WebNotes, Inc is a web based application in the field of Web Annotation

Web annotation

A web annotation is an online annotation associated with a web resource, typically a web page. With a Web annotation system, a user can add, modify or remove information from a Web resource without modifying the resource itself...

. Their hosted solution allows users to highlight text and add sticky notes

Sticky Notes

Sticky Notes is an application included in Windows 7. It was originally present in Windows Vista as a gadget for the Windows Sidebar. The program allows users to take notes using Post-it note-like windows on their desktop....

 to web pages. Users may organize their notes into nested folders for future reference, share annotated pages with others and publish their collections into a PDF or HTML document.

Overview

WebNotes can be installed as a toolbar or, alternatively, as a bookmarklet

Bookmarklet

A bookmarklet is Unobtrusive JavaScript stored as the URL of a bookmark in a web browser or as a hyperlink on a web page. The term is a portmanteau of the terms bookmark and applet, however, an applet is not to be confused with a bookmarklet just as JavaScript is not to be confused with Java...

. Hosted user accounts store all annotation information and may be accessed from any internet connected computer. When the organizer is displayed, the toolbar will present a collection of annotated contents which may be moved, deleted, or rearranged as desired. Annotations may also be shared via email, permalink or aggregated PDF/HTML document.

The service currently works with the following browsers: Internet Explorer

Internet Explorer

Windows Internet Explorer is a series of graphical web browsers developed by Microsoft and included as part of the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems, starting in 1995. It was first released as part of the add-on package Plus! for Windows 95 that year...

, Firefox, Chrome

Google Chrome

Google Chrome is a web browser developed by Google that uses the WebKit layout engine. It was first released as a beta version for Microsoft Windows on September 2, 2008, and the public stable release was on December 11, 2008. The name is derived from the graphical user interface frame, or...

 and Safari

Safari (web browser)

Safari is a web browser developed by Apple Inc. and included with the Mac OS X and iOS operating systems. First released as a public beta on January 7, 2003 on the company's Mac OS X operating system, it became Apple's default browser beginning with Mac OS X v10.3 "Panther". Safari is also the...

. WebNotes is compatible with Mac OS

Mac OS

Mac OS is a series of graphical user interface-based operating systems developed by Apple Inc. for their Macintosh line of computer systems. The Macintosh user experience is credited with popularizing the graphical user interface...

, Linux

Linux

Linux is a Unix-like computer operating system assembled under the model of free and open source software development and distribution. The defining component of any Linux system is the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released October 5, 1991 by Linus Torvalds...

 and Windows

Microsoft Windows

Microsoft Windows is a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft.Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces . Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal...

.

History

WebNotes was conceived by Ryan Damico as an undergrad at M.I.T. in 2005 and the company began working on a product in 2007.

An Invite-Only Beta was launched on December 10, 2008. While the service was lauded by many sites , a few questioned WebNotes' entrance into a highly competitive space.