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Get visual comments on your designs with Redmark


Ah, the dreaded comment phase! You've submitted your design for a new site, and you're waiting for your client to get back to you with ridiculous last minute changes that probably won't even be communicated clearly. There's unfortunately not yet an app to make your client smarter, but Redmark might make the comments easier to understand.

Redmark is a web-based visual markup tool for designs, so you'll know exactly which part of your work each comment refers to. On the client end, it's very easy to use. Dragging or zooming the design never loses the marker your comment is attached to, so it's always clear which element of a design you're talking about. Just hit "new comment" and click on the relevant spot. Redmark even sends an email notification from the design when a new version goes up.

Filed under: Internet, Productivity

Mark up any web page with Wired Marker for Firefox

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]

Filed under: Productivity, Web services, Social Software, Beta, web 2.0

Twiddla offers no-fuss whiteboarding

Twiddla

Twiddla is an online whiteboard that lets you start collaboratively marking up practically anything: a blank page, your own images, or a website. It was created to solve the hassle of e-mailing design proofs back and forth for comments. With Twiddla, you can do real-time markup in a matter of minutes, without even signing up.

Twiddla does have accounts - it's in public beta, so you can sign up now - but you can start a new meeting without one, and edit your user details on the fly. Once you're in a meeting, you've got all the basic markup tools you would expect: pen, text box, some basic shapes. You can also upload images or browse to a site and start marking it up. Communication during the meeting is supported by a text chat box and an audio chat button.

It might not be as full-featured as some of the more established whiteboard services out there, but it definitely scores points for quick setup and ease of use. There's even a bookmarklet for your browser, so you can "twiddle" any page with one click. Sure, we could find a couple things to complain about -- an eraser and a tool for drawing neat arrows would be nice, for starters -- but we're in a good mood because we just used a functional web service without having to sign up.

[via ReadWriteWeb]

Filed under: Internet, Text, Blogging, Web services

Simple HTML to Wiki Converter

With the help of the html2wiki converter you can easily convert any HTML webpage, Google doc, or blog post into the correct Wiki compatible markup. This is especially useful for those of you who don't use wikis regularly and are frustrated with having to learn a whole new markup language just to get your document to look right on Wikipedia or your office Intranet. This WikiConverter will fetch a document from the web and produce markup for any of 16 different kinds of wikis, including the popular PBWiki and MediaWiki flavors.
HTML 2 WIKI Converter

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