As mentioned in the previous entry, Sparks! now has a number of extensions that allow you do extra things with links dragged to the application.

To get to the extensions menu, select Action > Subscribe, Record or Import..., press the "+" button next to the location bar, press F5 or drag a URL to Sparks! (future versions will allow files to dropped also).

A very useful trick: if you're reading a webpage in Sparks! and you see a link you like, just drag it over to the left-hand pane and off you go!

Send to Del.icio.us

This will post a link to Del.icio.us. The "Del.icio.us User" and "Tags" are remembered after the first time you enter them.

You can also just double click on the "Send to Del.icio.us" item (with an empty URL) to get to your Del.icio.us home page.

Send to Movable Type Weblog

This will create a new entry in your Movable Type weblog (assuming you have one) posting the link with a sample message body (which obviously you can edit). The "Movable Type URL" and the "Tags" are remembered.

If you specify any "Tags" (tags are individual words with no spaces) a number of Technorati Tags will be added to your posting. These are very useful for allowing others to find and classify your posts.

Study the example above for the format of the URL you have to enter to specify your movable type account — essentially it's your main "mt.cgi" URL and "&blog_id=#", with "#" being whatever is appropriate for you (probably "1"). The next version of this will be a little smarter.

Send link by E-Mail

Need to tell someone about a link? This brings up your e-mail application with the link as the message body (to which you can add more text).

What's coming next?

What's coming? Well, an extension to tag and upload MP3 files, that's for sure! If you have any ideas, let us know.