1. Read the URL and title of the website currently shown in Safari
2. Create a short URL using is.gd
3. Open Twitter in Safari showing a message like “The site’s title (http://is.gd/abcd)”
4. Additionally the short URL is copied to the clipboard

Just copy the script to a directory where Quicksilver can find it and you’re done. Tweeting an interesing website is a breeze. You could even set up a Quicksilver trigger and assign a hotkey for even easier execution.

The script itself uses some snippets from external resources. This site is a great overview on how to shorten URLs with Applescript and how to use it with Quicksilver. A routine for finding and replacing text can be found here.

Download the script: Twitter URL

Dialog shown after execution of script

It does nothing more than telling Safari to execute the same Javascript as the bookmarklet would do. Calling it from within an Applescript has one huge advantage called Quicksilver. I set up a trigger to execute this script with the scope of Safari (scopes seem to be broken in Leopard) and assigned the hotkey CMD-D.

This trigger in combination with Quicksilver’s “Social bookmarks” plugin is a great way use delicious with Safari.

Download the script: delicious_add_from_safari