I don't normally clutter up the list with replies, but I must for this extensive piece of advice.
Very grateful. On 17 November 2011, at 05:28, Esther wrote: > Hi Ian, > > It's pretty easy to create an Instapaper bookmarklet for Safari for the Mac. > For that matter, it's pretty simple to create any bookmarklet for Safari, > including the ones on the Google Translate pages. I would create the > Bookmark so that it is saved to my Bookmarks Bar. That way, if it is the > first item in your Bookmarks Bar, for example, just pressing Command+1 in > Safari will activate the bookmarklet. (In the case of the Instapaper > bookmarklet, this means saving the current web page to your "Read Later" list > in Instapaper. For other bookmarks, pressing Command+2, Command+3, etc. will > take you to the web page of the second, third, etc. bookmarks on your > Bookmarks Bar.) > > You're going to create a bookmark, then you'll copy the link to the > bookmarklet on the Instapaper web page, and move to the bookmark in the "Show > All Bookmarks" page of Safari. Using the context menu to edit the URL > address you'll paste the link information into the address field of the > bookmark you created. > > 1. In Safari, navigate to the URL of the Instapaper Bookmarklet: > http://www.instapaper.com/extras > 2. Press Command+D to create a bookmark to this page > 3. In the dialog window for creating a bookmark, type "Read Later" into the > text box for the name of the bookmark > 4. VO-Right arrow to the pop up menu bar for the location you choose to keep > the bookmark, press it with VO-Space, and select the "Bookmarks Bar" by > typing the first few letters (e.g. "b" or "b o") and/or use your arrow keys > to move to the selection. Make sure you've chosen the "Bookmarks Bar" and > not the "Bookmarks Menu" item that is just after it, so you can use the > Command+1, etc. shortcut to go to this bookmark. > 5. Navigate to the "Add" button and press it with VO-Space. This adds the > bookmark and also closes the dialog window. > 6. Navigate to the "Read Later" bookmarklet. You can either navigate to the > "Read Later bookmarklet" heading, to read the instruction that will tell you > to drag to the bookmark to your Bookmarks bar, or navigate directly to the > "Read Later" link for the bookmarklet. (Navigate any way you like with the > web rotor set to headings or links, but item chooser menu is always a good > option, so you could press VO-I, then quickly type "l i n" for the links, > then type "r e a d" to find the "Read Later" bookmarklet link. VO-Space to > move to the link. > 7. VO-Shift-M to bring up the context menu and choose "Copy Link" > 8. Command+Option+B to "Show All Bookmarks" in Safari. (Comment: I usually > have my Safari view options set so that the Bookmarks Bar is hidden and the > Tool Bar is hidden. These options can be set in the "View" menu on the menu > bar, but you can also toggle them between show and hide with Command-Shift-B > for the Bookmarks Bar and Command-Shift-Backslash for the Tool bar. This > just simplifies using item chooser menu, since you won't get items that > appear in the tool bar or bookmarks bar mixed in with your available > selections.) > 9. Navigate to the "Bookmarks Bar" item in the table of collections and > highlight it by clicking with VO-Shift-Space. > 10. Navigate to the table of bookmarks in the Bookmarks Bar by pressing > VO-Command-T then interact (VO-Shift-Down Arrow). You should be at the > position of the first bookmark in the Bookmarks Bar, which should be the > "Read Later" bookmark you just created. > 11. VO-Shift-M to bring up the context menu and select "Edit Address" > 12. Command-V to paste in the link you copied into the address field. > 13. Command-Option-B to toggle off "Show all Bookmarks" and return to your > previous web page. Command+Right bracket to go back to the previous page > will also work here. > > You're done, and now whenever you visit a page you'd like to "Read Later" in > Instapaper on your Mac or on your iOS device, just press Command+1 to mark it. > > Although I usually hide my Bookmarks Bar, on my iPad in the Settings menu I > have Safari set so that "Always Show Bookmarks Bar" has the switch set to > "on". Then I can just flick to the "Read Later" bookmark and double tap it. > > The same principle applies on any web page where you're asked to drag a > bookmark to your Bookmarks Bar. Just bring up the context menu to copy the > link for the bookmark, then paste it into the address field of the Bookmarks > Bar item in question on the "Show All Bookmarks" page of Safari. This is the > general way you can get java script bookmarklets to work -- you just paste > the script into the URL address fields via the context menu. > > HTH. Cheers, > > Esther > > On Nov 15, 2011, at 02:36, Ian Harrison wrote: > >> Hi to all, >> >> Am I right in thinking there is a way to bookmark articles in safari on the >> mac so that I can later read them on my iphone? >> >> If so, what do I have to do to enable this? >> >> I love instapaper. >> >> Ian > > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> > > To reply to this post, please address your message to > mac-access@mac-access.net > > You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at > either the list's own dedicated web archive: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> > or at the public Mail Archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. > Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> > > The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and > worm-free! > > Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting > the list website at: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. 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