Merlin
Highlight

Highlight

An extension that saves your place in the page.

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What is Highlight?

Highlight is a Firefox add-on designed for reading long articles or highlighting specific passages. It saves your scroll position in a bookmark URL, allowing you to effortlessly return to where you left off. Share bookmarks with others who have the extension for seamless navigation.

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Stats
Stats date:
Users: 57 ▼ -3
Rating: 3.17 (6)
Version: 0.0.7 (Last updated: 2020-10-26)
Creation date: 2020-10-23
Weekly download count: 3
Firefox on Android: No
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • bookmarks
  • *://*/*
Size: 20.86K
URLs: Website
Risk impact: Moderate risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood

Chrome-Stats Rank

# 11860 ▼ 281
Other rankings
#32 in highlighter keyword 7 ▼ 2 #56 in fragment keyword 11 ▼ 1 #77 in delight keyword 18 ▼ 4 #106 in flight keyword 24 ▼ 7

Other platforms

Not available on Chrome
Not available on Edge
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Summary
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Designed for reading long articles or highlighting a specific passage. Click it and it'll make a bookmark that saves where you were! If someone else has the extension, just share the bookmark with them, it'll work.

Works by saving your scroll position in the fragment identifier (hashcode) of the bookmark URL and scrolling to it. The code's open source, see it here.

User reviews
by igorlogius, 2023-06-25
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Safety
Risk impact

Highlight may not be safe to use and it requires some risky permissions. Exercise caution when installing this add-on. Review carefully before installing.

Risk likelihood

Highlight has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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