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A status update on my continuing obsession with Instapaper

Since getting Instapaper for my iPod Touch, I’ve been loving the ability to add links to my instapaper just by tapping on them, rather than (on my laptop) having to follow a link to its webpage, wait for it to load, and then hit the bookmarklet to send it to IP. So back when Snow Leopard came out I made a Service, and more recently I’ve made extensions for Safari and Chrome,  that lets you easily send articles to Instapaper.

The browser extensions enable three ways to send articles to Instapaper in the background:

1. Right-click on a link and InstapaperIt from the contextual menu

2. hold down the option/alt key when clicking on a link.

3. click the toolbar button to add the current page to instapaper.

InstapaperIt for Safari

InstapaperIt for Chrome

OS X Service:

Once installed, you can select any URL in any cocoa application, and any link in Safari and send it to Instapaper in the background. You’ll get notified via Growl or the OS. After unzipping this, you install the service by moving it to ~/Library/Services (make a Services folder in your Library if you don’t have one).

For NetNewsWire users (adds the ability to send links in NNW as well as other apps):
InstapaperIt.zip

For Everyone else:
InstapaperIt.zip