript to put on the bookmarks bar makes it possible to take notes from any page, without going to the actual web application.
- Add to Pocket is used to add links to web pages for later reading on Pocket.
- Form Bookmarklets provides a series of javascript that allow you to change the forms of websites, that is, those in which you can write something such as the comment space below. You can enlarge, hide, count the written characters (useful when they are limited) and so on.
- GMail or e-mail this are two very useful buttons when you want to select text from a web page and you want to send it by e-mail directly, without rewriting it and without copying and pasting. Email This works with all email services while Gmail understands itself.
- bookmarklet to translate web pages provided by Google Translate and Microsoft Translator
- iTransmogrify is a utility to allow flash videos and audio clips to be played on an IPhone and IPod Touch . The author also provides a link to create the bookmarklet on the right also on the iPhone.
- LastPass Login and Form Fill is used to access the passwords and fields of the forms stored with this online tool, regardless of the browser you use. Last Pass is a famous online application to create a protected profile in which to store all the passwords you have and to recall them whenever you want, from where you want, whatever PC you use.
- Readability is a function to make all that is not text disappear from blogs or online newspapers so that any article written on the internet can be read better and more easily.
- Create PDF and RSS-to-PDF are used to transform and convert a site or an RSS feed into a PDF file .
- PDF Download is used to download web pages in pdf on the computer.
- Facebook Share allows you to share any web content, videos, articles and images, on Facebook, simply by clicking the button on the favorites bar.
- LiveWebsite editor allows you to edit web pages easily, directly from the browser.
- Pinterest to add images to the Pinterest social network.
- Flip it to add web pages to Flipboard.
- Bookmarklet to edit web pages
- Kick Ass, a game to play on every website to destroy it.
- Bitly to create shortened short links to share
- Printliminator to prepare a web page for printing.
- Wikipedia search : select a word on a web page and then press the bookmarklet to search for it in Wikipedia.
- PrintWhatYouLike, to print a web page more efficiently, excluding what is not needed.
- Share On Twitter to share a web page on Twitter with shortened links.
- TinEye Images to search for what an image or photo found on the internet is.
- PageZipper to immediately load the following page of a site without having to click anything.
- Turn Off The lights, bookmaklet to darken the screen on Youtube and better watch a video.
- OneNote Web Clipper button for saving notes in Onenote from the web
- Web of Trust to find out if a website is reliable or not.
