25 brilliant bookmarklets to boost your browsing

Handy shortcuts

Perhaps the best bookmarklets are those that work with other web sites to deliver powerful features at a click.

Capture screen grab
javascript:(function(){var%20b=document.body,e=document.documentElement,h=100,s=self,y=0,w=window;if(s.pageYOffset)y=s.pageYOffset;else%20if(e%20&&%20e.scrollTop)y=e.scrollTop;else%20if(b)y=b.scrollTop;if(w.innerHeight%20&&%20w.scrollMaxY)h=w.innerHeight+w.scrollMaxY;else%20if(b.scrollHeight%20>%20b.offsetHeight)h=b.scrollHeight;else%20h=b.offsetHeight;w.open('http://kwout.com/grab?address='+encodeURIComponent(location.href)+'&scroll='+(y/h));})();
See Kwout.com for more.

Short URL
javascript:var%20d=document,w=window,enc=encodeURIComponent,e=w.getSelection,k=d.getSelection,x=d.selection,s=(e?e():(k)?k():(x?x.createRange().text:0)),s2=((s.toString()=='')?s:('%22'+enc(s)+'%22')),f='http://bit.ly/',l=d.location,p='?v=3&u='+enc(l.href)%20+'&s='+enc(d.title)+'%20'+s2,u=f+p;try{if(!/^(.*\.)?tumblrzzz[^.]*$/.test(l.host))throw(0);tstbklt();}catch(z){a%20=function(){if(!w.open(u))l.href=u;};if(/Firefox/.test(navigator.userAgent))setTimeout(a,0);else%20a();}void(0)
(Source: labnol.org)

Translate
javascript:var%20t=((window.getSelection&&window.getSelection())||(document.getSelection&&document.getSelection())||(document.selection&&document.selection.createRange&&document.selection.createRange().text));var%20e=(document.charset||document.characterSet);if(t!=''){location.href='http://translate.google.com/translate_t?text='+t+'&hl=en&langpair=auto|en&tbb=1&ie='+e;}else{location.href='http://translate.google.com/translate?u='+escape(location.href)+'&hl=en&langpair=auto|en&tbb=1&ie='+e;};
(Source: labnol.org)

Print what you like
javascript:(function(){if(window['ppw']&&ppw['bookmarklet']){ppw.bookmarklet.toggle();}else{window._pwyl_home="http://www.printwhatyoulike.com/";_pwyl_bmkl=document.createElement('script');_pwyl_bmkl.setAttribute('type','text/javascript');_pwyl_bmkl.setAttribute('src',_pwyl_home+'static/compressed/pwyl_bookmarklet_10.js');_pwyl_bmkl.setAttribute('pwyl','true');document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(_pwyl_bmkl);}})();
(Source: labnol.org)

Mike Williams
Lead security reviewer

Mike is a lead security reviewer at Future, where he stress-tests VPNs, antivirus and more to find out which services are sure to keep you safe, and which are best avoided. Mike began his career as a lead software developer in the engineering world, where his creations were used by big-name companies from Rolls Royce to British Nuclear Fuels and British Aerospace. The early PC viruses caught Mike's attention, and he developed an interest in analyzing malware, and learning the low-level technical details of how Windows and network security work under the hood.