Bookmarklets

YouTube smacks down 3rd party download sites

Looks like sites such as ClipNabber, SaveVid, KeepVid, and others are hurting after recent changes by YouTube to its infrastructure. The recent changes prevent such sites from providing links to their visitors to download videos from YouTube. 

Google has made similar moves in the past to disrupt such sites, but in the past the download sites have always found a way around the moves pretty quickly.  However, it seems that this time, they may have finally been stopped from business as usual.

Other than using this bookmarklet, it seems that the only other choice for convenient YouTube downloading is now to install software of one type or another.  (Less conveniently, there are other ways to download the files with no software, but its a bit of effort.)  SaveVid, YouDDL, and KeepVid now require users to install a Java applet.  There are handful of companies also pushing desktop software solutions.  However, I carefully avoid desktop software or Java applets from any site that I do not fully trust.

There are of course some popular browser add-ons and extensions that work, but my favorite option, as you may have guessed, is a bookmarklet; specifically this bookmarklet to directly download videos from YouTube, DailyMotion, and FaceBook

Bookmarklet to translate web pages to English

Bookmarklet Link: trans

Automatically detect the source language of a web page and translate the full page (or select specific words on the page) into English using Google Translate.

To use this bookmarklet, right click on the link and add it to your bookmarks or link bar.  When you are on a page that you wish to translate, click the bookmarklet.

Self contained.  Not server hosted.

Note: Bookmarklets do not work inside Tumblr’s dashboard. Dashboard users must visit the actual post.

Bookmarklet to show password

Bookmarklet Link: showpass

Note: Bookmarklets do not work inside Tumblr’s dashboard. Dashboard users must visit the actual post.

Unmasks the real text of an auto-filled password that are hidden by stars in the password field of a webpage.  Only useful if the password associated with that site is saved in the browser.

To use this bookmarklet, right click on the link and add it to your bookmarks or link bar.  When you are on a page with a password that you wish to see, click the bookmarklet.

Self contained.  Not server hosted.

Duplicate Tab / Copy Tab

Bookmarklet Link: DupTab

Note: Bookmarklets do not work inside Tumblr’s dashboard. Dashboard users must visit the actual post.

Creates a new tab in FireFox using the same URL.  To use this bookmarklet, right click on the link and add it to your bookmarks or link bar.  When you are visiting a page that you wish to duplicate, click the bookmarklet.

Uses server hosted JavaScript.

Bookmarklet to resize and move Flash

Bookmarklet Link: resize flash

Note: Bookmarklets do not work inside Tumblr’s dashboard. Dashboard users must visit the actual post.

Allows you to resize all flash elements on a page. Useful for resizing games, videos, etc. Just drag to resize and move the video.  Works on YouTube.

To use this bookmarklet, right click on the link and add it to your bookmarks or link bar.  When you are on a page with Flash that you wish to resize, click the bookmarklet.

Uses server hosted JavaScript

Source: http://dy-verse.blogspot.com/search/label/flash%20resizer

Bookmarklet to use goo.gl, the link shorting service from Google

Bookmarklet Link: Goo.gl

Note: Bookmarklets do not work inside Tumblr’s dashboard. Dashboard users must visit the actual post.

Use this bookmarklet to get a short URL like http://goo.gl/fkbY .  To use this bookmarklet, right click on the link and add it to your bookmarks or link bar.  When you are visiting a URL that you wish to shorten, click the bookmarklet.

Right now, Google’s new short URL service does not provide a web interface for creating short links.  You must use the Google toolbar, GMail, a 3rd party web interface, or this bookmarklet.

Uses server hosted JavaScript.