tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post5434491200126506426..comments2024-03-18T02:14:57.204-07:00Comments on Google Operating System: Link to a Page Using Google AJAX SearchAlex Chituhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02618542750965508582noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-51339418910531789442009-04-19T00:54:00.000-07:002009-04-19T00:54:00.000-07:00A similar Firefox extension is Linkit.A similar Firefox extension is <A HREF="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/9003" REL="nofollow">Linkit</A>.Alex Chituhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02618542750965508582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-45446505167304521002008-04-04T04:52:00.000-07:002008-04-04T04:52:00.000-07:00Thanks for the links to past tips that are still v...Thanks for the links to past tips that are still valid ... THAT is a feature I find useful. To update this one - not sure when Safari support got added in, but it works fabulously in Safari 3.2 on Leopard 10.5.2. Love it.TisDonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09184758079344118436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-30490158378858348372007-05-25T11:33:00.000-07:002007-05-25T11:33:00.000-07:00Great post, Ionut Alex. Chitu. I've been waiting f...Great post, Ionut Alex. Chitu. I've been waiting for something like this for a while.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-49976050352107230852007-03-28T09:09:00.000-07:002007-03-28T09:09:00.000-07:00No worky on Vista / Firefox 2. Great idea, though!...No worky on Vista / Firefox 2. Great idea, though!Daniel X. O'Neilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17142591266024938848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-22674994517634273892007-03-26T00:50:00.000-07:002007-03-26T00:50:00.000-07:00Thanks for the plug. I'm actually a reader of Goog...Thanks for the plug. I'm actually a reader of Google Operating System, so I was quite surprised to see this post today. :-)<BR/><BR/>To those of you trying to use the bookmarklet on Safari: I'll see what I can do to make this work correctly.<BR/><BR/>About it not working in Gmail: I've actually been working on fixing this. Gmail's pages are pretty complex, and the mechanism the bookmarklet currently uses for finding selected text is pretty simplistic.<BR/><BR/>I'll post updates on <A HREF="http://xenomachina.com/" REL="nofollow">Xenomachina</A> when I make improvements to the bookmarklet.Laurencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12946206226063265718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-16822654805997592802007-03-25T14:32:00.000-07:002007-03-25T14:32:00.000-07:00Great thing but doesn't work in Gmail.Great thing but doesn't work in Gmail.philippehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13820421479899052653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-90940126285064535102007-03-25T08:29:00.000-07:002007-03-25T08:29:00.000-07:00It works for me in:* Firefox 2.0.3 / XP* Opera 9.2...It works for me in:<BR/><BR/>* Firefox 2.0.3 / XP<BR/>* Opera 9.2 / XP<BR/><BR/>The code uses a Mozilla-specific function to obtain the selected text.Alex Chituhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02618542750965508582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-76920470731091735592007-03-25T08:16:00.000-07:002007-03-25T08:16:00.000-07:00Same stuff "Need to select text" is the only I get...Same stuff "Need to select text" is the only I get...Sandro Franchihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17491941224416761205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-78840242965557279462007-03-25T01:14:00.000-07:002007-03-25T01:14:00.000-07:00Copy as HTML Link "creates an HTML link to the cur...<A HREF="https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/2617/" REL="nofollow">Copy as HTML Link</A> "creates an HTML link to the current page using the selected text and copies it (into the clipboard) for pasting into other applications."<BR/><BR/>This bookmarklet is totally different. It inserts a link to a Google search result (where the query is the selected text). When I wrote this comment, I typed "Copy as HTML Link", clicked on "Linkify" and I could insert the link to the top result for that query. This eliminates a lot of unnecessary steps (copy the text, open a new tab, paste the text in the search box and press enter, visit the search result, copy the link from the address bar, go back to the initial page, create the link).Alex Chituhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02618542750965508582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-49310795226570864942007-03-24T20:45:00.000-07:002007-03-24T20:45:00.000-07:00Is this similar to the mozilla extention ( Copy as...Is this similar to the mozilla extention ( Copy as HTML ). It lets you select text on a page then right click to copy as a postable link.blackbeltpicassohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16718694021561573827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-86668083598708298762007-03-24T16:24:00.000-07:002007-03-24T16:24:00.000-07:00Nice idea, but no joy here. But as above here I ju...Nice idea, but no joy here. But as above here I just get "Need to select text" repeatedly, with an appropriate slab already selected.Bernard (ben) Tremblayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04097630017893920397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-48495267849721502912007-03-24T12:52:00.000-07:002007-03-24T12:52:00.000-07:00Firefox. Heh heh. Opera. This is fun.<A HREF="http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/" REL="nofollow">Firefox</A>. Heh heh. <A HREF="http://www.opera.com/" REL="nofollow">Opera</A>. This is fun.Matt Cuttshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03894623909183732937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-32622272195577334072007-03-24T12:23:00.000-07:002007-03-24T12:23:00.000-07:00Great post, Ionut Alex. Chitu. I've been waiting f...Great post, <A HREF="http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/" REL="nofollow">Ionut Alex. Chitu</A>. I've been waiting for something like this for a while.Matt Cuttshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03894623909183732937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-4943540626978268912007-03-24T10:44:00.000-07:002007-03-24T10:44:00.000-07:00Thank you for updating this blog entry again and a...Thank you for updating this blog entry again and again and again and again… without your constant updates, my day would have been very boring! ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-33052727479853280502007-03-24T08:42:00.000-07:002007-03-24T08:42:00.000-07:00Doesn't work on Safari on Mac OS X. :( I was like,...Doesn't work on Safari on Mac OS X. :( I was like, really exited when I saw this but it doesn't seem to work. I get the message "must select text in textarea first" but the text is selected...SeoxyShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16128041668539646416noreply@blogger.com