Reviews for Yawas Web Highlighter
Yawas Web Highlighter by Laurent Denoue
32 reviews
- Rated 2 out of 5by Judykator, 6 years agoPodkreślenia działają. Jest natomiast problem z pdf. Rozszerzenie przechwytuje je - niezależnie do ustawienia - a potem pdf nie można zapisać.
Developer response
posted 6 years agoYes, you're correct.
I submitted a new version that does not handle PDFs by default.
To handle and highlight PDFs, you now need to open Yawas's preferences in about:addons and check the 'handle PDF' checkbox. - Rated 4 out of 5by Reijo Koskela, 6 years agoInstalls on Firefox and Chrome. Saved to Google Bookmarks: if I use several Google accounts in Firefox and Chrome, this uses the one I signed in GMAIL?? // WHERE IS A PROPER SUPPORT SITE ???
I did not get this working at all in Firefox, although I have signed in Gmail. Perhaps it is because I have installed also these HighLighters?: Diigo and WiredMarker.
Yawas is in my Firefox right-click menu when I select text, and when I select a color the text gets a color for a fraction of a second only and then it remains un-highlighted!
I am not using PDF feature, I disabled it, the problem is at normal websites, like google main page www.google.fi
Diigo and WiredMarker highlighter addons works fine at websites Yawas Firefox does not work at all for me.Developer response
posted 6 years agoI checked again today on my Firefox 60.0.2 (64-bit) Mac OS and it works but only if you're signed in to Google. Try opening another tab, sign in to Gmail for example, then go back to the tab you wanted to highlight and reload the page. Then you should be able to highlight that page. Then it should work on all new pages you visit (but reload the tabs you had opened before you signed in, because Yawas uses the presence of a cookie to know if it can store your highlights in Google Bookmarks). - Rated 4 out of 5by osama_naguib, 7 years agoGood extension, require some bug fixes, such as it handles all pdf files without your consent, even when you uncheck the "use Yawas to view pdf documents" and clicking "save", it stops temporarily from handling the pdf files, but afterward it starts to handle it again.
- Rated 3 out of 5by Firefox user 13723727, 7 years agopdf handling has some bugs and I have no option but disable the extension, once in a while I come back to check if has been fixed.
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posted 5 years agonow you have an option to turn off handling of PDF files (it's OFF by default) - Rated 1 out of 5by anshulguleria90, 7 years agoNot working. I select text and then right click to choose color. It basically flashes that color and nothing happens.
>> Are you signed in to Google Gmail?
I was. But should that matter? I don't believe that this plugin depends on my login.
PS: replying here because I don't see any option to reply your questionDeveloper response
posted 7 years agoAre you signed in to Google Gmail?
In 7.0.0 , you now have the option to store your highlights with Firefox's synchronized storage, so you don't need to login to Google Bookmarks. - Rated 4 out of 5by Joe, 7 years agoI've been using this add-on for a couple of days now and find it great. It does what it says, but there are a couple of things that need to be worked out.
1) Even though the add-on show that the Yawas PDF viewer was off, it actual was used when I view a PDF in Firefox. It was an easy fix. I went the add-ons, click the PDF viewer on, the immediately clicked it back off, and that solved the problem.
2) The issue with number one above would have been okay, except that I needed to save to document to my desktop. When I clicked on the save in the PDF, being viewed in the Yawas PDF viewer, the document was never saved or printed.
3) I suggest a way to be able to change the colors of the highlighter. A few of the colors assigned are really not very useful.
Other than these minor issues, I feel that In can recommend this add-on.Developer response
posted 7 years agoThanks for your feedback. What colors would you prefer as default? I'll try to fix the issues you found.