" Slurp up a Web page, spit back Purple numbers™ "
Enter the URL of the page to which you would like to apply Purple numbers.
or simply enter the following onto your browser command line:
" http://ps1.cim3.net/ps.php?theurl=http://www.somedomain.com/somepage.html "
(inserting "http://ps1.cim3.net/ps.php?theurl=" in front of the url of your desired page)
With Purple numbers in place, all one needs to do is to mouse-over a Purple number, right-mouse-click and COPY that hyperlink (on the IE browser, it's "Copy Shortcut", and on the Netscape browser, it's "Copy Link Location"). One can then PASTE this hyperlink to an e-mail message, to your instant message, or to a document s/he is composing. That link will now take its reader back to exactly the same paragraph the author wanted to refer his/her reader(s) to.
If you are not familiar with Purple numbers you may want to read up on Doug Engelbart's work on OHS and high resolution addressability. See also Eugene Eric Kim's “An Introduction to Purple”, and Eric Armstrong's comments on granular addressability
Want one-click Purple numbers? Right-click on this link, PurpleSlurple Bookmarklet, and bookmark it, or drag and drop this bookmark onto your browser's personal toolbar. Now when you are viewing a page on which you would like Purple numbers just click the bookmarklet. (Javascript must be enabled).