diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/app/router.js b/app/assets/javascripts/app/router.js
index f6367cf62..0cc50563a 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/app/router.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/app/router.js
@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@ app.Router = Backbone.Router.extend({
     "people/:id/photos": "photos",
 
     "people/:id": "stream",
-    "u/:name": "stream"
+    "u/:name": "stream",
+
+    "bookmarklet": "bookmarklet"
   },
 
   help: function() {
@@ -110,5 +112,12 @@ app.Router = Backbone.Router.extend({
     if(this.followedTagsView && Backbone.history.fragment != "followed_tags")
       this.followedTagsView.hideFollowedTags();
   },
+
+  bookmarklet: function() {
+    var contents = (window.gon) ? gon.preloads.bookmarklet : {}
+    app.bookmarklet = new app.views.Bookmarklet(
+      _.extend({}, {el: $('#bookmarklet')}, contents)
+    ).render();
+  }
 });
 
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/bookmarklet_view.js b/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/bookmarklet_view.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..29e63daca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/bookmarklet_view.js
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+app.views.Bookmarklet = Backbone.View.extend({
+  separator: ' - ',
+
+  initialize: function(opts) {
+    // init a standalone publisher
+    app.publisher = new app.views.Publisher({standalone: true});
+
+    app.publisher.on('publisher:add', this._postSubmit, this);
+    app.publisher.on('publisher:sync', this._postSuccess, this);
+    app.publisher.on('publisher:error', this._postError, this);
+
+    this.param_contents = opts;
+  },
+
+  render: function() {
+    app.publisher.open();
+    app.publisher.setText(this._publisherContent());
+
+    return this;
+  },
+
+  _publisherContent: function() {
+    var p = this.param_contents;
+    if( p.content ) return p.content;
+
+    var contents = p.title + this.separator + p.url;
+    if( p.notes ) contents += this.separator + p.notes;
+    return contents;
+  },
+
+  _postSubmit: function(evt) {
+    this.$('h4').text(Diaspora.I18n.t('bookmarklet.post_submit'));
+  },
+
+  _postSuccess: function(evt) {
+    this.$('h4').text(Diaspora.I18n.t('bookmarklet.post_success'));
+    app.publisher.close();
+    _.delay(window.close, 2000);
+  },
+
+  _postError: function(evt) {
+    this.$('h4').text(Diaspora.I18n.t('bookmarklet.post_error'));
+  }
+});
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/publisher_view.js b/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/publisher_view.js
index be4037d82..3e79ca9c9 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/publisher_view.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/app/views/publisher_view.js
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ app.views.Publisher = Backbone.View.extend({
       publisher: this
     });
     this.view_uploader.on('change', this.checkSubmitAvailability, this);
-    
+
     this.view_poll_creator = new app.views.PublisherPollCreator({
       el: this.$('#publisher-poll-creator')
     });
@@ -117,21 +117,34 @@ app.views.Publisher = Backbone.View.extend({
     this.view_aspect_selector_blueprint.updateAspectsSelector(ids);
   },
 
+  // inject content into the publisher textarea
+  setText: function(txt) {
+    this.el_input.val(txt);
+    this.el_hiddenInput.val(txt);
+
+    this.el_input.trigger('input');
+  },
+
   // show the "getting started" popups around the publisher
   triggerGettingStarted: function() {
     this.view_getting_started.show();
   },
 
   createStatusMessage : function(evt) {
+    var self = this;
+
     if(evt){ evt.preventDefault(); }
 
     //add missing mentions at end of post:
     this.handleTextchange();
 
     var serializedForm = $(evt.target).closest("form").serializeObject();
+    // disable input while posting, must be after the form is serialized
+    this.setInputEnabled(false);
 
     // lulz this code should be killed.
     var statusMessage = new app.models.Post();
+    if( app.publisher ) app.publisher.trigger('publisher:add');
 
     statusMessage.save({
       "status_message" : {
@@ -147,17 +160,22 @@ app.views.Publisher = Backbone.View.extend({
     }, {
       url : "/status_messages",
       success : function() {
-        if(app.publisher) {
-          $(app.publisher.el).trigger('ajax:success');
+        if( app.publisher ) {
+          app.publisher.$el.trigger('ajax:success');
+          app.publisher.trigger('publisher:sync');
         }
         if(app.stream) {
           app.stream.addNow(statusMessage.toJSON());
         }
+
+        // clear state
+        self.clear();
+      },
+      error: function() {
+        if( app.publisher ) app.publisher.trigger('publisher:error');
+        self.setInputEnabled(true);
       }
     });
-
-    // clear state
-    this.clear();
   },
 
   // creates the location
@@ -231,7 +249,7 @@ app.views.Publisher = Backbone.View.extend({
 
     var poll = undefined;
     var poll_question = serializedForm["poll_question"];
-    var poll_answers_arry = _.flatten([serializedForm["poll_answers[]"]]); 
+    var poll_answers_arry = _.flatten([serializedForm["poll_answers[]"]]);
     var poll_answers = _.map(poll_answers_arry, function(answer){
       if(answer) return { 'answer' : answer };
     });
@@ -259,7 +277,7 @@ app.views.Publisher = Backbone.View.extend({
       "title" : serializedForm["status_message[text]"],
       "address" : $("#location_address").val(),
       "interactions" : {"likes":[],"reshares":[],"comments_count":0,"likes_count":0,"reshares_count":0},
-      'poll': poll, 
+      'poll': poll,
     };
     if(app.stream) {
       this.removePostPreview();
@@ -321,6 +339,9 @@ app.views.Publisher = Backbone.View.extend({
     // disable submitting
     this.checkSubmitAvailability();
 
+    // enable input
+    this.setInputEnabled(true);
+
     // clear location
     this.destroyLocation();
 
@@ -378,6 +399,12 @@ app.views.Publisher = Backbone.View.extend({
     this.el_preview.prop({disabled: bool});
   },
 
+  setInputEnabled: function(bool) {
+    bool = !bool;
+    this.el_input.prop({disabled: bool});
+    this.el_hiddenInput.prop({disabled: bool});
+  },
+
   // determine submit availability
   _submittable: function() {
     var onlyWhitespaces = ($.trim(this.el_input.val()) === ''),
diff --git a/app/controllers/status_messages_controller.rb b/app/controllers/status_messages_controller.rb
index c20b2976f..06790768b 100644
--- a/app/controllers/status_messages_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/status_messages_controller.rb
@@ -42,6 +42,13 @@ class StatusMessagesController < ApplicationController
   def bookmarklet
     @aspects = current_user.aspects
     @aspect_ids = @aspects.map{|x| x.id}
+
+    gon.preloads[:bookmarklet] = {
+      content: params[:content],
+      title: params[:title],
+      url: params[:url],
+      notes: params[:notes]
+    }
   end
 
   def create
@@ -52,7 +59,7 @@ class StatusMessagesController < ApplicationController
     @status_message = current_user.build_post(:status_message, params[:status_message])
     @status_message.build_location(:address => params[:location_address], :coordinates => params[:location_coords]) if params[:location_address].present?
     if params[:poll_question].present?
-      @status_message.build_poll(:question => params[:poll_question]) 
+      @status_message.build_poll(:question => params[:poll_question])
       [*params[:poll_answers]].each do |poll_answer|
         @status_message.poll.poll_answers.build(:answer => poll_answer)
       end
diff --git a/app/views/status_messages/bookmarklet.html.haml b/app/views/status_messages/bookmarklet.html.haml
index f45806fa0..835138c19 100644
--- a/app/views/status_messages/bookmarklet.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/status_messages/bookmarklet.html.haml
@@ -9,32 +9,3 @@
     %h4
       =t('bookmarklet.post_something')
     = render :partial => 'publisher/publisher', :locals => { :aspect => :profile, :selected_aspects => @aspects,  :aspect_ids => @aspect_ids }
-
-:javascript
-  app.publisher = new app.views.Publisher({
-    standalone: true
-  });
-
-  var contents = "#{escape_javascript params[:content]}";
-  if(!contents){
-    contents  = "#{escape_javascript params[:title]} - #{escape_javascript params[:url]}";
-    var notes = "#{escape_javascript params[:notes]}";
-    if (notes.length > 0){
-      contents += " - " + notes;
-    }
-  }
-
-  $("#publisher").bind('ajax:success', function(){
-    $('h4').text("#{t('bookmarklet.post_success')}");
-    app.publisher.close();
-    window.setTimeout(window.close, 2000, true);
-  });
-
-  // this has to happen after the publisher has finished loading, otherwise
-  // the textarea is cleared again by the initialization of the mentions plugin
-  $(function(){
-    $("#publisher #status_message_fake_text").val(contents);
-    $("#publisher #status_message_text").val(contents);
-    $('#publisher button#submit').removeAttr('disabled');
-    $('#publisher #publisher_textarea_wrapper').addClass('active');
-  });
diff --git a/config/locales/javascript/javascript.en.yml b/config/locales/javascript/javascript.en.yml
index 437a5848e..5a619206e 100644
--- a/config/locales/javascript/javascript.en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/javascript/javascript.en.yml
@@ -46,6 +46,10 @@ en:
       limited: "Limited - your post will only be seen by people you are sharing with"
       public: "Public - your post will be visible to everyone and found by search engines"
       near_from: "Posted from: <%= location %>"
+    bookmarklet:
+      post_submit: "Submitting post..."
+      post_success: "Posted! Closing popup window..."
+      post_error: "An error occurred, try again later."
     infinite_scroll:
       no_more: "No more posts."
       no_more_contacts: "No more contacts."
diff --git a/spec/controllers/status_messages_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/status_messages_controller_spec.rb
index f354e02b8..7d6a4b46e 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/status_messages_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/status_messages_controller_spec.rb
@@ -15,12 +15,6 @@ describe StatusMessagesController do
   end
 
   describe '#bookmarklet' do
-    def pass_test_args(text='cute kitty')
-      get :bookmarklet, {:url => 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Bmhjf0rKe8',
-                         :title => 'Surprised Kitty',
-                         :notes => text}
-    end
-
     it 'succeeds' do
       get :bookmarklet
       response.should be_success
@@ -32,23 +26,13 @@ describe StatusMessagesController do
       doc = Nokogiri(response.body)
       doc.xpath('//head').count.should equal 1
       doc.xpath('//body').count.should equal 1
-
-      save_fixture(html_for('body'), 'empty_bookmarklet')
     end
 
     it 'accepts get params' do
-      pass_test_args
+      get :bookmarklet, { url:   'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Bmhjf0rKe8',
+                          title: 'Surprised Kitty',
+                          notes: 'cute kitty' }
       response.should be_success
-
-      save_fixture(html_for('body'), 'prefilled_bookmarklet')
-    end
-
-    it 'correctly deals with dirty input' do
-      test_text = "**love** This is such a\n\n great \"cute kitty\" '''blabla'''"
-      pass_test_args(test_text)
-      response.should be_success
-
-      save_fixture(html_for('body'), 'prefilled_bookmarklet_dirty')
     end
   end
 
@@ -210,7 +194,7 @@ describe StatusMessagesController do
         inlined_jobs do
           post :create, @hash
         end
-        
+
         @photo1.reload.pending.should be_false
         @photo2.reload.pending.should be_false
       end
diff --git a/spec/javascripts/app/views/bookmarklet_view_spec.js b/spec/javascripts/app/views/bookmarklet_view_spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c1345f253
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/javascripts/app/views/bookmarklet_view_spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+
+describe('app.views.Bookmarklet', function() {
+  var test_data = {
+    url: 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Bmhjf0rKe8',
+    title: 'Surprised Kitty',
+    notes: 'cute kitty'
+  };
+  var evil_test_data = _.extend({}, {
+    notes: "**love** This is such a\n\n great \"cute kitty\" '''blabla''' %28%29\\"
+  }, test_data);
+
+  var init_bookmarklet = function(data) {
+    app.bookmarklet = new app.views.Bookmarklet(
+      _.extend({el: $('#bookmarklet')}, data)
+    ).render();
+  };
+
+  beforeEach(function() {
+    spec.loadFixture('bookmarklet');
+  });
+
+  it('initializes a standalone publisher', function() {
+    new app.views.Bookmarklet();
+    expect(app.publisher).not.toBeNull();
+    expect(app.publisher.standalone).toBeTruthy();
+  });
+
+  it('prefills the publisher', function() {
+    init_bookmarklet(test_data);
+
+    expect($.trim(app.publisher.el_input.val())).not.toEqual('');
+    expect($.trim(app.publisher.el_hiddenInput.val())).not.toEqual('');
+  });
+
+  it('handles dirty input well', function() {
+    init_bookmarklet(evil_test_data);
+
+    expect($.trim(app.publisher.el_input.val())).not.toEqual('');
+    expect($.trim(app.publisher.el_hiddenInput.val())).not.toEqual('');
+  });
+
+  it('allows changing a prefilled publisher', function() {
+    init_bookmarklet(test_data);
+    app.publisher.setText(app.publisher.el_input.val()+'A');
+
+    expect(app.publisher.el_hiddenInput.val()).toMatch(/.+A$/);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/spec/javascripts/app/views/publisher_view_spec.js b/spec/javascripts/app/views/publisher_view_spec.js
index fb753f01f..dc488151e 100644
--- a/spec/javascripts/app/views/publisher_view_spec.js
+++ b/spec/javascripts/app/views/publisher_view_spec.js
@@ -124,6 +124,15 @@ describe("app.views.Publisher", function() {
       })
     });
 
+    describe('#setText', function() {
+      it('sets the content text', function() {
+        this.view.setText('FOO bar');
+
+        expect(this.view.el_input.val()).toEqual('FOO bar');
+        expect(this.view.el_hiddenInput.val()).toEqual('FOO bar');
+      });
+    });
+
     describe("publishing a post with keyboard", function(){
       it("should submit the form when ctrl+enter is pressed", function(){
         this.view.render();
diff --git a/spec/javascripts/bookmarklet-spec.js b/spec/javascripts/bookmarklet-spec.js
deleted file mode 100644
index e9eb63363..000000000
--- a/spec/javascripts/bookmarklet-spec.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,54 +0,0 @@
-/*   Copyright (c) 2010-2012, Diaspora Inc.  This file is
- *   licensed under the Affero General Public License version 3 or later.  See
- *   the COPYRIGHT file.
- */
-
-describe("bookmarklet", function() {
-
-  describe("base functionality", function(){
-    beforeEach( function(){
-      spec.loadFixture('empty_bookmarklet');
-    });
-
-    it('verifies the publisher is loaded', function(){
-      expect(typeof app.publisher === "object").toBeTruthy();
-    });
-
-    it('verifies we are using the bookmarklet', function(){
-      expect(app.publisher.standalone).toBeTruthy();
-      expect(app.publisher.$('#hide_publisher').is(':visible')).toBeFalsy();
-    });
-  });
-
-  describe("prefilled bookmarklet", function(){
-    it('fills in some text into the publisher', function(){
-      spec.loadFixture('prefilled_bookmarklet');
-      _.defer(function() {
-        expect($("#publisher #status_message_fake_text").val() == "").toBeFalsy();
-        expect($("#publisher #status_message_text").val() == "").toBeFalsy();
-      });
-    });
-
-    it('handles dirty input well', function(){
-      spec.loadFixture('prefilled_bookmarklet_dirty');
-      _.defer(function() {
-        expect($("#publisher #status_message_fake_text").val() == "").toBeFalsy();
-        expect($("#publisher #status_message_text").val() == "").toBeFalsy();
-      });
-    });
-  });
-
-  describe("modified prefilled bookmarklet", function(){
-    it('allows changing of post content', function(){
-      spec.loadFixture('prefilled_bookmarklet');
-      $('div.mentions > div').html('Foo Bar');
-      _.defer(function() {
-        expect($("#publisher #status_message_text").val()).toEqual("Foo Bar");
-      });
-    });
-  });
-
-
-
-
-});