Highlight Pen

Highlights text on web pages & easily sharing to your friends

'Highlight Pen' is an Edge add-on that facilitates web reading by allowing users to highlight words or phrases on any web page. It serves as a beneficial studying tool, emphasizing key points within articles or text. Highlight Pen also enables easy sharing of highlighted information, making it a perfect tool for students, researchers, and anyone aiming to enhance their web reading experience.

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By:: Free Online Apps
Users:: 7,367 -23
Rating:: 2.90
(50)
Version:: 1.0.1 (Last updated: 2020-08-20)
Creation date:: 2020-08-20
Risk:: Moderate risk impact Moderate risk likelihood
Permissions:: clipboardWrite
tts
storage
contextMenus
unlimitedStorage
webNavigation
activeTab
Size:: 624.20K
URLs:: Website ,Privacy policy
Full description:: See detailed description
Source:: Edge Add-on Store
Updated:: a day ago

Ranking

# 1,910 ▼ 20

Other rankings

#45 in article keyword 60 ▲ 4 #48 in study keyword 64 ▲ 3 #82 in highlighter keyword 35 ▼ 1 #86 in sharing keyword 91 ▼ 1 #150 in web page keyword 64

User reviews

Pros

Easy to use
Allows users to define highlighter colors
Works better than other highlight add-ons
Good for online courses and saving highlighted documents

Cons

No option to undo highlights
Does not save highlights
Difficulty in removing highlights
Lacks additional color options
No keyboard shortcuts available

Most mentioned

Does not work for some users
Easy to use process
Issues with highlight removal

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. User reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.

User reviews

does the job but should also have ability to easily remove highlights

by Solvx, 2024-11-11

a ferramenta funciona muito bem, mas falta mais opções de cores.

by Elias, 2024-04-09

No option to undo highlight

by Geliemae, 2024-01-16

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Add-on safety

Risk impact

Highlight Pen requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

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Risk likelihood

Highlight Pen is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this add-on.

Risk likelihood analysis details

High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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