Re: Stupid browser tricks

[Erik Price]

Michael O'Donnell wrote:

Bookmarklets are way cool!  Here are some more:

   http://www.squarefree.com/bookmarklets


And some more by Kevin Smith, who calls them "favelets":

http://centricle.com/tools/favelets/

Most are oriented toward assisting web developers in plying their craft.



Erik

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Re: Stupid browser tricks (was: Google changed their logo?)

[Michael O'Donnell]

>  Not to belittle Galeon or Opera or whatever, but I've been using the
>following bookmarklets (among others) with Mozilla and IE for some time now.  
>Each one should be all on one line; mail will wrap them.
>
>javascript:void(q=prompt('Google Search:','')); if(q)  
>void(location.replace('http://www.google.com/search?q='+escape(q)));
>
>javascript:void(q=prompt('Define:','')); if (q)
>void(location.replace('http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q='+escape(q)));
>
>javascript:void(q=prompt('Expand:','')); if (q)
>void(location.replace('http://www.acronymfinder.com/af-query.asp?String=exact&Acronym='+escape(q)));


Bookmarklets are way cool!  Here are some more:

   http://www.squarefree.com/bookmarklets
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Re: Stupid browser tricks (was: Google changed their logo?)

[Michael Costolo]

--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> On Tue, 17 Jun 2003, at 2:23pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > Huh.  I never noticed that before.  The downfalls of using Galeon where
> > there's a built-in google widget :)
> 
>   Not to belittle Galeon or Opera or whatever, but I've been using the
> following bookmarklets (among others) with Mozilla and IE for some time now.  
> Each one should be all on one line; mail will wrap them.
> 
> javascript:void(q=prompt('Google Search:','')); if(q)  
> void(location.replace('http://www.google.com/search?q='+escape(q)));
> 
> javascript:void(q=prompt('Define:','')); if (q)
> void(location.replace('http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q='+escape(q)));
> 
> javascript:void(q=prompt('Expand:','')); if (q)
>
void(location.replace('http://www.acronymfinder.com/af-query.asp?String=exact&Acronym='+escape(q)));
> 

You can also access Google without using a browser by using their API: 
http://www.google.com/apis/

O'Reilly even has a clever little book on it.

-Mike-

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"The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not 
got it"
-George Bernard Shaw

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