Comments on: Make The Web Your Notepad With WebNotes (+100 Invites)

By: al

al — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 16:56:21 +0000

try this quotation service http://www.deepmemo.com

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What The New Year Brings for Me — The 2.0 Life — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 13:21:01 +0000

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By: Al

Al — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 13:34:15 +0000

nice idea and works okay but I can’t rearrange the highlighted text – it doesn’t even store the highlights in the order they appear on the webpage, or alphabetically – has anyone figured out how they are arranged?

By: bollonet boll

bollonet boll — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 16:02:19 +0000

I still doesnt get why this tool is hyped and described as “serious tool for researchers” etc. really. What it does it to save highlighted text in “notes” not editable. No formatting, no pictures. No tagging. Just som txt and URL saved in one block.
Have you guys tried features like scrapbook, or the serious tool Zotero? Its much better for referenche work, especially Zotero. Or maybe Diigo?

I find the sponsored tech-blogs (mashable, readwritweb and more) acting like lemmings, one start the hype and everyone follows without a gram of critical thinking, repeating like parrots what the first one said. Its all this “for proffesional researchers”.. Hello! What the h*ll are you talking about? This is a very simple tool saving URL and some highlighted text, not able to edit or tag or anything else that serious researchers need.

I think the leading tech-blogs have to straighten up to keep people trusting what they write. As it is now, there is only not substancially wrong but also ridiculos to call Webnotes a tool for university students or researchers, when you have Zotero, scrapbook, Diigo, Evernote who is much better.

By: sumie

sumie — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 05:22:52 +0000

oh, i missed a great service. i checked for hours to get an invite. pls can someone send me an invite to tekcroach AT gmail.com

By: WebNotes—cool app « Later On

WebNotes—cool app « Later On — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 16:11:02 +0000

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By: Leisureguy

Leisureguy — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 16:09:27 +0000

Extremely nice and useful. You’re right: taking notes from Web pages can be a great flaming pain. I have been using Evernote with some success, but this package is simpler and easier and faster. Thanks for pointing this out.

By: digideth

digideth — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 05:56:25 +0000

dam missed getting in to the beta. anyone have anymore invites? Digideth at gmail dot com

Evernote is still my fav at the moment but i am always looking for something better. I just got in to hordit.com, anyone else try them out yet?

By: David Pierce

David Pierce — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 20:17:24 +0000

I DO love Evernote. The thing I love about WebNotes, though, is that I can see the page I’ve marked up, with the highlights and notes right on it. That way, I get the context for what I’m researching. I can’t live without Evernote, though!

By: David Pierce

David Pierce — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 20:16:01 +0000

I do switch back and forth, actually. When I’m doing multi-source research, I use WebNotes, but for general bookmarking and the like I use Diigo. I like having them separate, because if I only used one, it would get overly crowded. That’s what works for me, anyway.

By: megcd

megcd — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 20:05:01 +0000

For web browsing and research purpose, Webnotes highlight and sticky note features sound similar to Diigo. Do you switch between these two services? I find it not very impractical

By: ArpitNext

ArpitNext — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 19:36:22 +0000

Thanks MUO!

By: codyp

codyp — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 18:16:23 +0000

This sounds great for research. But I have to say I really prefer evernote. I signed up and I will try out out for a week and see how it goes. But i love easily having everything on my home computer, work computer, and phone. With out having to do it through a browser (but do have that option if im on a computer where I can’t install it).