Annotix
A minimilistic web annotating and highlighting tool.
How to use: -------Annotate-------
- Double click anywhere on any webpage to add text/annotate
- Click 'save' to retain it for subsequent sessions
- Click 'x' to cancel the annotation and remove it from the page immediately -------Highlight-------
- Select any text(currently the extension only supports plaintext) and click on the highlight icon which emerges next to the selected text
- Click elsewhere to cancel the highlighting action -------Customize-------
- Click on Annotix icon to choose highlighter as well as annotation text colour.
Salient Features:
- Saved annotations are automatically loaded when the same page is reloaded in future.
- Highlights are visible in the "Highlights" section on clicking the Annotix icon in chrome toolbar
- Customizable colours
Limitations(Areas of Improvement:
- Presently only supports chrome.
- Highlights are not visible on page reload(although they are visible in 'Annotix popup')
- Freehand annotation or media insertion not supported
How to Install:
- Clone this repository
- Open chrome browser
- Type chrome://extensions in the address bar
- Click on 'Load Unpacked'
- Select the folder you created in step 1
---You are ready to go!---