March 2010
1 post
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...
December 2009
5 posts
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:...
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...
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...
Bookmarklet to use goo.gl, the link shorting...
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...