Googling with Tutorialmarklets

Create interactive tutorialmarklets to perform Google functions from the comfort of your own browser.

You probably know what tutorialmarks are. But what are tutorialmarklets? Tutorialmarklets are like tutorialmarks but with an extra bit of JavaScript magic added. This makes them more interactive then regular tutorialmarks; they can perform small functions like opening a window, grabbing highlighted text from a web page, or submitting a query to a search engine. There are several tutorialmarklets that allow you to perform useful Google functions right from the comfort of your own browser.

If you're using Internet Explorer for Windows, you're in gravy: all these tutorialmarklets will most likely work as advertised. But if you're using a less-appreciated browser (such as Opera) or operating system (such as Mac OS X), pay attention to the tutorialmarklet requirements and instructions; there may be special magic needed to get a particular tutorialmark working, or indeed, you may not be able to use the tutorialmarklet at all.

Before you try any other site, try Google's Browser Buttons (read: tutorialmarklets). Google Search queries Google for any text you've highlighted on the current web page. Google Scout performs a related: [Section 1.5][in "The Special Syntaxes"] search on the current web page.

Google's tutorialmarklets are designed for the Internet Explorer browser.

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  Google Translate!

  (http://www.microcontentnews.com/resources/translator.htm)

• Puts Google's translation [Tip #2] tools into a tutorialmarklet, enabling one-button translation of the current web page.
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  Google Jump

  (http://www.angelfire.com/dc/dctutorialmarkletlab/Tutorialmarklets/script002.html)

• Prompts you for search terms, performs a Google search, and takes you straight to the top hit thanks to the magic of Google's I'm Feeling Lucky [in "Google Basics"] function.
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  The Dooyoo Tutorialmarklets

  (http://dooyoo-uk.tripod.com/tutorialmarklets2.html) collection

• Features several tutorialmarklets for use with different search engines - two for Google. Similar to Google's Browser Buttons, one finds highlighted text and the other finds related pages.
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  Joe Maller's Translation Tutorialmarkets

  (http://www.joemaller.com/translation_tutorialmarklets.shtml)

• Translate the current page into the specified language via Google or AltaVista.

• Tutorialmarklets for Opera

  (http://www.philburns.com/tutorialmarklets.html)

• Includes a Google translation tutorialmarklet, a Google tutorialmarklet that restricts searches to the current domain, and a tutorialmarklet that searches Google Groups [Tip #30]. As you might imagine, these tutorialmarklets were created for use with the Opera browser.
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  GoogleIt!

  (http://www.code9.com/googleit.html)

• Another tutorialmarklet that searches Google for any text you highlight on the current web page.

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