Here are a couple bookmarklets I find myself using often:
Post current web page to HN
javascript:window.location="http://news.ycombinator.com/submitlink?u="+encodeURIComponent(document.location)+"&t="+encodeURIComponent(document.title)
Find Archive.is link javascript:window.location="http://archive.is/newest/"+document.location
You could probably still run a JavaScript program from the developer console, though. (However, I think that does not allow it to run from bookmarks, unless it already can.)
> It's unfortunate that browser developers want to fully derisk all potential security holes, because that also means removing the choice from the end user.
I agree with you, it is unfortunate. (There are other cases of this too, though.) (I think there are other ways to fix security issues though, while allowing more and better control by the end user; but, they don't tend to do such things.)
I can't confirm this. Here, bookmarklets are working just fine on all browsers, including chromium-based ones.