Merlin
Highlighter + Notes

Highlighter + Notes

Add Highlights and Notes to a Web Page

What is Highlighter + Notes?
'Highlighter + Notes' is a useful Firefox extension that helps users highlight important information on any webpage in five different colors and take short notes. It retains the highlights and notes for the user's future visits. Users can quickly toggle the highlighter or eraser tool using keyboard hotkeys for easy accessibility. However, the functionality may vary on certain websites due to their specific structures.
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Merlin
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By: Prateek
Users: 8,926 ▲ 46
Rating: 3.98 (102)
Version: 1.0.0 (Last updated: 2020-05-27)
Creation date: 2020-05-27
Weekly download count: 235
Firefox on Android: No
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • storage
  • tabs
  • http://*/
  • https://*/
Size: 790.23K
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Summary
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Highlight important text and take notes effortlessly.

This extension enables you to highlight text on any web page. Choose from five different colors to highlight text, and the next time you visit the page your highlights will be waiting for you. Also, you can take short notes that are retained on your next visit.

Simply open up the Popup or use keyboard hotkeys to get started. Keyboard Hotkeys: Just press Alt+ Shift + J to toggle highlighter. Press Alt+ Shift + K to toggle eraser.

  • Highlighter may not work on some websites due to their structure *
User reviews
User reviews summary
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Pros
  • Simple usage and very nice appearance
  • Solid plugin
  • Good UI
Cons
  • Does not save highlights properly
  • Highlights are lost when the page is refreshed
  • Issues with dark mode
Most mentioned
  • Does not save highlights
  • Lost highlights when page is refreshed
  • Simple to use
Recent reviews
Jus suddenly stopped saving.
by Nibinaear, 2024-04-22
Does not work on pdf's.
by anon, 2024-04-05
Does not work on pdfs? Unless the instructions are unclear, there is no highlight of any kind added to the page after clicking add and then selecting a colour
by ColourFall, 2024-02-13
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Safety
Risk impact

Highlighter + Notes is risky to use as it requires a number of sensitive permissions that can potentially harm your browser and steal your data. Exercise caution when installing this add-on. Review carefully before installing. We recommend that you only install Highlighter + Notes if you trust the publisher.

Risk likelihood

Highlighter + Notes has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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