Wand for the Nintendo DS Browser

Saturday, 27. October 2007, 02:32:34

The Nintendo DS Browser doesn't have a Wand for remembering usernames and passwords, so I decided to make one as a bookmarklet.

As the Nintendo DS Browser doesn't keep cookies between sessions, the bookmarks memory is the only place to store login data locally. This Wand bookmarklet contains all the login data for the different web sites as part of its URL, and use this data to log in to the web sites.

The way it works is that every time you store new login data for a web site, a new version of the bookmarklet is generated that contains the new data (as well as the old data). You can then bookmark this new version of the bookmarklet and delete the old one.

The Wand can be used to remember login data for unlimited web sites as long as you have free storage space left. You can also have several different usernames and passwords for the same site.

To get the Wand for the Nintendo DS Browser:

Go to and bookmark the link that says: "Wand for the Nintendo DS Browser" at the bottom of this post in your Nintendo DS Browser.
Enter Edit Mode for the bookmarks.
The Wand bookmark should already be selected. If not, select it. Then click Edit.
Click on the URL. Then remove the 10 first lines of the URL, so that it starts with javascript. (The easiest way to do this is to use the stylus to set the focus near the start of the URL. Then use L + the Control Pad to set focus exactly at the start of the URL. Then use R + the Control Pad to select the text to be deleted.)
Click OK twice to save the changes.

To store login information for a web site:

Go to the login page of the web site.
Select Wand from the Bookmarks menu.
If you don't have any stored information for that web site, you are asked: "Create entry?". Click OK.
Fill out the login form on the web page, then submit it. A new version of the bookmarklet is created.
Bookmark that page. Then go to Edit Mode and remove the ten first lines of the URL, so that the URL starts with javascript.
To not waste storage space, you should make sure to delete the old version of the bookmarklet.

To login to a web site that you have stored login data for:

Go to the web page with the login form.
Select Wand from the Bookmarks menu.
If it has login data for that web site, you are asked: "Use [username]?". Simply click OK to log in. (If you have more than one username and password stored for that web site, just click Cancel until the desired username is shown. Then click OK to log in.)

Wand for the Nintendo DS Browser

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Comments

Anonymous writes:

i can't get working it saids creating user and i log in and nuuting happens

By anonymous user, # 29. October 2007, 22:24:52

Can I ask you which web site this was on? Have you tried it on different web sites?

I don't guarantee that it will work on all web sites - in fact I know that it won't. But for all the major web sites that I have tested it with, it has worked perfectly. These include sites such as my.opera.com, link.opera.com, widgets.opera.com, google.com, login.yahoo.com, secure.del.ico.us, digg.com and several others. But if I find any major web sites that it doesn't work with, I might consider changing the code. I know some ways that it might fail to work. But I tried to keep it simple and to keep the code short, to save storage space.

By rkm, # 29. October 2007, 22:53:13

drgameover writes:

another assume script, but it's kinda large, do u think you could make a version that doesn't have that username check pop-up? Or one that you just add to the bookmark itself, so you don't have to click 2 things

By anonymous user, # 16. January 2008, 05:30:23

@drgameover: I'll see about that later. I agree it's kinda large. I usually store so many passwords that I have no room left for any other bookmarks. I wanted to be able to keep several different logins for the same domain, though, because I use several different logins at f.ex. google.com. But a Lite version of the script would perhaps not be a bad idea.

By rkm, # 27. January 2008, 07:58:16

@drgameover: Btw., there are relatively few sites where you can add the username and password to the bookmark itself.

By rkm, # 27. January 2008, 08:02:38

genius writes:

i have forget my password

By anonymous user, # 16. February 2008, 21:18:06

nice! it's really cool, now i can log in facebook and twitter with only two clicks (if CLICK applies in this case!)

By algarcia, # 10. March 2008, 04:56:56

hey how do you get the scripts to appear at the end of the urls?

By Shineplasma8, # 20. May 2008, 22:20:18

Helena G writes:

Thank you so much for this - I love how you can store all the information, or just your user name and add the password manually (I'm scared of leaving my DS somewhere and someone having access to all my details). It has worked brilliantly on all the sites I've tried - Yahoo, Hotmail, Facebook, eBay etc. Can't wait for your next innovation!

By anonymous user, # 10. July 2008, 02:23:23

gwarble writes:

hey rkm, thanks for a great bookmarklet...

in fact, thanks for the best addition to the DS Browser that i've found yet... convenient, time saving, great...

I'd have to agree with the comments about a lite version; on most sites i only use login also, and would love to get rid of the extra click on "use user?"

I also have another question/request... would it be possible to add support for other form elements, like a "dropdown list" (ie: see the m.ebuddy.com login page, with user/password as well as a "service" selection list

Thanks again for the great work

By anonymous user, # 25. July 2008, 07:06:16

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By anonymous user, # 14. August 2008, 16:51:44