Or you can use a javascript solution like quickSub which will create a dropdown menu on rollover offering readers the ability to subscribe in many different readers. Probably their reader of choice is among this list and it’s not too difficult to add more.

I found though that I needed to do some minor editing to make this match the design of this blog. Fortunately, the author created a separate CSS called quicksub.css that makes it easy to change the color scheme.

They are essentially snippets of JavaScript code that can be copy/pasted as links in your bookmark area. There is a site dedicated to them called bookmarklets.com which hasn’t been updated since 2002, but many of the bookmarklets still work. They are sometimes also called favlets (not updated since 2004).

Here’s the Technorati Tags bookmarklet/favlet.

Update 9/9/2005 8:45am PST: The code originally included using the code snippet plugin was fubarred in Firefox and Safari so I removed the original code provided below. You can follow the link above and go to a basic page to get the Technorati Tag bookmarklet/favlet.

This TechnoratiTag bookmarklet code is not mine and was originally published on oddiophile, but that link is now broken with the domain giving the message: “Temporarily offline” so somebody let me know who I can give credit to on this one and I’ll be happy to credit/link to the author.