URLencode Widget 1.1 review
DownloadURLencode Widget simply converts any text on your clipboard to plain text, and then encodes or decodes that text using the javascript escape() and unescape() functions, placing the result back onto the clipboard.
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URLencode Widget simply converts any text on your clipboard to plain text, and then encodes or decodes that text using the javascript escape() and unescape() functions, placing the result back onto the clipboard.
Handy for those doing manual database, xml, or web work.
The MacOSX clipboard is capable of copying rtf formatted text. (Notice when you copy from a webpage and then paste it into TextEdit, it usually still has the fonts, formatting, and colors). The URLencode widget attempts to translate that text to plain text before encoding it!
To use the URLencode, simply copy some text onto your clipboard (Command - c), then open your Dashboard (F12 is the default button), and then click either the ENCODE or DECODE buttons on the URLencode Widget. The resulting text will be on your clipboard, ready to be pasted (Command - v) into a different place.
Why would you want to do this, you ask? Well, many people who work as programmers, database admins, XML users, and the like, tend to need to have text encoded by hand on occasion. Encoding the text changes all special characters including spaces into a 3 character string starting with % and ending with the two digit ASCII code for the character.
What's New:
Fixed issues with Quote characters and mixed-encoded text.
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