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Howdy! I hope you’ve been enjoying these sample features from Advisorator, my weekly tech advice newsletter. I’ve got just one more that I’d like to share with you, covering some of my favorite web browsing tricks.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The wonderful world of browser bookmarklets<\/h2>\n\n\n
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Even as technology changes, some old tricks never go out of style.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this case, I’m talking about bookmarklets, which turn your web browser’s bookmark list into a launching pad for all kinds of useful commands. You might, for instance, highlight a snippet of text on a webpage, then click a “Copy Excerpt” bookmarklet to save the text, page title, and link to your clipboard all at once. You can also use a bookmarklet to change the playback speed of web videos, perfect for getting through your Netflix backlog faster. Or, you can click on a bookmarklet to instantly remove ads and other clutter from a webpage. Once you find some bookmarklets you really like, you’ll might marvel at how you ever got by without them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bookmarklets have been around for roughly a couple decades now, and while you can often find browser extensions that accomplish similar things, bookmarklets have several advantages:<\/p>\n\n\n\n