G-Link : send quick bookmarks to your Gmail

There are a variety of shortcuts to using Gmail for bookmarks, but G-Link, which creates a bookmarklet in Firefox, is how the Googlist does it.



It's a personalized version of the GmailThis! bookmarklet, made even more useful by this post on Lifehacker. (This is for Firefoxlings only, kids!) For this to be useful, just make sure you're always logged into Gmail under your own email address (otherwise you have to login every time to create a bookmark). To install G-Link yourself, simply drag the link below onto your Firefox toolbar.

G-Link

Next, right-click on the G-Link bookmark you just created and select Properties. Cursor across the location field until you find HEYDUDE@gmail.com and replace with your own Gmail address. This autofills your address in the To: field for every bookmark you send. Now all that's left is customizing Gmail.

Open up that sucker and create a new label called "G-Link." Then create a filter for all email that meets these criteria: from your email, to your email, has "G-Link" in the subject.



Then tell Gmail to let all those emails skip the Inbox and go straight to your G-Links label.

Now you're ready to see G-Link in action! Simply find a bookmark-worthy page while browsing in Firefox. Select any interesting text if you like by highlighting with your cursor, and then press the G-Link button on your toolbar. A window will open up addressed to your own email with the title and subject fields populated with the page title, link, and any text you selected. Press send and the temporary window flies away. The next time you open Gmail, you can click on your G-Links label and find your new bookmark!

Simple, fun, G-Linking. (Also see my other personalized Gmail tool, G-Write.)