Edit this page: Useless but fun bookmarklet lets you edit any web site

by Brad Linder Jul 8th 2008

Ever have the urge to change a headline or rewrite the text of a web site? Edit this page is a browser bookmarklet that makes any web page instantly editable. Well, kind of. Here's how it works. Drag this bookmarklet to your bookmark toolbar. When you're on a page you'd like to rearrange, just hit the bookmarklet and you can edit any text area.

Of course, nobody else will see the edits you've made unless you take a screenshot and share it with the world. But in completely unrelated news we are particularly proud of the distinction Time Magazine gave us earlier this year, so we thought we'd share that with you.

[via Digital Inspiration and Techzilo]

Tags: bookmarklet, edit-this-page, web-design

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Xvegitto said 10:26PM on 7-08-2008

I remember using firebug to edit BBC sports site as a joke on my friends, i changed some news about rival football team and most of them fell for it. lol.....good fun, too bad i am a nice guy and couldn't sustain the deception.

Kai said 7:32AM on 7-09-2008

Thanks for the pointer. However, I find it plenty useful for editing web pages for printing which have no or crappy "for print" layouts. Or is there a better way to print only what you need?

Kai

Brad Linder said 7:35AM on 7-09-2008

You could try GreenPrint:

http://www.printgreener.com/

T3chnic133 said 8:37AM on 7-09-2008

while this is cool in terms of practical jokes with your friends. it looks like it would make it easier for people to dupe less tech savvy people in to releasing banking info on spoofed sites.

James said 10:33AM on 7-09-2008

FYI If you're a web developer you probably already have the Web Developer Toolbar installed; many don't realize, though, that it already has this functionality, under Miscellaneous->Edit HTML. Can save a lot of time when working on minor changes.

As for spoofing, in order to accomplish that in this way, I think that's pretty far-fetched -- you would already have to have access to the person's computer (or let them use yours to access their bank site), install the plugin, change another page to look like their bank's .... far easier just to look over their shoulder and peek at their account number!

kingkool68 said 8:47PM on 7-09-2008

Firebug makes this a snap.

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