Textmarker

Permanent web text highlighter

Textmarker - Permanent Web Text Highlighter Add-On for Firefox

"Textmarker" is a Firefox add-on designed for annotating web pages. Users can highlight and save their selected text permanently, maintain their changes in Textmarker history, and even undo or redo their actions. Additionally, it offers customization of mark styles and shortcuts, synchronization of settings and highlights across devices with a Firefox sync account, and a feature to export these settings and highlights. Users can attach notes to highlights, look up selected words on Wikipedia, and choose the highlighted texts to act as bookmarks. Textmarker does not work in built-in PDF-viewers or Reader Mode.

Add-on stats

Users: 4,175
-90
Rating: 4.20
(175)
Version: 5.3.3 (Last updated: 2022-12-02)
Creation date: 2013-06-10
Weekly download count: 65
Firefox on Android: No
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood:
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • <all_urls>
  • storage
  • activeTab
  • tabs
  • notifications
  • menus
  • clipboardWrite
  • webNavigation
Size: 280.15K
URLs: Website

Other platforms

Not available on Chrome
Not available on Android
Not available on Edge
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Add-on summary

Stopped working? Some users reported Textmarker stopped working after a Firefox update. Unforntunately neither do we know yet what is causing the issue nor can we reproduce it. For some users it helped to uninstall Textmarker, restart FF, re-install Textmarker - and eventually restart FF again. But other users had to refresh the whole FF profile. If you need to backup your Textmarker data before the uninstall -> here you find how to do that: https://github.com/ufb/Textmarker/issues/84#issuecomment-557044749

Backup your data Please save a backup of your highlights and settings occasionally (you can do so on Textmarker's "Export & Import" page). In the rare case you lost your data due to re-installation just import your backup file

Bug reports, problems, suggestions or feature requests via e-mail at [email protected] or on https://github.com/ufb/Textmarker/issues Feature requests in reviews (especially ones that lower the average rating) will be ignored.

Donations are very welcome - Thank you :)

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User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Firefox Browser Add-ons does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Works for some users and is praised for its effectiveness and functionality.
  • Allows customization of highlight colors.
  • Some users find it to be the best add-on of its kind.
  • Positive feedback about continuing development and updates.
Cons
  • Unreliable saving of highlights, especially on certain academic websites.
  • Conflicts with Google Docs and Google Sheets, causing memory issues.
  • Issues with highlights disappearing after page refresh.
  • Inconsistent functionality on various web pages.
Most mentioned
  • Unreliable saving of highlights
  • Conflicts with Google Docs and Google Sheets
  • Customization of colors
  • Positive feedback about the extension's functionality and continued development
User reviews
The only one that actually worked for me.
by Meowstic, 2024-12-05

Simply don't work at all
by Pedro Henrique, 2024-10-12

by igorlogius, 2024-08-12
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Add-on safety

Risk impact

Textmarker requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

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

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