Konqueror with Bookmarklets

Konqueror with Bookmarklets

If you’re a Konqueror user and a power user or geekier, then you’ve probably noticed, as have I, that bookmarklets (javascript bookmarks, for the buzzword-deficient) don’t work. You’ve probably also wondered “What the heck is that Minitools thing from konqueror-addons?”

The answer? Minitools is Konqueror’s term for bookmarklets. It’s a separate bookmarks tree where you put javascript bookmarks so that they can force-disable Javascript in the regular tree for improved security. Now the only problem is accessing them in a comfortable fashion. Here’s my solution:

1. Enable Settings --> Toolbars --> Extra Toolbar (Konqueror)
2. Go to Settings --> Configure Toolbar... and select which items you want to be in it. (Note: The toolbar will be listed in the dropdown once for each plugin that contributes to it. Don’t let that confuse you.)
3. Remove “Animated Logo” from Main Toolbar and add it to bottom of the list in the top entry for Extra Toolbar.
4. Drag the new toolbar around until you get it on the same line as the main toolbar. It should now look as if you added new buttons into the middle of the existing main toolbar.

Now that you have easy access to them, here are some of the bookmarklets I favor: (Links are to their home sites so you can get more info before you decide whether you want them)

• Easily save videos from YouTube, Google Video, and more without contacting a 3rd party like KeepVid.com
• Retrieve older versions of a page from the WayBack Machine
• Quick Access to TinyURL
• Quickly Bookmark things on del.icio.us
• Blog It (If you use WordPress, it’s at the bottom of the “Write Post” page)
• Google Translate and View Passwords

Enjoy!

Konqueror with Bookmarklets by Stephan Sokolow is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.