Say, you come across an interesting webpage that your mom on the other side of the Atlantic would love to see. The problem is that the webpage has lot of extra information which could confuse here - So you want a simple way to highlight just the interesting portions before sharing the full webpage with her.
How about writing some text on sticky notes, paste the stickers on the web page and send the web page to her ?
No, I am not asking you to take a print out the web page - It can be done on the web itself using Fleck, a new online service that lets you add an impressive layer of sticky notes and annotations on web pages without installing any extensions or software.
You type in a web URL and using the floating Fleck toolbar, add text annotations. The notes can be moved all across the page. Once you finish adding annotations, click the Share button to send that webpage with annotations to your friend.
Fleck sends a live copy of the webpage and not a snapshot image.
Another very useful application of Fleck can for creating Site Tours or illustrating webpages as you see in the screenshot above. You can write instructions anywhere on the webpage making it easier for visitors to discover all the great features of your website.
fleck.com - Highlighting webpages have never been so easy.
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Reader Comments
Hi Amit,
Hope it works for you. We're working on IE version now and it should be up within 2 weeks (because your mom probably not uses FireFox). Let me know if you have any suggestions for the service.
Written on 17/11/06 10:35 PM
I added one to my blog, but it all got messed up. I had to remove the post its right away. The idea is nice, but the implementation is still work in progress, I think.
Written on 17/11/06 11:13 PM
Hi Amit, this is interesting, because my browser is Flock (www.flock.com)
It has a snippet area were I post the images and notes I write/copy from the webpages. It runs over firefox.
Written on 18/11/06 2:18 AM
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Written on 18/11/06 10:09 AM