Just drag it to your bookmarks bar and you're done.
Update: clicking the button a second time now returns the page to full color.
Update: clicking the button a second time now returns the page to full color.
Tuesday, May 27, 2014
Desaturation bookmarklet
I recently needed to protect my eyes from a web site whose editors just love saturation. I figured there should be an easy fix for that, so I quickly found the Desaturate extension for Chrome. Nevertheless, nowadays I prefer to install as few extensions as possible since malicious parties figured out how to exploit Chrome extensions for profit. Luckily, many extensions are simple Javascripts that can be replaced by a bookmarklet. So here it goes, a bookmarklet to desaturate a page:
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Hi Steven,
would it be possible to do something like this to block Flash???
Sure, you can e.g. have a button that removes all flash elements. The code's more complex though, so it may be more appropriate to make a browser extension.
Ok,
I just wanted something simple that I could understand. Now I am a little bit more paranoid.
You could try "Remove bloat" from here: http://cybernetnews.com/cybernotes-the-best-bookmarklets-for-your-browser/
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