Free SMS Internet Explorer 8 accelerator

The FreebieSMS Internet Explorer 8 Accelerator is an add-on for IE8 that allows you to

highlight a piece of text on any webpage, and send it via SMS to any UK mobile phone.

For users in France, please use our french version

For users in Belgium, please use our belgian version

Other countries and networks will be available in the future.

Screenshot:

Installation:

This piece of HTML will install the accelerator on Internet Explorer 8

Install the Free SMS Accelerator on IE8:

<input type="button"

onclick="window.external.AddService('http://sites.google.com/site/freesmsuk/ie8/freebiesms.xml')"

value="Get IE8 Accelerator">

How it works:

The accelerator works by sending your selected text in the GET request to

www.freebiesms.mobi - A mobile phone optimized website based on the FreebieSMS interface.

The accelerator itself is defined in XML as follows:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>

<os:openServiceDescription

xmlns:os="http://www.microsoft.com/schemas/openservicedescription/1.0">

<os:homepageUrl>http://www.freebiesms.mobi</os:homepageUrl>

<os:display>

<os:name>Send by SMS</os:name>

<os:icon>http://www.freebiesms.mobi/favicon.ico</os:icon>

<os:description>Highlight text on any web page and send it via SMS to your friends, family or colleagues</os:description>

</os:display>

<os:activity category="Search">

<os:activityAction context="selection">

<os:preview action="http://www.freebiesms.mobi" />

<os:execute method="get" action="http://www.freebiesms.mobi/index.asp">

<os:parameter name="Message" value="{selection}" />

</os:execute>

</os:activityAction>

</os:activity>

</os:openServiceDescription>