Instructions: For any bookmarklet you'd like to add, drag the link for the bookmarklet name into your web browser's bookmarks bar. Or check out this video for a demo.
Not seeing your bookmarks bar? In Chrome, Edge, or Safari, press Ctrl-Shift-B (in Windows) or Cmd-Shift-B (on a Mac) to reveal it.
Copy URL: Copies a link to your current web page with one click.
Copy Excerpt: Copies any text you select along with the page title and a link to where it came from.
Link and Excerpt: Like the above, but without the page title.
Shorten: Creates a short link of the current page using is.gd.
Archive.org lookup: Finds historical versions of the current page using the Wayback Machine.
Wikipedia Lookup: Searches any text you select on Wikipedia.
Add to Pocket: Saves the current page to read later in Pocket.
Gmail This: Creates a Gmail draft with a link to the current page.
QR Code: Generates a QR code of the current page for sending a link to your phone.
Auto-Translate: Translates the current page to English.
Dark Mode: Converts the page to a black background with light text.
Remove Sticky: Stops website menus from scrolling down the page with you.
Readable: Uses Rdbl to create a custom, reader-friendly view of whatever page you're on.
Playback Speed: Changes the speed of most web videos. Try 1.25 for a little faster, or 0.75 for a little slower.
Printliminator: Lets you make web pages printer-friendly by removing graphics and chunks of text.
Bypass Paywalls: Changes ".com" to ".com." to avoid paywalls on many sites.
Add these to your bookmarks bar to search on specific websites with one click.
Gmail Search: Searches whichever account is currently logged in on your browser.
Google Maps Search: Type an address or a point of interest.
Google Directions: Navigates from your home location, assuming you've set one up.
Reelgood Search: For figuring out where to stream a movie or show.
Tomatometer Search: Consults Rotten Tomatoes to seeing if a movie or show is worth watching. (Thanks for this one, Joanna P!)
Google Drive Search: Like Gmail, this works with whatever account is currently signed in.
Amazon Search: Search for stuff to buy.
Brave Search: Search the web with my favorite private search engine of the moment.
YouTube Search: No need to Google first.
Yelp Search: Edit the bookmark to replace "90210" with your own zip code.
Spotify Search: Loads the free web version, works with artists, podcasts, and more.
Neeva Personal Search: Search across apps like Gmail, Slack, and OneDrive using Neeva.
Swappa Search: Find used phones and other gadgets to buy for cheap.
Plex Search: For my fellow media server nerds.
Copy the code snippet on this page and paste it into a text editor, then replace "SearchAddressGoesHere" with the search URL for the site you want to add, including everything up to the actual query.
With Brave, for instance, you would use https://search.brave.com/search?q= as your search address. With Spotify, you would use https://open.spotify.com/search/ . Note that if your search URL has a "?" in it, you must replace it with "%3F" instead.
Replace "Name Your Search Here" with the text you'd like to appear in the pop-up box. Finally, paste this modified code into the address field of a new bookmark and give the bookmark an easy to remember name.
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