Bookmarklets are shortcut links to perform tasks within web browser quickly. To get started, you need to add bookmarklets to bookmarks bar in your web browser. Firefox and Opera users can simply drag bookmarklet link to their bookmarks bar.
Internet Explorer users need to right click the bookmarklet link and then click add to favorites. Click on yes button on the pop-up window and then select links folder next to create in option. Click on Add button and you can access bookmarklet from top menu Favorites > Links > added bookmarklet link. Following are 30 useful bookmarklets to perform online tasks real quick:
WEBPAGE & WEB BROWSER QUICKIES
1. Split browser window – You can split the web browser window or tab into two parts. This bookmarket comes very handy if you want to surf 2 websites at the same time or compare results from 2 websites in a single view. read more
2. Remove elements on webpage before print – PrintWhatYouLike is a cool web service that allows you to remove any part of webpage, before you send it for final printing. Bookmarklet button can send any webpage to PrintWhatYouLike editor for quick processing. source
3. Multiple pages into One Webpage – PageZipper transforms multiple webpages with next button into a single webpage with whole content with a click on bookmarklet button. source
4. Auto Refresh webpage – You can track latest scores, time etc on any webpage by auto refreshing it. Just open any website and hit the PageReboot bookmarklet for auto refreshing. source
5. Open webpage for specific time – Minutes Please allows you to open specified webpage for set time period. It automatically closes webpage, when set time expires. source
6. Take ScreenShot of webpage – Open any webpage and hit the bookmarklet button to see screenshot of that webpage ready for quick view and download. source
7. Remove clutter on webpages – Readability allows you to remove clutter on webpages including: ugly banners, more ugly CSS styling and lots more. Just plain text for calm reading. source
8. Save Webpage as PDF – You can convert and save any webpage opened in web browser into PDF format using one click bookmarklet button from PDFdownload.org source
SOCIAL NETWORKING WEBSITES
9. Tweet This Text – You can quickly send any text to Twitter using Tweet This Text bookmarklet. Just select any text, hit the bookmarklet button to send the selected text to twitter timeline. read more
10. Delete DM on Twitter – Direct message are rarely used by majority of Twitter users. However, if you are addicted in sending / receiving DMs on twitter – use this bookmarklet for quick deletion of direct messages. source
11. Orkut to Facebook – Login into Orkut and hit the bookmarklet button. You will get list of Orkut friend who are also on Facebook. One quick way to get new familiar friends while migrating from Orkut to Facebook.
12. Is Webpage on Delicious? – While browsing any webpage you can hit this delicious bookmarklet to know if this webpage has been bookmarked by how many and which Delicious users. source
IMAGES, VIDEOS & MEDIA
13. Remove all Images from webpage – Zap Images bookmarklet allows to you remove all images from a webpage allowing clam text-only reading (and browsing). source
14. Edit Images in Picnik – You can push any image on a website to online image editor at Picnik and then edit the image as per requirement using Picnik tools. source
15. Smush.it Image Optimization – Select any image of any website and send it to Smush.it online image optimization service. It helps reduce size of images while preserving its looks and quality. read more
16. Flickr to Facebook – Open any Flickr image webpage and hit the Flickr 2 Facebook bookmarklet to upload the selected image to specific album in your Facebook account. source
17. View all Images in New window – Open any webpage and hit the bookmarklet button, it will show all images in neat manner in new window. source
18. Download online videos – KeepVid bookmarklet can help you download and save videos on any webpage with quick click on bookmarklet button. source
19. Watch video without Clutter – Quiet Tube allows you to watch videos with distraction of glary advertisments and glitzy webpage style. Grab the bookmarklet from the homepage. source
SEARCH THE WEB
20. Search On Google – Select any text on a webpage and hit the bookmarklet button for related Google search results quickly.
21. Dictionary Lookup – Quick bookmarklet allows you to check for dictionary meaning using Merriam Webster online database at m-w.com website. source
22. Search on Wikipedia – Select and highlight any text on a webpage and hit the bookmarklet button to see related wikipedia results. source
23. Search On Twitter – Select and highlight any text on a webpage and hit the bookmarklet button to see related results on Twitter timeline. source
24. Search Similar websites [for IE] – It allows you to search for similar websites of your interest. Just enter specific website URL or tags to get started with search process. source
25. Direct torrent download link – This handy bookmarklet injects direct download by Bitlet weblink to popular torrent search engines. source
FEW MORE USEFUL BOOKMARKLETS
26. Gmail This – Select any text on a webpage and hit Gmail This button. It will pop-up a window, where you can login and quick send selected text via email using Gmail account. source
27. Count words & lines – Just select text with the mouse pointer and hit the bookmarklet link. It will show the count for number of words and lines in the selected text. source
28. Translate into English – Quick bookmarklet of Google Translation allows you to translate current webpage into English or native languages being used on host computer. source
29. Shorten URLs with TinyURL – You can shorten any URL being browsed with a click of a button. Just click the bookmarklet button to see shortened URL. source
30. Actual URL of shortened URL – Untiny web service allows you to preview actual URL of any shortened URL before you open that URL in browser. read more
Do you know any other useful bookmarklets? Share with us by adding a comment for next listing of useful bookmarklets. Happy surfing!
