July 21, 2006
Enlighten the Mutiny!Blog
Love posting stories on the News tab? But hate copying-pasting multiple times? Well, I have something for you!
There is a new "bookmarklet" for the news tab. Look under the Post story link. Just drag that link to your bookmarks/favorites toolbar, and next time whenever you are reading a news story that you want to post on the news tab, just select the summary and click "Enlighten the Mutiny" on your bookmarks/favorites toolbar. Two clicks and be done! It's that simple!
How to add this bookmarklet to Firefox:
1. Make sure your Bookmarks toolbar is visible (View menu > Toolbars > Bookmarks toolbar)
2. Drag "Enlighten the Mutiny" link from the news tab to your Bookmarks toolbar.
3. Goto to a story you want to tell the Mutiny about.
4. Select a summary from that story.
5. Hit "Enlighten the Mutiny" on the bookmarks toolbar, and then hit Post!
6. All done!
How to add this bookmarklet to Internet Explorer:
1. Make sure that View menu > Toolbars > Links is checked
2. Right click on "Enlighten the Mutiny" link on the news tab and select "Add to Favorites"
3. Depending on your security settings, Internet Explorer may complain that it may be unsafe, ignore it, click yes.
4. Click "Create In", if its not already open. Select the Links folder. Click Ok.
5. Goto to a story you want to tell the Mutiny about.
6. Select a summary from that story.
7. Hit "Enlighten the Mutiny" on the Links toolbar, and then hit Post!
8. All done!
This bookmarklet should work in all major browsers, including Opera and Safari. If you have any problems using this feature, just post a comment below.
kunjan on July 21, 2006 12:04 AM in Blog · T·r·a·c·k·b·a·c·k address · Direct link · Email post
That's one hell of an applet. Thanks Kunjan.
let me give it a try.
Nice.
Ooooooh. That is kinda cool. Anyway we could get the Enlighten the mutiny bookmark to have some cool logo/icon? Like the brown S I have now for the SepiaMutiny bookmark on my toolbar? Just an idea...
It is not possible because of the way browsers handle favicons. The icon has to be at the location the bookmark points at, which in this case points nowhere. For Firefox there used to be an extension called Favicon Picker that would have let you pick your own Favicon, but its not available on the Mozilla extensions site for Firefox 1.5.
Awesome work, guys. I like how it keeps the URL and title of the article you're reading when it takes you to the News page. Almost as fancy as del.icio.us!
And note to readers: the word-length limit on news stories has been upped.
NO WAY!? that's awesome, Kunjan!!
Is there a way to edit incorrect information after it has been submitted?
Kunjan,
How about the Sphere widget on SM since so many commenters are posting links to the blog post ?