Add those useful bookmarklets to Safari on iPad: Amazon Wish List, Hootlet, Readability and more

You can add content to your favorite services even if they are not integrated in the apps you’re using on your iPad. This can be done by adding bookmarklets to Safari.

First, I’ll share a list of codes to grab. In a second part of a post you’ll read how to add a bookmarklet to Safari, using the example of Readability’s Read Later.

Those bookmarklets should also work on the iPhone or iPod Touch, but they’re usually not optimized for a small screen. If you own two devices, just add a bookmarklet once, on the iPad, and make sure you have synchronization of Safari bookmarks enabled (Settings » iCloud » Bookmarks » On).

Pick a bookmarklet to add

Select one line of code and copy it to clipboard:

Readability Read Later – add articles for later reading in your Readability account ↓

javascript:(%28function%28%29%7Bwindow.baseUrl%3D%27http%3A//www.readability.com%27%3Bwindow.readabilityToken%3D%27hp2Bc4SyZxx2KzRZbVCH72wNAqNgLx667LXgZt3w%27%3Bvar%20s%3Ddocument.createElement%28%27script%27%29%3Bs.setAttribute%28%27type%27%2C%27text/javascript%27%29%3Bs.setAttribute%28%27charset%27%2C%27UTF-8%27%29%3Bs.setAttribute%28%27src%27%2CbaseUrl%2B%27/bookmarklet/save.js%27%29%3Bdocument.documentElement.appendChild%28s%29%3B%7D%29%28%29)

Readability Send to Kindle – send articles to your Kindle via your Readability account ↓

javascript:(%28function%28%29%7Bwindow.baseUrl%3D%27http%3A//www.readability.com%27%3Bwindow.readabilityToken%3D%27hp2Bc4SyZxx2KzRZbVCH72wNAqNgLx667LXgZt3w%27%3Bvar%20s%3Ddocument.createElement%28%27script%27%29%3Bs.setAttribute%28%27type%27%2C%27text/javascript%27%29%3Bs.setAttribute%28%27charset%27%2C%27UTF-8%27%29%3Bs.setAttribute%28%27src%27%2CbaseUrl%2B%27/bookmarklet/send-to-kindle.js%27%29%3Bdocument.documentElement.appendChild%28s%29%3B%7D%29%28%29)

Amazon Wish List – add items to your Amazon Wish List (you can add any item from any web page, not only from Amazon.com) ↓

javascript:(function(){var%20w=window,l=w.location,d=w.document,s=d.createElement('script'),e=encodeURIComponent,o='object',n='AUWLBook',u='https://www.amazon.com/wishlist/add',r='readyState',T=setTimeout,a='setAttribute',g=function(){d[r]&&d[r]!='complete'?T(g,200):!w[n]?(s[a]('charset','UTF-8'),s[a]('src',u+'.js?loc='+e(l)),d.body.appendChild(s),f()):f()},f=function(){!w[n]?T(f,200):w[n].showPopover()};typeof%20s!=o?l.href=u+'?u='+e(l)+'&t='+e(d.title):g()}())

Hootlet – share posts via this popular bookmarklet from Hootsuite. The Hootlet is fully functional on Safari ↓

javascript:var%20d=document,w=window,f='http://hootsuite.com/hootlet/load?',l=d.location,e=encodeURIComponent,p='address='+e(l.href)+'&title='+e(d.title),u=f+p;a=function(){if(!w.open(u,'t','scrollbars=0,toolbar=0,location=0,resizable=1,status=0,width=585,height=565'))l.href=u;};if(/Firefox/.test(navigator.userAgent))setTimeout(a,0);else%20a();void(0);

Posterous – share article at your Posterous blog ↓

javascript:var%20b=document.body;var%20POSTEROUS___bookmarklet_domain='http://posterous.com';var%20d=new%20Date();var%20e=(new%20Date(d.getFullYear(),d.getMonth(),d.getDate())).getTime();if(b&&!document.xmlVersion){void(z=document.createElement('script'));void(z.type='text/javascript');void(z.src='http://posterous.com/javascripts/bookmarklet2.js?'+e);void(b.appendChild(z));}else{}

Buffer – share content to social media (Twitter, Facebook) via Buffer ↓

javascript:(function(){var%20a=document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0],b=document.createElement('script');b.type='text/javascript';b.src='http://bufferapp.com/js/bookmarklet.v1.js?'+Math.floor(Math.random()*99999);a.appendChild(b);})();void%200

Timely – send content to Twitter and Facebook via Timely ↓

javascript:(function(){var%20w=500,h=225,l=Math.round((screen.width-w)/2),t=Math.round((screen.height-h)/2),d=document,s=w.getSelection?w.getSelection():d.title;if(s=='')s=d.title;window.ft=window.open('http://timely.is/bookmarklet?s='+encodeURIComponent(s+'%20'+window.location),'','left='+l+',top='+(t>0?t:0)+',width='+w+',height='+h+',personalbar=0,toolbar=0,scrollbars=0,resizable=1');})();

You can add other bookmarklets and there are good chances they’ll work. First thing to do is to add such a bookmarklet to a bookmark bar in your desktop browser. Then, in the Edit mode, grab javascript code from URL field – and add it in a way explained below.

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How to install Readability Read Later bookmarklet in Safari on the iPad

1. Grab the code from below – select the line, then copy it to clipboard (press Ctrl+C).

javascript:(%28function%28%29%7Bwindow.baseUrl%3D%27http%3A//www.readability.com%27%3Bwindow.readabilityToken%3D%27hp2Bc4SyZxx2KzRZbVCH72wNAqNgLx667LXgZt3w%27%3Bvar%20s%3Ddocument.createElement%28%27script%27%29%3Bs.setAttribute%28%27type%27%2C%27text/javascript%27%29%3Bs.setAttribute%28%27charset%27%2C%27UTF-8%27%29%3Bs.setAttribute%28%27src%27%2CbaseUrl%2B%27/bookmarklet/save.js%27%29%3Bdocument.documentElement.appendChild%28s%29%3B%7D%29%28%29)

2. Paste the code into an email, send email to yourself and open it on your iPad (preferably in a native Mail app). Grab the code.

3. Go to Safari, open any page you want and add it to bookmarks (we will replace the code with the right one in a next step).

To add a page to bookmarks, go to Options icon in a top left corner and tap on Add Bookmark. You can change the title to Readability and save it to Bookmarks Bar for quick access.

 4. Edit the entry – go to Bookmarks icon (on the left of Options) and then Edit. In Readability bookmark replace current address with the one grabbed from email.

5. Done. Now you can send articles to your Readability account. Every time a small icon will be displayed to show a process and confirm that a page was successfully added.

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