The power of Favelets is having them readily available when you need them. Typically this means installing them into the toolbar of your browser.
I use Firefox on the Mac, so the screenshots and directions reflect this.
Editing of Favorites/Bookmarks is similar in other browsers.
Dragging a Favelet to the browser's toolbar
The easiest way is to simply drag and drop a Favelet from the provider's source file directly to your Favorites Toolbar. This assumes that the Bookmarks Toolbar is showing, and is on by default. If it is not showing, choose the View Menu/Toolbars/Bookmarks Toolbar menu command to display it.
Now I am simply dragging the Favelet from the source page to a specific location on my Bookmark Toolbar.
When I release the mouse, I see my new bookmark positioned exactly where I dragged it.
The contextual shortcut menu
Another way is to Control-click (right-click for PC) the link to display the shortcut menu and choose Bookmark This Link... In Firefox, you will then be asked which folder the bookmark should be placed in.
Regardless of how you add bookmarks, you may want to change/shorten the name so it is more descriptive and takes less space in this valuable toolbar. Notice that if your Control-click on the bookmark in the toolbar you can select Properties which will allow you to change the name to something more meaningful to you... don't change the location though, that's the actual JavaScript!
A folder of bookmarks in the toolbar
Firefox has superior bookmark management capabilities, including the ability to have a folder of bookmarks in the Bookmark Toolbar. Something that is lacking in IE. Here's a screenshot of me depressing the mouse on a folder of Favelets that are easily accessible in the toolbar.
Here is how you create this:
- Choose the Bookmarks/Manage Bookmarks menu command.
- Expand the Personal Toolbar Folder icon to view its contents.
- Select a bookmark in that folder, where you want the new folder.
- Click on the New Folder icon.
A dialog box will open allowing you to name this new folder. Give it a descriptive name like Favelets or JS (as I did).
You should now have a new folder in your toolbar, ready to add new bookmarks to.
- Use the techniques above to drag a new Favelet into your folder on the toolbar.