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Create Tumblr Bookmarklet in Safari on the iPad

Ken Clark — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 14:00:53 +0000

As I mentioned in a previous post, Safari on the iPad supports bookmarklets in the Bookmarks Bar. If you’re looking to add the “Share on Tumblr” bookmarklet, I don’t believe Tumblr has an updated Goodies page that lets you drag the bookmarklet straight to the iPad Bookmarks Bar. So here’s how to do it:

Create a bookmark in Safari (it can be any page) and name it “Share on Tumblr”. Save it in the Bookmarks Bar” folder.
Edit the bookmark and delete what is currently in the address field.
Copy this Tumblr javascript code from Safari on your iPad, and then paste it into the address field.
Save the bookmark.

The process is a little cumbersome, but once you understand the concept keep in mind that you can do it for any bookmarklet.

Use Keyboard Shortcuts to Access Safari Bookmarklets

Ken Clark — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 02:39:57 +0000

You can quickly open the first nine links on the Bookmark Bars of Camino and Safari by hitting Command+1 through Command+9.

Editor’s note: This is quite useful, especially if you use bookmarklets that do things, like send the current URL to Tweetie for sharing on Twitter or save the page to Evernote.

via Camino and Safari: Quick keyboard access to the Bookmarks Bar | Finer Things in Mac.

I knew about this keyboard shortcut, but it is a great suggestion to use it for faster access to bookmarklets. I just rearranged my Safari bookmarks bar this evening with this in mind.

Video: Moving Safari Tabs (credit to @victorcajiao)

Ken Clark — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 00:23:58 +0000

via img195.yfrog.com

Victor Cajiao posted a video on Twitter showing how Safari treats tabs in an Expose-type fashion if you have a Safari window open with a single tab.

After watching the video, I tested it myself and found that if you do this with a Safari window with multiple tabs, the Safari window itself doesn’t minimize. However, if you select one of your existing tabs and drop it outside a Safari window (i.e. the Desktop), it will create a new Safari window with the tab’s contents. Another cool feature right there.

But that’s not it… I also saw that Safari lets you move tabs between windows. If you select a tab just like Victor does in his video, and then drop it into a second Safari window, the tab moves right over.

All good stuff that I wasn’t aware of before.

Extending Safari via Bookmarklets

Ken Clark — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:22:31 +0000

It hit me the other day that all the bookmarklets I’ve added to Safari are gradually extending its functionality way beyond simple web surfing. I just did a google search for safari bookmarklets and nothing on page one is all that current or complete. Anyone know of a good directory of Safari bookmarklets?