Bookmarklets are small snippets of JavaScript code that you store in your bookmark file to allow you to search or manipulate the data on a web page. Most of these have their beginnings from Bookmarklets.com. Please visit them for a full discussion of bookmarklets, to see the originals of these, and to get others that were not of immediate use to me. An asterisk (*) before an item means that I have altered it from the original, while an equals sign (=) indicates one that I've copied exactly. Those marked with a plus sign (+) are my original work. If you would like to create your own BookMarklet, you may find my BookMarklet Editor page usefull.
To save a bookmarklet, just drag the blue link to your Bookmarks menu, wait for the menu to open, and drag to whichever place you prefer. Some of them, particularly those involving frames, work properly only from the "Edit Bookmarks" page.
* Days Left this Year lets you know how long you can put off implementing this year's resolutions before having to make new ones for next year.
+ Days Left this Month tells you how long before you have to pay those monthly bills again.
+ Week Number tells you which week of the year we are currently in. January first is always in week number 1 even if it is not a full week. For week numbers based on other beginning points, please visit my Calendar Display page.
+ Day-of-the-Week tells you which day a particular date falls on.
+ Object Properties prompts for an object to display (ex: document.links[1]) and opens a new window showing the properties of the chosen object.
* Page bgcolor allows you to change the background color on web sites where the text is difficult to read. It is of no use on any page (this one included) which has a background image.
* Page(s) Freshness displays the "last update" value for the page and any frames that it contains.
= Page Location(s) tells you the location of the current page and any frames that it contains.
+ Page Locations(s) - selectable tells the location(s) of the current page and its frames in a way that allows you to copy them to the clipboard.
* Send Location(s) by e-mail opens your browser's e-mail window with the current page's title as the subject and the location as the message. If the page has frames, each frame's location is also listed.
* Duplicate Page(s) opens a new browser window containing the current page. If the page has frames, a new window is opened for each frame.
* Split Frames into Windows opens one new browser window for each frame on the page. Each new window will be the same size as the frame associated with it.
* Read Cookie for Site displays any cookies that have been set by the site that you are visiting.
* Screen Size tells you the inner, outer, and maximum size of your screen.
+ Some web pages contain "web bugs" that report your information back to the page author without your knowledge. You may scan a page for web bugs with my Web Bug Scanner. This page contains a sample web bug that does not report back anything; it is here only to show how the scanner works.
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These web sites also have interesting bookmarklets:
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Bookmarklets are small snippets of JavaScript code that you store
in your bookmark file to allow you to search or manipulate the
data on a web page. Most of these have their beginnings from
Bookmarklets.com.
Please visit them for a full discussion of bookmarklets, to see
the originals of these, and to get others that were not of
immediate use to me. An asterisk (*) before an item means
that I have altered it from the original, while an equals sign (=)
indicates one that I've copied exactly. Those marked with a
plus sign (+) are my original work. If you would like to
create your own BookMarklet, you may find my
BookMarklet Editor page usefull.
To save a bookmarklet, just drag the blue link to your Bookmarks
menu, wait for the menu to open, and drag to whichever place you
prefer. Some of them, particularly those involving frames,
work properly only from the "Edit Bookmarks" page.
*
Days Left this Year
lets you know how long you can put off implementing this year's
resolutions before having to make new ones for next year.
+
Days Left this Month
tells you how long before you have to pay those monthly bills
again.
+
Week Number
tells you which week of the year we are currently in. January
first is always in week number 1 even if it is not a full week.
For week numbers based on other beginning points, please visit my
Calendar Display page.
+
Day-of-the-Week
tells you which day a particular date falls on.
+
Object Properties
prompts for an object to display (ex: document.links[1]) and opens
a new window showing the properties of the chosen object.
*
Page bgcolor
allows you to change the background color on web sites where the
text is difficult to read. It is of no use on any page (this
one included) which has a background image.
*
Page(s) Freshness
displays the "last update" value for the page and any
frames that it contains.
=
Page Location(s)
tells you the location of the current page and any frames that it
contains.
+
Page Locations(s) - selectable
tells the location(s) of the current page and its frames in a way
that allows you to copy them to the clipboard.
*
Send Location(s) by e-mail
opens your browser's e-mail window with the current page's title as
the subject and the location as the message. If the page has
frames, each frame's location is also listed.
*
Duplicate Page(s)
opens a new browser window containing the current page. If
the page has frames, a new window is opened for each frame.
*
Split Frames into Windows
opens one new browser window for each frame on the page.
Each new window will be the same size as the frame associated
with it.
*
Read Cookie for Site
displays any cookies that have been set by the site that you are
visiting.
*
Screen Size
tells you the inner, outer, and maximum size of your screen.
+
Escape,
Escape - full hex, and
Unescape
encode and decode those pesky URL strings with special characters
in them.
+
Credit Card Verify
verifies MasterCard, Visa, American Express, Discover, and any
others coded using the LUHN (mod-10) algorithm.
+
Dollars Format
converts a string of numbers to dollars-and-cents format by adding
appropriate commas, trailing zeros, and a leading dollar ($) sign.
+
Local, GMT, Internet Time
displays the time on the local computer, the time in Greenwich England,
and Internet time.
+ You may wish to convert
Character to ASCII,
ASCII to Character,
Decimal to Hex,
Hex to Decimal,
Decimal to Octal, or
Octal to Decimal.
+ Math students may appreciate my
Prime Factors,
Least Common Multiple,
Greatest Common Factor,
Reduce a Fraction,
Add Fractions,
Mean, Standard Deviation, and Variance,
Factorial,
Combinations/Permutations,
Fibonacci,
Least Squares Line, and
Pascal items.
+ Some web pages contain "web bugs" that report your information back
to the page author without your knowledge. You may scan a page
for web bugs with my
Web Bug Scanner.
This page contains a sample web bug that does not report back
anything; it is here only to show how the scanner works.
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These web sites also have interesting bookmarklets:
Book-Worm
Jesse's Bookmarklets Site
Joe Maller: Translation Bookmarklets
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