Some bookmarklets
These are some bookmarklets that I use to make surfing easier. To use them, drag them onto your bookmarks bar
Bookmarks bar in Firefox
- Web of Trust – A privacy and security advisor (mywot.com, toolbar available). A community site that tells you how safe it is to download or transact with the page you’re viewing.
- Search site – Search the site your viewing using Google. If any text is selected, it will be used as the query (via squarefree).
- Translate – Translate the page you’re viewing into english. Uses Google translate, which auto-detects the source language (via squarefree).
- Javascript shell – A command-line for running Javascript (mozilla only – via squarefree)
- Zap plugins – Disable embedded content (flash and the like). Useful if you want to keep Youtube links open for later viewing, but don’t want them to buffer and slow down your internets (via squarefree).
- XRAY – Useful tool for web-developers. Hover over any element to get HTML details. Click to see what I mean. (via westciv).
- Wayback – See archived versions of the page you’re viewing with the Wayback Machine (via Internet Archive).
If you like the concept of bookmarklets, head on over to squarefree, there’s a nice collection there.
