Glasp for Chrome

Searching for information on the Internet and gathering resources for a project usually requires you to shift between the browser window and a note taking app to write down all the links and interesting texts you stumble upon. Glasp for Chrome is a social web highlighter ready to help you avoid going back-and-forth between apps, allowing you to take notes and highlight texts of interest right in the browser window.

This add-on is geared towards increasing your productivity and used wisely, it really saves you time and effort. Taking notes directly in Chrome’s window and being able to return to highlighted text areas is a great plus, more so when you can easily copy all the highlights and notes and export them to other applications.

The add-on is easily installed in Chrome and a new button is placed right next to the address bar, a button which you can pin to access it with a click. Selecting a text section on any page opens up a small popup window that enables you to choose the desired color for the highlighter.

There are four available colors, meaning you can create four different categories. Highlights are stored by Glasp for Chrome for each page you visit, allowing you to revisit them whenever you return. To make things even easier, tags can be added, so that you can find your notes and highlighted texts faster.

Taking notes is also possible with Glasp for Chrome. It only takes a click to attach a thought to a highlighted text. Moreover, the add-on features AI integration, meaning it uses artificial intelligence to get answers on selected text areas.

All the notes and highlights are stored in your account, regardless of the number of pages and highlights. Here, you can also see statistics about the articles you find, favorite pages, videos, thoughts and comments, highlights and notes. The Glasp profile can be sent to others to share research notes, which makes it easier for like-minded people to find each other and interact. All the data can be copied to the clipboard and exported to another note taking application.

Glasp for Chrome is an add-on worth having around if you often need to search the web for information. It is particularly useful during research and learning sessions, making it possible to gather data much easier and faster.