OnlyWire Bookmarklet
posted by CodeGirl
OnlyWire: The Only BookMarklet You’ll Ever Need!
OnlyWire is a service I stumbled upon a few months ago and it does something no other bookmarking service does (that I could find): posts a bookmark to up to *16* different bookmarking sites. If you are like me, and just can’t decide which service to go with, this is a really easy way to make sure all your bookmarking accounts stay in sync. I highly recommend you take a look.
They have 2 bookmarklets you can use: one uses frames, one does not. The first thing I noticed was how their bookmarklet doesnt pay any attention to any text you may have selected when you clicked it. I was using Furl previously, which automatically populates the comments/clipping section with anything you have selected/highlited. I looked at how they accomplished that, and updated my copy of the OnlyWire bookmarklet to add that functionality. I emailed this to them, and of course heard nothing back.
Drag this to your bookmark bar to post links to OnlyWire AND have any selected text populate the comments/clipping section: Post2OnlyWire
NOTE: The ‘Bookmark and Email’ button doesn’t do a thing when you click on it. . I emailed them months ago to let them know this; heard nothing back and it is still broken.
Just an FYI: I have found the “Spurl” support broken as of early May. I sent OnlyWire email about it, but got no response.
Plus for them: they have a REST-based API that lets you easily post bookmarks by fashioning a URL with certain parameters. This allows anyone to create a custom front end to their service, or to add bookmarking functionality to some other app.
They offer no way for the user to change their password within their website. You have to email them. I’m not sending my password over email, thanks.
They have a great service, but get a D for customer service. If my messages somehow ended up in their spam folder, they should at least check their spam folder every now and then to look for legit messages. I have emailed them 4 different times, and only once did I get any response whatsoever. Not ok.
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