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Smart bookmark

Smart bookmark is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Smart bookmark rather than just read about it. In short: Smart bookmarks are an extended kind of Internet bookmark used in web browsers. By accepting an argument, they directly give access to functions of web sites, as opposed to filling web forms at the respective web site for accessing these functions.

Key takeaways

Smart bookmark belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Smart bookmark to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Smart bookmark from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Smart bookmarks are an extended kind of Internet bookmark used in web browsers. By accepting an argument, they directly give access to functions of web sites, as opposed to filling web forms at the respective web site for accessing these functions. Smart bookmarks can be used for web searches, or access to data on web sites with uniformly structured web addresses (e.g., user profiles in a web forum).

History Smart bookmarks first were introduced in OmniWeb on the NEXTSTEP platform in 1997/1998, where they were called shortcuts. The feature was subsequently taken up by Opera, Galeon and Internet Explorer for Mac, so they can now be used in many web browsers, most of which are Mozilla based, like Kazehakase and Mozilla Firefox. In Web, smart bookmarks appear in a dropdown menu when entering text in the address bar. By selecting a smart bookmark the respective web site is accessed using the text as argument. Smart bookmarks can also be added to the toolbar. The same applies to Galeon, which also allows the user to collapse and expand the textboxes within the toolbar. Smart bookmarks can also be shared, and there is a collection of them at the web site of the Galeon project.

Usage There are two ways to employ smart bookmarks: either through the assignment of keywords or without. E.g., Mozilla derivatives and also Konqueror requires the assigning of keywords that can then be typed directly into the address bar followed by the term. Epiphany does not allow assigning keywords. Instead, the term is typed directly into the address bar, then all smart bookmarks appear on the address bar, can be dropped down the list, and selected.

See also Bookmarklets, making it possible to use javascript with smart bookmarks iMacros for Firefox, embeds web browser macros in bookmarks or links

References

External links Smart Bookmarks at the Galeon site Archived 2005-09-08 at the Wayback Machine Smart Bookmarks And Bookmarklets

Illustrations

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Smart bookmark

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Smart bookmark claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Smart bookmark before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Smart bookmark ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Smart bookmark

In research: Smart bookmark appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Smart bookmark in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Smart bookmark is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Smart devices, Web browsers, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Smart bookmark outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Smart bookmark in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Smart bookmark means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Smart bookmark out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Smart bookmark in simple terms?

Why does Smart bookmark matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Smart bookmark?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Smart bookmark.