New Feature: InstaCalc Bookmarklet
March 12th, 2008
I received a great suggestion to make a instacalc bookmarklet:
Bookmarklets are special links that interact with the page you’re on. The instacalc bookmarklet makes a live, interactive window to type calculations!
Installation (Internet Explorer/FireFox/Opera/Safari):
- Right click this link: instacalc bookmarklet and Add to favorites/bookmarks. That’s it! (Click the link for a live preview).
- Put the bookmark in your toolbar for quick access.
Usage: Click the bookmark to open an instacalc window on the current page:
- Just type and go! Currently selected text is copied in by default.
- Close with the red “x” (or click the pink region). If you close the calc, click the bookmark again to continue where you left off.
- The calc should stay in the upper-right corner as you scroll the page.
Now you can get to instacalc when checking your email, posting on forums, or just surfing the web.
Bugs and Feedback: I threw this together fairly quickly — let me know if it works, if there’s bugs, or features you’d like to see (multiple rows, etc.). The bookmark always uses the latest version, so you don’t need to worry about updating it. Enjoy!
Subscribe (RSS)
April 16th, 2008 at 12:50 pm
[...] InstaCalc Bookmarklet: Open a real-time calculator on any site [...]
April 24th, 2008 at 1:37 pm
The bookmarklet does not appear to be scrolling and I would find multiple rows helpful. Maybe the ability to modify a value in the URL itself would allow for a customizable number of rows to be displayed. Also something customize which corner and how far over the bookmarklet attaches to. Very cool and portable.
April 24th, 2008 at 1:54 pm
Hi Dave, thanks for the suggestions! Customizing the number of rows & position are great ideas, I’ll think about the easiest way to add these in.
Sorry to hear the scrolling didn’t work for you — out of curiosity, do you know which browser you happened to use?
June 22nd, 2008 at 3:26 am
I hope that I can add some rows.
February 15th, 2009 at 2:41 pm
Very cool, very useful! Thank you!
January 17th, 2010 at 10:32 am
Even though Google Chrome isn’t a supported browser it is possible to create a full InstaCalc desktop application using its applications shortcut feature. Firefox offers a similar product with its Prism tool…
February 2nd, 2010 at 8:10 am
It seems that currency conversion is not working in the bookmarklet (FF 3.6)
June 5th, 2010 at 3:47 am
Hi!
Instacalc is great. The bookmarklet is very handy, but when I try to convert “USD to EUR” or the opposite, doesn’t work. The same entry works fine when I do it directly on instacalc.com
Thanks
January 29th, 2011 at 2:19 am
make a chrome extension =)
March 3rd, 2011 at 8:46 am
I still haven’t found any calculator software better than INSTACALC!!! Please make it available on Google Chrome web store. thanks!