Instasaver

by Francesco

Instasaver is the Firefox add-on for the Instapaper avid user.

Providing an url-bar button, a toolbar button and a menu (+ keyboard shortcuts), Instasaver lets you submit the page you are currently visiting to the Instapaper service, for later reading.

The extension supports also Google Reader, being able to automatically detect the item you are currently reading.

Install Instasaver Install via Firefox add-ons

Usage

The add-on provides a little save icon (near the bookmark star), allowing you to submit a web-page Instapaper.com for later reading.

Moreover you will be able to interact with the service via the new Instasaver menu entries in the Firefox tools menu and via the following keyboard shortcuts:

SHIFT + ALT + I, for submittng content to Instapaper.com
SHIFT + ALT + R, to reflow webpage content
SHIFT + ALT + G, to visit Instapaper.com website

Changelog

1.6.1 – 27/08/2011

Firefox 6.0 compatibility

1.6 – 17/07/2011

revamped notifications (now system wide)
support for Firefox password manager (to fix intermittent problems with user/password not saved under Windows XP)

Motivation

I developed Instasaver as an alternative to the official bookmarlet, because I do not use the Firefox bookmark bar.

Feedback

Send bug reports, feature requests, etc. to instasaver [at] rolandfg.net.

Do you want to help translating Instasaver? Let me know at instasaver [at] rolandfg.net.

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13 Responses to “Instasaver”

guest says:

15/02/2011 at 13:29

it’s nice to see u continue updating this great add-on
however, the 1.5 version is reli disappointing.
the most fascinating feature the instasaver attracted me was its simplicity and directness. by simple clicking one icon, the article was sent to instapaper.
but in the 1.5 version, I have to click 2 times to complete the whole process, that’s awakward.

- Francesco says:
  
  15/02/2011 at 14:58
  
  Hi,
  thanks for submitting this feedback.
  
  If you directly click the little ‘save’ icon, near the ‘bookmark star’ in the Firefox url-bar, you should be able to trigger Instapaper submission in one click.
  
  Please let me know if this does not work for you.
  
Mark L. Ward, Jr. says:

22/02/2011 at 16:03

I love the idea—the keyboard shortcuts are fantastic. But I can’t seem to get it to take the username and password that I know work with Instaright. I try it with and without “gmail.com” included… Any ideas?

- Francesco says:
  
  22/02/2011 at 18:46
  
  Could you please send me some details about:
  - which operating system are you using?
  - which version of firefox?
  - which version of instasaver?
  Thanks for your feedback.
  
  - Mark L. Ward, Jr. says:
    
    22/02/2011 at 20:16
    
    Windows 7
    Firefox 3.6.6
    Instasaver 1.5
    
    Thanks!
  - Mark L. Ward, Jr. says:
    
    22/02/2011 at 20:17
    
    P.S. Instasaver 1.5 works on my iMac desktop running Snow Leopard and Firefox 3.X… I can’t remember which version of Firefox I’m running there.
james says:

16/03/2011 at 14:15

Thank you for developing this extension and making it available for free. Before I try it, I have a quick question: if I use Instasaver, am I exposing any information to anyone that I wouldn’t expose if I used the official Instapaper bookmarklet? For example, would my IP address or any cookie information be sent to any third party website? Thanks again.

- Francesco says:
  
  16/03/2011 at 15:58
  
  Your Instapaper credentials, along with the content URL, are sent to the Instapaper.com website (via https) when you submit a new item.
  
  Beside that no other info is sent over the wire.
  
Andreas says:

27/03/2011 at 14:04

Instasaver is not (officially?) compatible with Firefox 4. Would be great to have it back on my machines (I currently holding my upgrade to FF4 back for that reason!)

- Francesco says:
  
  29/07/2011 at 11:06
  
  Sorry for the loooooong delay…
  
  Instasaver 1.6 is officially compatible with Firefox 4 and 5.
  
  Please be aware that Instasaver 1.6 is still not available on Mozilla add-ons website since it is undergoing the add-on review process. You should download it from my website (http://db.tt/RwwcBix).
  
I ♥ Instapaper | βλογάπη says:

18/04/2011 at 20:33

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leeleblanc says:

19/09/2011 at 21:04

Exceptional extension – contrary to the Firefox addons site: works for me on Firefox 6.0.2 -yup, sure does.

But, the only item I suggest is to add to the selection for options is are shortcut keyboard clues. I couldn’t remember them so I googled for the keyboard shortcuts; they of course came up. Unless I’m missing them it would be nice to see them under the options where you enter your credentials for the Instapaper login.

- Francesco says:
  
  20/09/2011 at 13:31
  
  Thanks. I will think about the configurable keyboard shortcuts feature.
  
  In the meanwhile, if you forget the shortcuts, you can look into the Tools -> Instasaver menu as a remainder.

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