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Inking on Web Pages - Discussion
Elliot Kirk This is definitely a must, I'm full touch and pen oriented since years ago so I really want this. However I never really liked the previous Edge implementation. I make heavy use of OneNote and what I would simply like is to get some webpages opened inside OneNote Tabs (much like IE tabs), where everything about inking is done the way of OneNote. That inked or annotated page should be available as well in OneNote app and whenever I reopen that same webpage in Edge I should get the ability to see my inked and annotated version and continue working on it. Of course an alert would ask me if to stay on that page snapshot or download an updated version of the page.
OneNote Web clipper is out of scope here, it is for different purposes.
Some of my use cases:
- inking in community threads to mark/highlight issues as solved/noted
- inking in software documentation pages I maintain to highlight what needs to be improved/fixed/updated
- inking in websites I develop to better describe UI related requirements, user stories or defects (it would be awesome to attach the sketch to my work items)
- inking on wikipedia pages, newspapers, scientific articles I study
I marked up a page and sent it to OneNote, and it was basically an image. If the thing is just grabbing a screenshot for you to mark up and then saving it, by all means OneNote should handle it and it can't be that hard to recreate. LuKePicci
JHRussell1972 wrote:I marked up a page and sent it to OneNote, and it was basically an image. If the thing is just grabbing a screenshot for you to mark up and then saving it, by all means OneNote should handle it and it can't be that hard to recreate.
Did someone say it's hard or they are not going to do it?
JHRussell1972
Well, you would think not... seriously & in all fairness, it is, already, that way in Edge. Just another thing that MUST BE kept!
Cheers,
Drew- That is exactly what I don't like. I don't want the webpage to transform into a screenshot, I would like to keep it interactive as usual such that I can still click stuff, fill forms, scroll, and so on. If a screenshot is enough I use snip & sketch to do this.
LuKePicci
It's not about screen shots. Add notes & Share allow way, way, more than that. And all without having to employ anything (an app) outside the browser being used or page being viewed. KISS in full force.
Cheers,
Drew- Add notes in the Edge are all about screenshots. they are not saving web pages in interactive formats. the moment user begins inking on a web page, it's turned into screenshot.
LuKePicci wrote:
That is exactly what I don't like. I don't want the webpage to transform into a screenshot, I would like to keep it interactive as usual such that I can still click stuff, fill forms, scroll, and so on. If a screenshot is enough I use snip & sketch to do this.You need to save web pages as MHTML then. all in one file, interactive, scrollable and more.
LuKePicci
luke et al,
Attaching the term "screenshot" to Add notes & equating it to Snip & Sketch is misleading & or misguided. Add notes lets one capture pieces, parts & portions of a web page. To describe what it does as a "screenshot" is, very the least, far too narrow a perception. What Snip & Sketch can do & how it can be used, absolutely, makes it a completely different animal than the feature (Add notes) embedded in Edge. Both, absolutely have a definite place & role, based on their own merit. Plus, Add notes is something in the browser to use with it. Snip & Sketch is something in the OS to use with it.
They do different things, in different places, for different reasons.
Cheers,
Drew
@K, now we have inking but not highlighting feature... why not? Any controlled feature or is it on TODO list?
