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Show HN: Web Highlighter – Turn Any Page into an Instant Forum
- vsroy 4y agoHey HN! Web browsing is currently a solitary activity. You may discover a cool blog, but, unlike a Google Doc, you can't leave a comment on it for everyone to see. Web Highlighter fixes this. Go to webhighlighter.com/upload and and paste in (almost) any URL to get a real time, collaborative version of the web-page. Share it with people and let them comment away. Features: - View other people's comments & reply to them - Write your own comments by highlighting text on the page and hitting the comment button - See other people's mouse cursors and what text they've currently selected on the web-page - Chat with people by pressing the "/" key - Everything is real time. Comments, mouse cursors, replies all update instantly.
- vsroy 4y agoQuick note on usage: Highlight text on the page and then a button will pop-up, allowing you to create a comment.
- u1337 4y agoThis would be interesting if it could be run by and owned by the webmaster, to replace commenting. But due to privacy (think GDPR and CCPA) and copyright laws, it is imperative for the ownership of the comments to be with the website owner and not a third party service.
- vsroy 4y agoUpdate: I've noticed that a bunch of people have created posts, but no one has highlighted anything. Is the site hard to use / is it confusing how to create highlights?