What are Bookmarklets?

Web browsers use “Bookmarks” (or “Favorites” in the Internet Explorer world) to store and save pages you frequent for quick access in the future. A bookmark is no more than a reference to a web page’s specific Uniform Resource Locator, or URL… the long string of text starting with, for example, this website: http://www.connectedwell.com

a BookmarkLET is a bit of intelligent “code” (normally javascript) which performs some kind of custom function for you when you click it. It is similar to a spreadsheet macro for the Internet — it helps quickly automate something for you so you don’t have to do it yourself.

More about Bookmarklets:

• Search ConnectedWell for Bookmarklets.
• Wikipedia definition of Bookmarklet.
• The original resource, Bookmarklets.com
• Bookmarklets — power browser

What is your favorite bookmarklet? Please enter it in the comments!