Indeed, dragging links to the bookmarks toolbar does not work in Internet Explorer. However, you can still install the bookmaplet
Just follow these steps:
This happens often with websites that use frames. As a workaround, you can do the following:
Right-click on the frame containing the address and choose "This Frame" from the pop-up menu. Then, choose "Show Only This Frame" from the submenu. The page will now reload and show just the frame you selected. You can now highlight the street address and click the bookmaplet.
There is no workaround.
Right-click on the frame containing the address and choose "Open frame in new tab". You can now highlight the street address and use the bookmaplet.
If this doesn't work for, you can let me know where you tried it, and I'll have a look at it.
First of all, make sure you highlighted only an address. Do not include a company name, a shop name, or something similar. These usually make it impossible for Google's Geocoder correctly look up the address.
However, if, despite this, you still have the problem, just drop me a line, with where you tried the bookmaplet, and I can have a look it.
Technically, the bookmaplet is a piece of javascript instead of a link to a webpage. This makes it impossible for a web browser to automatically find out where it can find an icon to display next to the bookmaplet.
Depending on your browser, there might be ways to add an icon manually. On Firefox, you can try the Favicon Picker for this purpose.
bookmapletcome from?
It's a bookmarklet for mapping street addresses. Pretty nifty, eh...
You highlight a street address on a webpage, push the bookmaplet, and little screen will appear in the top right corner of your browser showing you where the address is located. And for extra fun stuff, the map is an actual Google Map, meaning you can zoom in and out with your scroll wheel, have it show the sattelite view, and more.
No, definitely not. Each time you click the bookmaplet, it will run the latest version straight from the server. No installing, no updating required. Only something like a major browser revision might trigger the need to update it manually. But these occasions should be few and far between.
On the one hand, to try something new. To get some experience with HTML, CSS, Javascript and Google AppEngine. I find the best way to learn some kind of technology is to use it for something. I wanted to learn some more about programming for the web so I thought: "Why not make some kind of webapp?".
On the other hand, even though Google Maps is terribly useful, sometimes I just want to know where someplace is on a map and be done with it. With the bookmaplet, mapping any address is just one click away and I don't even have to leave the page I'm on.
This is by intention. I took a lesson from Google here. I wanted a clean, lean, fast-loading website that goes straight to the point, no distractions. Most visitors will want to grab the tool and get the hell out again anyway. So why make it hard and time consuming on them?
Sure! I am currently working on dog breeding software, Kennel Coach. It's a webapp for dog breeders to manage their breeding kennels. It contains function for tracking dog health, managing pedigrees and more. If you are a dog breeder (or know one!) be sure to give it a look.
