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This is one chapter of my "Chrome Extension Workshops" tutorial, see the rest here: https://gist.github.com/caseywatts/8eec8ff974dee9f3b247

Unrelated update: my book is out! Debugging Your Brain is an applied psychology / self-help book

Making Bookmarklets

I'm feeling very clever. I've got this sweet line of javascript that replaces "cloud" with "butt". My mom would LOVE this, but she doesn't computer very well. I'm afraid to show her the Developer Console and have her type/paste this in. But she IS pretty good at bookmarks, she knows just how to click those!

A bookmark normally takes you to a new web page. A bookmarklet is a bookmark that runs javascript on the current page instead of taking you to a new page. To declare that it is a bookmarklet, the "location" it points to starts with javascript:.

Short Url: http://caseywatts.com/chromeextensionworkshop

Alternate Short Url: http://tinyurl.com/blatant-panda

Other gists & tricks: http://caseywatts.com/gists-and-tricks

	According to all known laws of aviation, there is no way a bee should be able to fly.
	Its wings are too small to get its fat little body off the ground.
	The bee, of course, flies anyway because bees don't care what humans think is impossible.
	Yellow, black. Yellow, black. Yellow, black. Yellow, black.
	Ooh, black and yellow!
	Let's shake it up a little.
	Barry! Breakfast is ready!
	Coming!
	Hang on a second.
	Hello?

danny xdannyrobertsx

Making Bookmarklets

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