The “Smub It” Bookmarklet for iPhone
Posted by Marie in Demos, Safari, Shortcuts, iPhone on July 9th, 2009
Posting, sharing and bookmarking links from your iPhone is even easier with the “smub it” bookmarklet! The “smub it” bookmarklet gives you the same easy-to-use interface that you would get by typing “smub.it/” to the left of the http, but simplifies the process by allowing you to “smub” a link with just a couple of clicks.
So, how do you get the “smub it” bookmarklet onto your iPhone? The easiest way is simply to install the bookmarklet to your desktop version of Safari, then sync your iPhone with your computer, making sure the “Sync Safari bookmarks” button is checked under the Web Browser section on the Info tab of your iPhone menu under Devices in iTunes. Phew…. that was a long sentence! How about I walk you through it, step by step?
STEP ONE: Install the “smub it” bookmarklet to your computer’s version of Safari.
* Open your computer’s version of Safari and make sure your bookmarks bar is visible. If it’s not visible (as shown below), go to your browser menu, select View, then Show Bookmarks Bar.
* Once your bookmarks bar is visible, click and drag the link below (shown in orange) onto your browser’s bookmarks bar.
* Rename your bookmarklet however you like, or just leave it be as “Smub It.” Once it’s installed correctly, your bookmarks bar should look something like this:
STEP TWO: Sync your iPhone with your computer.
* Connect your iPhone to your computer as you normally would to sync it.
* Enter iTunes and select your iPhone under Devices. Your iPhone’s data should appear in the main iTunes window.
* Click on the Info tab at the top of the window, scroll down to Web Browser and make sure that “Sync Safari bookmarks” is checked.
* If “Sync Safari bookmarks” is not checked, click the box and then hit the Apply button at the bottom right of your iTunes window. The next time you sync your iPhone, the bookmarklet will be added to the Safari bookmarks bar on your iPhone.
STEP THREE: Use the “smub it” bookmarklet from your iPhone
After following the steps above, the “smub it” bookmarklet should now be on your iPhone’s version of Safari. The next time you’re browsing the web from your iPhone and want to post, share or bookmark a link, just follow these simple steps:
* From Safari, click the bookmarks icon. It’s the one that looks like the pages of a book:
* Now click Bookmarks Bar; this should appear just below your browser’s History.
* Click the “smub it” bookmarklet and post, share or bookmark from the Smub interface! Ta-da! You’re done!
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