Show HN: my one-day project, Trnsfr

Re:Show HN: my one-day project, Trnsfr by sahillavingia on Sunday October 30, 2011 @02:56PM (#3175096)

There have been many times when I wanted to get something quickly from my browser to my phone. A Google Map before heading out, or an app someone messaged me to check out on Facebook.

So I built Trnsfr. It's super-simple: click the bookmarklet and it'll SMS your phone with whatever URL you're looking at.

That's it. But it's made my life a little better already. Hopefully it'll improve yours too.

What do you guys think?

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Re:Show HN: my one-day project, Trnsfr by awa on Sunday October 30, 2011 @04:30PM (#3175341)

How about an option of email along with sms. Email is free for me, sms costs $0.20.

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Re:Show HN: my one-day project, Trnsfr by icebraining on Sunday October 30, 2011 @07:36PM (#3175722)

If you set your email client as the handler for 'mailto:' links (it's reasonably easy, at least on Firefox), the following bookmarklet creates an email ready to be sent (one click in Gmail) with the current page URL:

    javascript:(function(){var%20url=%22mailto:[email protected]?body=%22+document.URL;window.open(url);})();

Don't forget to replace '[email protected]' with your own email address.

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Re:Show HN: my one-day project, Trnsfr by marcocampos on Sunday October 30, 2011 @08:39PM (#3175878)

Good stuff. I've added the window's title to the email's subject field:

    javascript:(function(){var%20url=%22mailto:[email protected]?subject=%22+document.title+%22&body=%22+document.URL;window.open(url);})();

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Re:Show HN: my one-day project, Trnsfr by Zash on Sunday October 30, 2011 @09:13PM (#3175962)

Right click on page, then select 'Send Link...'. (At least in Firefox)

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Re:Show HN: my one-day project, Trnsfr by icebraining on Sunday October 30, 2011 @10:49PM (#3176170)

Right, but that doesn't fill out the email address.

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Re:Show HN: my one-day project, Trnsfr by jwallaceparker on Sunday October 30, 2011 @05:38PM (#3175497)

How much time could it take to just email yourself a link?

I can see the purpose of SMS, I guess. You get an alert right on your phone.

This seems like a neat service but I prefer something a bit more robust like Instapaper, which I use for things like this.

Cool anyhow! Thanks for sharing! Good luck!

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Re:Show HN: my one-day project, Trnsfr by jmonegro on Monday October 31, 2011 @12:53AM (#3176416)

Then use my bookmarklet, cctome.com ;)

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Re:Show HN: my one-day project, Trnsfr by train_robber on Monday October 31, 2011 @06:21AM (#3176925)

Incoming SMS is chargeable in US?

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Re:Show HN: my one-day project, Trnsfr by rhubarbquid on Tuesday November 01, 2011 @01:57AM (#3180830)

Yes, they charge for sending and receiving.

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Re:Show HN: my one-day project, Trnsfr by TheCowboy on Monday October 31, 2011 @02:21AM (#3176560)

I like this. And what are you using as your SMS gateway?

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Re:Show HN: my one-day project, Trnsfr by tempaccount10 on Monday October 31, 2011 @02:35AM (#3176583)

I think it's cool but redundant and entirely unnecessary. You don't need to use the website. If you're already on your computer,why can't you just email yourself the click and open it from mobile phone. That's what i've been doing. I don't remember or visit any website. Problem solved.

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