Highlight Web pages; stored in your browser bookmarks, searchable, and recreated automatically when you revisit a page

Latest Version

Version
7.4.0
Update
March 16, 2022
Size
51.02KiB
Developer
appblit.com
Category
Users
10,000+
Rating
3.36598 ★
Manifest Version
3
Web Store Status
Languages Support
English
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Permissions
ActiveTab
Storage
ContextMenus
Tabs
Bookmarks
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Yawas Extension

Yawas lets you highlight and comment web pages in multiple colors.

Your highlights are stored in the built-in Chrome Bookmarks API (you need to check Sync if you want them to be synchronized across all your devices).

Yawas automatically recreates the highlights when you reopen web pages.

All functions are available from the context-menu (Ctrl-Shift-Y for Yellow)
To highlight, simply select some text and choose the color from the context menu.
To add a note or comment, mouse over an existing highlight and pick \"Add Note\" (or the keyboard shortcut -N).
To recolor or delete a highlight, select some of its text and choose another color or \"Delete\" from the context-menu.

You can also quickly search all your bookmarks with \"Yawas - Search\" or edit the current page's highlights using \"Yawas - Edit\".
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Source Manifest.json

{"update_url": "https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx", "name": "Yawas", "author": "Laurent Denoue", "manifest_version": 3, "version": "7.4.0", "description": "Highlight Web pages; stored in your browser bookmarks, searchable, and recreated automatically when you revisit a page", "background": {"service_worker": "yawas-background.js"}, "content_scripts": [ { "matches": ["http://*/*", "https://*/*"], "exclude_matches": ["*://*.slack.com/*","*://web.whatsapp.com/*","*://www.google.com/bookmarks/*","*://accounts.google.com/*"], "js": ["yawas-content-script.js"], "all_frames": true } ], "web_accessible_resources": [{ "resources": ["localsearch.html","localedit.html"], "matches": [""] }], "permissions": ["activeTab","storage","contextMenus","tabs","bookmarks"], "action": {"default_title": "Yawas", "default_icon": "yawas_on_128.png", "default_popup": "options.html"},"icons": { "128": "yawas_on_128.png" }, "commands": { "yawas-yellow": { "suggested_key": { "default": "Ctrl+Shift+Y", "mac": "Alt+Shift+Y" }, "description": "Yawas Yellow" }, "yawas-red": { "suggested_key": { "default": "Ctrl+Shift+R", "mac": "Alt+Shift+R" }, "description": "Yawas Red" }, "yawas-blue": { "suggested_key": { "default": "Ctrl+Shift+B", "mac": "Alt+Shift+B" }, "description": "Yawas Blue" }, "yawas-green": { "suggested_key": { "default": "Ctrl+Shift+G", "mac": "Alt+Shift+G" }, "description": "Yawas Green" } }}
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How to download and manually install Yawas extension for Chrome

Looking for a way to install Yawas 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 Yawas extensions manually, this article outlines two simple methods to effortlessly install Yawas extensions, whether they come as unpacked folders in compressed formats like .zip or as .crx files.

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

If you ever need to manually install a Yawas 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 Yawas Extension by clicking the "Download CRX" button on the website.

Look for the Yawas extension you wish to install. Go to the website and download the Yawas extension package, which is usually a .CRX file and comes in a zipped file. Here ".crx" file is the format for Yawas 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 Yawas 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 Yawas extension for Chrome and install in Developer Mode

This is another method to install Yawas 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 Yawas extension file

Select and download the Yawas 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 Yawas 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 Yawas 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 Yawas 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 Yawas extension in 2 ways. We hope this guide proves helpful.

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User reviews

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unknown user (ID: 000000418d30c054) Voted 3 ★ - Updated 03/19/2024 been using this for a long time, it the best period!! But recently i realize a new tap always opens up, refreshes and closes whenever i visit a new page. Why is this happening?? I've update my review. I started losing some highlights when pages refresh. I email support but never got a reply

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Katalin Csillag (ID: 000000a50e87a140) Voted 4 ★ - Updated 01/06/2023 It works pretty good for me, I like it, but it has a feature that bothers me and a bug(I guess?): Feature: I can only find my highlighted pages under the folder of the month. I highlight those sentences because I might want to get back to it later, like months or even years later and I won't remember which folder should I look into - I believe if there would be a folder called 'new' (where the newly highlighted pages go) and if we could make new, custom folders and move the pages from one to another would be a big help. The bug: or I might just be dumb, but after clicking on the "Import" button ('Import your Google Bookmarks (you need to be signed in) into Chrome Bookmarks. This will create a 'Yawas' folder at the root of your Chrome Bookmarks) I lost all of my pages from the folder and don't find it anywhere (as there is no Yawas folder in the root). I am in the middle of a book and had (thank God, 'just') 2 chapters highlighted but now they are gone.

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Alekk Arevalo (ID: 000000950e34f90e) Voted 1 ★ - Updated 11/20/2022 Spent a lot of time highlighting different parts of my book only to discover that most of them are now missing. Most definitely a deal breaker for me, I won't be using this again.

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Toby Jones (ID: 000000538ca3498f) Voted 2 ★ - Updated 11/10/2022 The functionality is good, but seems to occasionally lose a bunch of highlights, even when logged into Crome. 10/11/22

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SOMRIK SADHUKHAN (ID: 0000004eaf06b35a) Voted 4 ★ - Updated 11/10/2022 it is simple and easy to use only for highlight, nothing more than that. it it useful for reading article but the developer should give provide 'delete highlight' option. then it will be more effective