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Glasp: A Social Web Highlighter for Learning and Sharing

Saidat Alli — Mon, 08 May 2023 09:33:47 +0000

Table of contents

What is Glasp?
Features of Glasp
- Highlight text on any device
- Add context to your highlights
- Get personalized recommendations
- Discovering new content
- Share your highlights
Benefits of using Glasp
- Improved learning
- Increased productivity
- Learn with others
How to use Glasp
- Sign up
- Add the extension to your browser
- Highlight text
- Add notes to your highlights
- Share your highlights
Conclusion

Do you like to highlight important text when you read? If so, you're not alone. Many people find that highlighting text helps them to remember and understand information better.

What if you could highlight text online and then share your highlights with others? That's where social highlighting comes in.

Social highlighting is a way to highlight text on websites and share your highlights with others. It is a great way to stay engaged, organized and connect with others interested in the same things as you.

One popular social highlighting tool is Glasp. In this article, I will show you how to use Glasp to save, track, and share all the essential information you come across online.

What is Glasp?

Glasp is a social web highlighter that lets you highlight text and add notes to those highlights. It's a great way to save, organize, and share the information that matters to you.

Features of Glasp

With Glasp, you can contribute to the collective knowledge available online and learn more about the world, especially on topics that interest you. Here are the key features:

Highlight text on any device

Glasp is a Chrome extension that allows you to highlight text on any website, regardless of your device. In addition, you can highlight text in different colors and save your highlights across all of your devices. You can start highlighting text on your tablet and continue highlighting on your computer or phone.

Add context to your highlights

Adding comments and notes to your highlights can help you to remember and better understand why you highlighted the text. Comments can be emojis or text, while notes can be links, text, or images.

Get personalized recommendations

You can select up to 10 favorite topics. Then, Glasp uses machine learning to suggest content that you might like. Suggestions come from your saved content and content from others similar to you.

Discovering new content

Following other people on Glasp is a great way to discover new content. You can see what they are highlighting on your favorite websites and learn about new topics you haven't seen before.

Share your highlights

It is so easy to share your highlights with others. You can share your highlights privately with specific people, or you can share them publicly on social media.

Benefits of using Glasp

Glasp offers a seamless way to save text while learning online without opening a separate note-taking app. Here are other benefits of using Glasp:

Improved learning

You learn more effectively by highlighting the key points of articles and saving them in one place. It saves time and helps you focus on the most essential information.

Increased productivity

You can highlight text and add notes directly on the website; Glasp will save all your highlights in one place and help you stay organized. You can also create folders to manage your notes better.

Learn with others

Glasp is a social learning platform that allows you to share highlights and notes with other users. It is a great way to collaborate on research projects, learn from others, and gain new perspectives.

How to use Glasp

Glasp is a free browser extension that allows you to highlight and annotate web content. It is available for Chrome, Firefox, and Safari.

To use Glasp, you have to create an account and install the extension on your browser. Once you have installed the extension, you can start highlighting and annotating web content.

To sign up

Go to the Glasp website and click Sign up (Beta).
Sign in with your Google account.
Choose up to 10 favorite topics to personalize your content.

To add the extension to your browser

Go to the Chrome web store.
Click Add to Chrome.
Click Add extension.
To pin Glasp, click extensions and tap Pin.

Highlight text

You can highlight the main points when reading online, which is a helpful way to improve your retention and comprehension of the material. Then, you can focus on learning vital information while studying. To highlight text with Glasp:

Open an article that you want to read on any website.
Select the text that you want to highlight.
Click on the color that you want to use from the toolbar.

Add notes to your highlights

You can add notes or comments to each highlight to provide more context. Here is how to add a note::

Go to your Glasp account.
Click My Highlights on the top right corner of the page.
Click more ... on the highlight.
Click Add a note.

Share your highlights

You get new ideas and perspectives when you share knowledge with others. It also helps you connect with others like you. To share highlights:

Go to your Glasp account.
Click My Highlights on the top right corner of the page.
Click more ... on the highlight.
Click Create a Quoteshot or Share on Twitter.

Conclusion

If you are looking for a way to make the most of your time online, Glasp is an excellent option. With its intuitive and straightforward interface, Glasp helps you learn new things, stay up-to-date on the latest news, and share your knowledge with others.

So sign up for Glasp today and the support team is only a Slack message away!

Google Chrome user guide for iOS mobiles

Saidat Alli — Sun, 02 Apr 2023 15:42:51 +0000

Table of contents

What is Google Chrome?
Why Google Chrome?
- Compatibility
- Extra features
Downloading and installation
How to use it
- Use Chrome as a guest
- Use Chrome as a signed-in user
- How to search the web
  - Manual search
  - Copied text search
  - Search with QR code
  - Voice search
  - Image search
  - Copied image search
- Homepage
- Edit shortcuts
- Save and edit bookmarks
- Manage browsing data
- Read later and offline
- Reopen recently closed tab
- Navigation bar
- Tab management
- Manage passwords
- Translate text
- Automatic translation
- Find phrase or word
- Accessibility
- Download files
- Save time with autofill

What is Google Chrome?

Google Chrome is a free, fast and secure mobile browser made by Google. It is available across various devices and operating systems.

Why Google Chrome?

Google Chrome offers many more functionalities than you can imagine. You can save links to your favorite website and create a reading list. You can transfer your bookmarks, passwords, payment details and so on automatically from one device to another. You have control over what you want to sync.

Compatibility

Chrome is available for:

Devices with iOS 12 and up.
Devices such as iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch.
In more than 36 languages such as English, Arabic, Korean and so on.

Extra features

If you have an iPhone 6s and up, touch and hold the Chrome app for any of the following purposes:

Scan a QR code.
Do a voice search.
Start a new search.
Start a search in an incognito (private) tab.

Downloading and installation

Go to the App store on your iPad or iPhone.
Tap Get.
Tap Install.
Enter your Apple ID password and tap Sign In.

How to use it

Use Chrome as a guest

Open the Chrome app.
Tap Don’t sign in.

If you want Chrome to be your default browser, tap Make default in settings and choose Chrome as the default browser app.
If not, tap No, thanks.

Tip: When you sign in, details such as bookmarks, passwords, shortcuts and other settings are automatically synced to your iOS device.

Use Chrome as a signed-in user

Open the Chrome app.
Your main google account should appear on the page. If you want to use another account, tap down ⌄ on the profile bar.
Choose an account.
To sign in, tap continue as + your name.
If you want Chrome to be your default browser, tap Make default in settings and choose Chrome as the default browser app.
If not, tap No, thanks.

How to search the web

If you are using search for the first time on Chrome, you need to tap accept or reject all cookies before you can see search results.

You can search the web in six ways:

Manual search

Open the Chrome app.
Type a keyword or phrase in the address bar at the top.
Tap go or tap any of the suggested keywords below the address bar.
Search results load on a new page.

Copied text search

Copy a text from any app on your phone.
Open the Chrome app.
Tap on the address bar at the top.
Tap Text that you copied below the address bar.
Tap allow paste on the popup to continue.
The text auto fills in the address bar and search results load on a new page.

Search with QR code

Open the Chrome app.
Tap the address bar at the top.
Tap Camera on your keyboard.
Position the QR code or barcode in the frame.
Search results load on a new page.

Voice search

Open the Chrome app.
Tap on the microphone in the address bar.
When prompted, tap OK to let Chrome access your microphone.
Say a word or phrase.
Search results load on a new page.

Image search

Open the Chrome app.
Visit a site.
Touch and hold an image.
Tap Search image with Google.
Search results load on a new page.
To change the focus area on the image, touch and drag the corner.
Scroll down to see the search results.

Copied image search

On your iPhone, copy an image to your clipboard.
Open the Chrome app.
Tap on the address bar at the top.
Tap Image that you copied below the address bar.
To grant access to Chrome, tap Allow Paste.
Search results load on a new page.

Tip: To do a quick search: Touch and hold the Chrome app > Tap Voice search or Incognito Search or New Search.

Homepage

When you launch the Chrome app on your iOS device, the shortcuts, bookmarks, reading list, recent tabs, history, and article suggestions in the discover section.

Show or hide the discover section

Tap settings next to Discover.
Tap Turn Off to hide suggested articles.
Tap Turn On to show suggested articles.

Edit shortcuts

As a new user, shortcuts for popular sites are shown on the homepage. Over time, the icons change to websites that you visit often.

Visit a site

Open the Chrome app.
Tap an icon.

Delete a shortcut

Open the Chrome app.
Touch and hold an icon to get more options.
Tap Remove.

Save and edit bookmarks

Add a bookmark

Open the Chrome app.
Search for a keyword in the address bar.
Go to the site that you want to save.
At the bottom, tap more … .
Tap Add to Bookmarks.

View bookmarks

Open the Chrome app.
Tap more … .
Tap Bookmarks .
To see saved links, tap Mobile Bookmarks.

Edit a bookmark

Open the Chrome app.
Tap more … .
Tap Bookmarks .
Touch and hold a bookmark.
Tap Edit.
You can change the name, folder and URL.
Tap Done.

Delete a bookmark

Open the Chrome app.
Tap more … .
Tap Bookmarks.
Swipe left and tap Delete.

Tip: To delete two or more bookmarks, tap Edit > select bookmarks > Delete.

Organize bookmarks

Open the Chrome app.
Tap more … .
Tap Bookmarks.
Tap Mobile Bookmarks to see saved links.
At the bottom-right corner, tap Edit.
Touch and hold the right corner of a bookmark.
Move the bookmark up or down.

Create a folder

Open the Chrome app.
Tap more … .
Tap Bookmarks .
Tap Mobile Bookmarks.
At the bottom-left corner, tap New Folder.
Enter a name.

Move a bookmark into another folder

Open the Chrome app.
Tap more … .
Tap Bookmarks .
To see the saved links, tap Mobile Bookmarks.
Touch and hold a bookmark.
Tap Edit.
Tap Folder.
Choose a folder to save the bookmark.
Tap Done.

Move two or more bookmarks into another folder

Open the Chrome app.
Tap more … .
Tap Bookmarks.
Tap Mobile Bookmarks.
At the bottom-right corner, tap Edit.
Select bookmarks.
At the bottom, tap more … .
Tap Move.
Tap on a folder to move bookmarks into it.

Tip: To import saved bookmarks from another device to your iPhone, choose an account that you want to use > Continue as + your name > Yes, I’m in.

Manage browsing data

View history

Open the Chrome app.
Tap History.

Delete some history

Open the Chrome app.
Tap History.
Tap Edit.
Select all the links that you want to delete.
On the bottom left corner, tap Delete.
Tick items that you want to delete.
Tap Clear Browsing Data.
Tap Clear Browsing Data on the popup.
Tap Done.

Delete all browsing data

Open the Chrome app.
Tap History.
Tap Clear Browsing Data.
Tap Time range and choose one of the options.
Tap < Back.
Tick items that you want to delete.
Tap Clear Browsing Data.
Tap Clear Browsing Data on the popup to confirm.
Tap Done.

Hide browsing history

Open the Chrome app.
Tap more … on the bottom right corner of the page.
To browse in private, tap New incognito tab.
Go to any link that you want.
Scroll down and tap Accept all or Reject all cookies.

Read later and offline

Reading list is a feature that lets you read content on saved pages even when you are offline.

Save a new page

Open the Chrome app.
Search for a keyword in the address bar.
Visit a site.
Tap more … .
Tap Add to reading list.

View saved pages

Open the Chrome app.
Tap Reading List.

Tip: When you visit a saved page, it moves to Pages That You’ve Read.

Delete one page

Open the Chrome app.
Tap Reading List.
Swipe left and tap Delete.

Delete two or more pages

Open the Chrome app.
Tap Reading List.
Tap Edit and choose the pages to remove.
Tap Delete.

Tip: You can also touch and hold the page to get more options like open in a new tab, share, delete and so on.

Mark a page as unread

Open the Chrome app.
Tap Reading List.
Touch and hold the page.
Tap Mark as unread.

Reopen recently closed tab

Open the Chrome app.
Tap Recent tabs.
Tap a link to reopen in a new tab.

Navigation bar

The navigation bar is located at the bottom of the homepage. It contains 5 buttons that looks like this:

Back to go to the previous page.
Forward to go to the recently visited page.
Add to open a new tab.
Counter that shows the number of tabs that are currently open.
More … to open more options.

Tab management

Reorganize tabs

Open the Chrome app.
To open the tabs page, tap *counter * on the navigation bar.
Touch and hold a tab.
Swipe left or right to move the tab to another position.

Close one tab

Open the Chrome app.
Tap counter on the navigation bar.
Touch and hold a tab
Tap Close tab.

Close two or more tabs

Open the Chrome app.
Tap counter on the navigation bar.
On the bottom left corner, tap Edit.
Tap Select tabs.
Tap on 2 or more tabs to select them.
Tap Close tabs.
Tap Close 2 tabs.
Tap Done.

Manage passwords

For easy login on websites, you can save passwords in the password manager.

Add a password

Open the Chrome app.
Tap more … on the bottom-right corner of the page.
Tap Password Manager.
On the bottom right corner, tap Add.
Enter details in Site, Username and Password.
Tap Save.

Autosave password

Open the Chrome app
Tap more … on the bottom-right corner of the page.
Tap Password Manager.
Tap Settings.
Turn on Offer to save password.
Tap Done.

Tip: If you are signed in to Chrome, you can check for unsafe passwords. Open the Chrome app > more … > Password Manager > Check now.

Translate text

Open the Chrome app.
Visit a site.
Tap more … on the bottom right corner.
Scroll down and tap Translate.
Tap Show Original to show untranslated text.

Automatic translation

When you visit a site, the text automatically show in your preferred language.

Set language to always translate

Open the Chrome app.
Tap more … on the bottom right corner.
Tap Settings.
Scroll down and tap Languages.
Tap Add languages… .
Search for a language.
Tap on the language.
Tap Offer to translate.
Tap Done.

Tip: To set your preferred language, go to Settings and check that your preferred language is set to Never translate.

Find phrase or word

Open the Chrome app.
Visit a site.
Tap more … on the bottom right corner.
Scroll down and tap Find in page.
Enter a word or phrase in the address bar. A counter shows up beside the word.
Tap up or down to show the next position for the word.

Accessibility

You can adjust the font size on a site. You can also enable speak back so that Google assistant reads search results when you do voice search.

Change font size

Open the Chrome app.
Visit a site.
Tap more … on the bottom right corner.
Scroll down and tap Zoom text.
Tap + to increase font size.
Tap - to reduce font size.

Enable speak back

Open the Chrome app.
Tap more … on the bottom right corner.
Tap Settings.
Scroll down and tap Voice Search.
Choose a default language.
Ensure Speak Answers Back is on.

Tip: When you do a voice search, Google assistant reads the answer back to you. However, Speak Answers Back is not available for all languages.

Download files

Download an image

Open the Chrome app.
Visit a site.
Touch and hold an image.
Tap Save Image.
To let Chrome save photos, tap OK.

Save time with autofill

You can save your info on Chrome to fill forms faster.

Save card details

Open the Chrome app.
Tap more … on the bottom-right corner of the page.
Tap Settings.
Tap Payment Methods.
On the bottom left corner, tap Add.
Enter card details.
Tap Add.
Turn on Save and fill payment methods to save other card details that you enter on a site.

Tip: It is best to use virtual or prepaid cards for online payments.

DEV Community: Saidat Alli

Glasp: A Social Web Highlighter for Learning and Sharing

What is Glasp?

Features of Glasp

Highlight text on any device

Add context to your highlights

Get personalized recommendations

Discovering new content

Share your highlights

Benefits of using Glasp

Improved learning

Increased productivity

Learn with others

How to use Glasp

To sign up

To add the extension to your browser

Highlight text

Add notes to your highlights

Share your highlights

Conclusion

Google Chrome user guide for iOS mobiles

What is Google Chrome?

Why Google Chrome?

Compatibility

Extra features

Downloading and installation

How to use it

Use Chrome as a guest

Use Chrome as a signed-in user

How to search the web

Manual search

Copied text search

Search with QR code

Voice search

Image search

Copied image search

Homepage

Show or hide the discover section

Edit shortcuts

Visit a site

Delete a shortcut

Save and edit bookmarks

Add a bookmark

View bookmarks

Edit a bookmark

Delete a bookmark

Organize bookmarks

Create a folder

Move a bookmark into another folder

Move two or more bookmarks into another folder

Manage browsing data

View history

Delete some history

Delete all browsing data

Hide browsing history

Read later and offline

Save a new page

View saved pages

Delete one page

Delete two or more pages

Mark a page as unread

Reopen recently closed tab

Navigation bar

Tab management

Reorganize tabs

Close one tab

Close two or more tabs

Manage passwords

Add a password

Autosave password

Translate text

Automatic translation

Set language to always translate

Find phrase or word

Accessibility

Change font size

Enable speak back

Download files

Download an image

Download a site as PDF