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Mark up any web page with Wired Marker for Firefox

by Brad Linder Aug 5th 2008

Wired Marker
Have you ever bookmarked a web page only to forget what it was you were supposed to be looking at on that page? Wired Marker is a Firefox add-on that lets you highlight text on a page in one of 8 colors. Next time you load the page the plugin will remember your annotations and reload them for you. If you don't like the default colors, you can also customize them.

This isn't the first application we've seen that lets you markup web pages like old textbooks. But unlike Awesome Highlighter, Wired Marker is integrated with your web browser, so you don't have to enter the URL of the page you want to mark into a separate web application first. Just right click anywhere on any page, select Wired Marker, and pick your color.

[via Digital Inspiration]

Tags: awesome-highlighter, highlighter, markup, wired-marker

Filed under: Internet, Web services, web 2.0

Awesome Highlighter: Highlight web text before sharing URLs

by Brad Linder Mar 12th 2008

Awesome Highlighter
When you send a URL to a friend, it's probably a good idea to include a note letting them know why you sent it. But if you're too lazy for that, you could always just highlight the snippet of text you really want them to read. Awesome Highlighter lets you markup any web page and then share the results.

All you have to do is enter the URL of the page you want to highlight, and then select the text to highlight in yellow. When you're finished, just click the "Done" button in the Awesome Highlighter toolbar and the page will be saved to your account (if you haven't registered for an account pages will still be saved, but you won't be able to see them if you visit the site with another browser). You can also share links to highlighted pages with others using a TinyURL style shortened URL.

[via MakeUseOf]

Tags: awesome-highlighter, highlight, tinyurl

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