A web highlighter and annotation tool for all kinds of visual thinkers.

Latest Version

Version
1.3.0
Update
April 21, 2023
Size
3.13MiB
Developer
getreadily.com
Category
Users
849
Rating
4.90909 ★
Manifest Version
3
Web Store Status
Languages Support
English (United States)
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Permissions
Storage
ActiveTab
Scripting
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Readily Extension

Whether you are a student, a teacher, a programmer, a designer, or someone who enjoys reading online. Readily is a perfect tool to capture your mind visually.

Try it now! No sign-up is required.

Warning: since the data is stored locally in your browser, please back up all the necessary information before deleting the extension.

All feedback and suggestions are welcome! Please contact:
Email: [email protected]
Twitter: https://twitter.com/chunrapeepat

🌈 Key Features

+ Unlimited highlight colors
+ Unlimited highlights
+ Sidebar infinite Excalidraw canvas
+ Drag-and-drop highlight to canvas
+ Excalidraw library support
+ Data is stored locally in the browser (Import/Export Data)
+ YouTube support.
+ Disable/Enable extension on specific domain
+ No sign-up required. Just install it, and you're ready to go
+ Export to Obsidian Plugin
+ Create a shared canvas between multiple pages with real-time sync

🌈 Upcoming Features

+ Notion/Obsidian integration
+ Encrypted Sync
+ Full-text Search

🌈 Our Design Principles

1. Free: our core features will be free and always will be, including unlimited highlights, colors, notes, and infinite canvas.

2. Deadly-simple: our product must do one thing and do it well - capturing and recalling information.

3. Grow alongside the user's workflow: the more you use Readily, the more powerful the tool is. This will be in the form of shortcuts, templates, drawing libraries, and plugins.

4. Private: all the data is stored locally in your browser, everything is private, and it's 100% owned by you.

5. Blazing fast: the tool's speed directly affects how we think and work. So we designed Readily to be as fast as your mind can go. (as-you-type search, soon)

6. Globally Accessible: your data should be accessible across browsers and devices. (encrypted sync, soon)

🌈 Change Log

1.3.0
- Fix Export to Obsidian bug (parse content on Excalidraw elements error)
- Implement a shared canvas feature with real-time sync

1.2.0
- Add Obsidian Export Plugin: export web content, highlights and whiteboard data to Obsidian, edit export markdown template.

1.1.1
- Fix bug: YouTube screenshot button does not appear on the video player if the URL change and the prev page is not the watch page.
- Fix bug: clicking on the link on YouTube on a whiteboard causes the whiteboard to refresh.

1.1.0
- Fix bug on drag and drop files from computer and screenshot software.
- Implement disable extension and domain function.
- Implement import/export data function.
- Implement YouTube support (take video screenshots and drop them on the whiteboard)
- Handle highlight and whiteboard data when the URL change without the page refresh.

1.0.1
- Improve: Check Excalidraw elements instead of ID for Excalidraw default opening
- Improve: change the sidebar toggle design (confused currently)
- Fix bug: image did not load if loaded from the computer
- Disable Plausible tracking on a dev environment

1.0.0
- MVP Version
- https://twitter.com/chunrapeepat/status/1600158257770729474

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Source Manifest.json

{"update_url": "https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx", "manifest_version": 3, "name": "Readily", "description": "A web highlighter and annotation tool for all kinds of visual thinkers.", "version": "1.3.0", "action": { "default_popup": "popup.html", "default_icon": "icon16.png" }, "devtools_page": "devtools.html", "background": { "service_worker": "js/service-worker/index.js" }, "content_scripts": [ { "matches": ["*://*/*"], "css": ["style.css"], "js": [ "node_modules/@webcomponents/custom-elements/custom-elements.min.js", "js/highlighter/index.js", "js/sidebar-whiteboard/index.js" ] } ], "web_accessible_resources": [ { "resources": ["excalidraw-assets/*", "excalidraw-assets-dev/*", "plausible.js"], "matches": [""] } ], "icons": { "16": "icon16.png", "48": "icon48.png", "128": "icon128.png" }, "permissions": ["storage", "activeTab", "scripting"]}
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How to download and manually install Readily extension for Chrome

Looking for a way to install Readily extensions for Chrome, you can search for them in the Chrome Web Store, clicking the "Add to Chrome" button, and following the straightforward process.

However, you may need to install Readily extensions manually, this article outlines two simple methods to effortlessly install Readily extensions, whether they come as unpacked folders in compressed formats like .zip or as .crx files.

Method 1: Download Readily extension and manually install through Drag &Drop

If you ever need to manually install a Readily extension for Chrome, don't worry, it's a simple process. Just follow these easy steps, and you will have your extension ready to use in no time.

Step 1: Download the Readily Extension by clicking the "Download CRX" button on the website.

Look for the Readily extension you wish to install. Go to the website and download the Readily extension package, which is usually a .CRX file and comes in a zipped file. Here ".crx" file is the format for Readily extension that contains all the data.

Step 2: Extract &Arrange Files

Once the file is downloaded, extract that file into its own folder. Similarly, give that extension files a permanent home. In other words, keep it in a folder that you don't accidentally delete it because these files will be needed to make that extension work.

Step 3: Go to the Chrome Extensions Page

Open Google Chrome and in the address bar, type chrome://extensions; it will open the Google Chrome extensions page. Make sure that "My extensions" is selected in the sidebar.

Step 4: Drag and Drop the Extension

Now, go to the folder where you extracted the Readily extension and drag &drop the extension file from there anywhere onto the extension page within Google Chrome.

Step 5: Complete the Installation

Once you drag and drop the extension file, follow the steps that Google Chrome takes you through. Similarly, if the extension file is of .crx file format, you will be required to review the permissions and then add the extension.

Now, you can manage that added extension as you would like to with any other Chrome extension that you added through Chrome Webstore. Its icon will also appear in the Google Chrome Menu on the right side of the address bar once you activate it.

Method 2: Download Readily extension for Chrome and install in Developer Mode

This is another method to install Readily extension manually, but the twist is that here, you install by enabling the developer mode option provided in Google Chrome. This mode is commonly used for testing extensions or running unpublished tools.

Step 1: Download the Readily extension file

Select and download the Readily extension by clicking the 'Download CRX' button on the website.

Step 2: Extract the downloaded contents

Convert the file to a ZIP file if it is in CRX format then extract the Readily extension zip file or folder that you downloaded. Make sure you extract it using the same folder name and keep it safely in another folder, so you don't delete it by mistake. The extracted folder will be needed to keep your Readily extension running.

Step 3: Open Chrome Extension Setting Page

In the address bar of Google Chrome, type chrome://extensions and open the Chrome Extension Page.

Step 4: Enable Developer Mode

After opening the Chrome Extension page, look at the top right side, and you will find the toggle option of "Developer mode."Simply enable that developer mode option.

Step 5: Load the Unpacked Extension

Once you enable the developer mode option, you will see the menu of Load Unpacked, Pack Extensions and Update. From that, select the option "Load unpacked."

Step 6: Select the Extension Folder

Once the pop-up opens upon clicking Load unpacked, select the Readily extension directory and click on the "Select Folder "button.

Step 7: Confirm and Install

After you select an extension folder of a Google Chrome extension you're installing manually, confirm its installation for the final time and let the installation complete.

Conclusion

Here we've made a step-by-step guide on How to manually install Readily extension in 2 ways. We hope this guide proves helpful.

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User reviews

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Tiger (ID: 000000aaa1aa8f2c) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 10/21/2023 Nice to use it. How to manage or completely clear data in certain pages as only used temporally?

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Millie English (ID: 00000022e11972ef) Voted 4 ★ - Updated 07/19/2023 It used to work great, but doesn't seem to work on the latest Chrome update. Hope you can take the time to look at it and fix it. Thank you very much.

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Ran Ro (ID: 0000001ab6f7ee3c) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 05/08/2023 Amazing

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Mengyao (ID: 00000056b9979fe5) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 01/16/2023 Thank you so much for this amazing plugin! I would like it more if these visual notes can be imported to Obsidian.

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leon J (ID: 000000cc23deec97) Voted 5 ★ - Updated 01/06/2023 help me a lot