Web Page Annotation...

[stoggers]

Hi,

Any suggestions or experiences of web page annotation systems?

Thanks,

Stoggers.

 

[RISTMO]

"web page annotation systems"--Excuse my ignorance, but what are those? (!) If you are talking about a text editor, I'd definately recommend TextPad (

http://www.textpad.com).

It is incredible...but if you are talking about something else...I'm not sure.

Rick -----------------------------------------------------------

http://www.arabchurch.com

 

[stoggers]

Hi,

Many thanks for the response - what I am actually after is the type of application where an applet sits alongside your browser and allows you to add comments to web pages and displays the comments to anyone who visists the site, so long as they have the applet fired up in the background.

I believe that most of them work by storing the annotations on a central db and intercepting the page requests from the browser and adding the comments as the page is rendered back at the browser.

I have a requirement to be able to add comments to wbe pages, irrespective of their source.

Thanks,

Stoggers.

 

[iSeriesCodePoet]

What language is the site programmed in? Why can't you just add a comments box on the bottom of the page? Then make a DB add for every entry? iSeriesCodePoet
IBM iSeries (AS/400) Programmer

 

[stoggers]

Hi,

Sorry - not all comments are for me site - the technology allows comments/annotation on any website.

Stoggers.

 

[Tarwn]

Oooh, interesting concept, I like the idea.

So basically I could visit a site like amazon and in my little box floating next to the browser I get peoples reviews they have type in their little box for that site...

I've never heard of this, but definately sounds like something nifty, post back if you find something even if someone else here names a few, I wouldn't mind looking at some of these.
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[DaRNCaT]

Didn't the ICQ web browser offer something similar a year or so ago? I never used it myself, but I remember someone commenting about it- possibly if you find something it will still be software specific. Sometimes, when my code just won't behave, I take it outside and make it listen to britney spears music, and when it comes back it's really well behaved. I wonder if it's suffering from post tramatic stress syndrome now..

 

[moirakris]

I think these are some examples Tarwyn

http://crit.org/index.html

http://www.annotate.net/

Moira
"Those that stop learning, stop living."