Keep it clipped

Where there's an information superhighway, there's a web clipping tool designed to make navigation just a little bit simpler

Where there's an information superhighway, there's a web clipping tool designed to make navigation just a little bit simpler. Sure, bookmarks are the easiest way of finding your way around, but they can only take you so far. At the extreme end is a powerful note-taking application software like Onfolio (.com), which lets you collate data online as well as from all Windows programs.

And somewhere in between, for the surfer who isn't obsessed with research, are a bunch of tools geared to clipping the Internet down to size.

Take the widget and browser plugin Clipmarks (.com). Simply select text, images, even YouTube videos, and it clips them to your account for later viewing or sharing. You can save clips privately, make them public, search by topic, or integrate them directly to your blogging platform of choice. Its social networking feature is also popular, with a loyal bunch of users creating water-cooler conversations around tons of clips.

Then there's Google (like you didn't expect them to have a finger in this pie?) and its Notebook application, which is admittedly impressive when it comes to the sharing options it offers. EverNote (.com) is another good pick, specifically for archiving or 'note-taking'.

A relatively new entrant is Mumbai-based Webklipper (.com), which claims to be radically different from Clipmarks by allowing commenting or highlighting as overlays, without taking away the essence of the original Web page. So, you can highlight portions of a site, comment, and share these 'klips' with friends using dedicated URLs.

I like Webklipper for two specific things -- its easy-to-use interface, and a commenting system that has a lot of potential to generate discussions via social networking platforms. It lets me bypass pages that aren't comment-friendly, like much of the sites created by corporate India. So, the next time I have a problem with my bank online, I intend to highlight the pointless self-congratulatory copy on its site, put up a few rude comments, and share them with everyone I know on Facebook. That ought to show them.
I suggest you try it too.

-- Lindsay Pereira is Editor, MiD DAY Online
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