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Send to (Blogger, Bookmarks, Mail, Wayback, English) in Google Chrome
by ScrvpvlvsDec 16, 2008 9:54 PM–
I have customized Google Chrome to make it simple to send the current page to:
- Blogger (create a post about the page)
- Google Bookmarks (bookmark the page)
- Gmail a.k.a. Google Mail (create an e-mail containing the page)
- Wayback (show the page’s revision history)
- Google Translate (show the page in English translation)
The result of this customization is the “Send to” menu. This is very easy to set up and requires no special technical knowledge. This customization is not original with me but it has worked very well for me. Harry McCracken gets the credit.
- If the Google Chrome bookmarks bar is hidden, bring it into view with
Ctrl-BCtrl+Shift+B. [Google changed this keyboard shortcut in 2010 to avoid a conflict with the standard use of Ctrl+B to bold text.] - Right button click on in the bookmarks bar (but not on an existing folder), then click Add folder…
- Name: Send to
- click OK
- NOTE: If the new folder does not appear on the bookmarks bar, then look in existing folders and in the » folder to see if you accidentally created it there. Then simply drag it with the mouse to the location you desire.
Now you have an empty Send to menu.
To add the Blogger option to the menu, drag the text BlogThis! with the mouse from this page at blogger.com and drop on top of Send to. (So that the name makes more sense with the words Send to, you can change the name from BlogThis! to Blogger by clicking Send to, right button clicking on BlogThis!, choosing Edit, and following the directions.)
To add the Bookmarks option to the menu, drag the text Google Bookmark with the mouse from this page at google.com and drop on top of Send to. (I changed the name to Bookmarks.)1
To add the Mail option to the menu, drag the text GmailThis! with the mouse from this page at contrapants.org and drop on top of Send to. (I changed the name to Mail.)
To add the Wayback option to the menu, drag the text WayBack with the mouse from this page at gyford.com and drop on top of Send to.
To add the English option to the menu, drag the text English with the mouse from this page at google.com and drop on top of Send to.
A Google search for bookmarklets will turn up many similar options that you can consider adding to the Chrome bookmarks menu, for example at bookmarklets.com.
- There is a related Chrome customization to make your Google Bookmarks searchable from the address bar (which as far as I know is original with me). The combination of Send to Bookmarks and searchable bookmarks makes Google Bookmarks simple to use in Chrome.
Labels: Blogger, bookmarks, Chrome, Gmail, Google Bookmarks, Google Chrome, Google Translate, Send to, translate, Wayback
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Duncan
March 10, 2009 2:54 PM–Thanks for the tip! I needed the send to link!
by Rob Pugh
September 29, 2009 7:54 AM–Great! Thanks much!
by 
October 08, 2009 5:17 AM–Some useful stuff here. Thanks.
by Adada
October 19, 2009 9:22 AM–This is an awesome tip! Loving it =)
by Minze
December 09, 2009 8:21 AM–Thanks a lot! This is very handy tip.
by
April 06, 2011 1:36 PM–should be ctrl+shift+B at the beginning
Very helpful, thanks.
by Scrvpvlvs
April 06, 2011 1:58 PM–Good catch, @Anonymous. Google changed that keyboard shortcut in 2010.
by
May 30, 2011 9:41 AM–thanks dude
the help provided y you is awesome
by Unknown
July 14, 2011 1:16 PM–wow! Thanx for the tiP, really useful.
think you can perhaps update it, Send to allow Tweets and Google+
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