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Bookmarklets – Add Magical Powers to Your Browser

November 23rd, 2009

Enhance your Browsing Experience Using Bookmarklets

OVERVIEW: Learn how to use bookmarklets to get every drop of power out of your favorite browser.

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What are Bookmarklets?

Bookmarklets are special bookmarks that add one-click functionality to a browser or web page. They look like normal links, but are written in Javascript and can perform different tasks depending on what page you’re visiting, what text you have highlighted, etc. When clicked, a bookmarklet can apply filters to the page you’re viewing, open prompts for searches, or a host of other helpful features. Bookmarklets are added to your browser as a bookmark and usually work in all browser.

Mozilla is Reinventing the Web – Again

August 26th, 2008

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Get the Information that you Need When and Where You Need It

I read a great video on Mashable on a new project from Mozilla Labs that will pull the web together in new ways that will make life on the web more convenient than ever. The project is called Ubiquity and it looks like a huge leap forward in creating on-the-fly mashups while you’re browsing the web. This Firefox extension will allow you to pull together data from different source on the web and combine into new uses in another place.

There are a lot of other services that do this already (Yahoo Pipes, Popfly, Dapper, and Google Code to name a few. ) None of them do it in such an immediate, practical way like Ubiquity will.

Here is a tutorial on using Yahoo Pipes to create mashups.
Here is a tutorial on using Dapper.net to create mashups.

See Ubiquity in Action

Take a look at this video and see how powerful and elegant Ubiquity can be.

Ubiquity for Firefox from Aza Raskin on Vimeo.

I’ve just Installed the prototype and looked at the tutorial to give it a try for myself. Hopefully I’ll have an update that supports my optimistic outlook.

Source: Via Mashable from Aza Raskin.