Bookmarklets

Introduction
When speaking about the Internet, a bookmark refers to a web site special enough to the user that they place the URL in a storage area called Bookmarks (Netscape) or Favorites (MSIE). Bookmarklets are similar but completely different.

A bookmarklet is a one line slice of Javascript code that can be saved to either Bookmarks or Favorites. But instead of taking you to a web site, they usually perform some type of action on the current web site.

Example:

A webmaster thinks it's really cool to print with dark blue text on a black background. The proper bookmarklet will allow you to change the background to white and the text to black.

Or maybe the designer chose to keep all text black, including hyperlinks. An appropriate bookmarklet will go through the site and highlight all links.

To find out more about Bookmarklets go to the source for a supply of free ones. When "installed" they appear in your Favorites or Bookmark list but they don't take you anywhere. Then anytime you need to know when a site was last updated you can click on the Page Freshness bookmarklet for the last time the site was updated.