Tools

Here are some tools to help better use this service.

Firefox Addon

You can use this Firefox addon to directly link to images, other links, and pages.

To send content, when you're on a page or see content you'd like to share, control-click on that item, and select Urlumize, like so:

The link that is created depends on the link that it sent:

• If you just pop up the menu on a page, that page's link will be sent.
• If you select some content or text on the page, the location of that object will be embedded in the sent url so users' browsers with this add on installed will focus on that part of the page when this link is visited.
• If you select an image, that image's location will be sent.
• If you a link, that link will be sent.

As of verison 0.14, after this link is created you can send it

• By opening a new urlu.ms page
• Posting to Twitter
• Sending via email
• Sending via AOL instant messenger
• Sending via Yahoo! messenger

Bookmarklet

Instead of using the page directly, you can use this bookmarklet when you're on a page whose link is badder than it could be

urlumize

Clicks

The clicks page will give you stats on the links you create. Another way of seeing these is to add a + of a link. For example, to see the stats of http://urlu.ms/YrpULv use this link:

http://urlu.ms/YrpULv+

As more tools come about chances are they'll end up here.