Webpage bookmark on desktop I'd like to have a bookmark for a webpage, shown on my desktop that, when clicked, opens that page. I know there are workarounds (applescript etc.) but is there a direct approach?

I'm using Google Chrome on OSX 10.9.4
Open the webpage in your preferred browser, then click on the website's icon on the left of the URL bar and drag it to your Desktop.   This creates a shortcut.

Applescript to create a webpage shortcut seems like the hard way.