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No need to lose those articles
For years, readers clipped articles out of newspapers, but with the transition of many readers to the internet, clippings of stories, pictures and the occasional daily comic went the way of the dodo.
- Staff Report
- Published: 23:12 January 18, 2008
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For years, readers clipped articles out of newspapers, but with the transition of many readers to the internet, clippings of stories, pictures and the occasional daily comic went the way of the dodo.
Clipmarks.com has found a way to bring clipping back from the dead. The website offers an extension that can de downloaded for either Firefox or Internet Explorer. When launched, the Clipmark application allows you to "clip" out sections of web pages. All the software does is take advantage of a website's architecture and copies the tables and pictures selected, but to be fair, the end product isn't always an exact copy of what you see online. All the selected pictures, links and text usually get included but not always.
I tried several times to copy pictures and stories from GulfNews.com, but frequently the pictures weren't included in the "clip." Obviously, some issues remain in the software.
Easy
Once clipped, the selected information can be emailed, saved and even printed. Since the application is basically stripping code off an a webpage, reposting the content to your own website or blog is easy.
The application can make collecting specific information easier. Readers looking to locate information on certain topics can save their clips back to the clipmarks homepage, where they can be viewed later.
The other benefit from clipmarks is the savings in paper and ink, as users will no longer have to print pages of information to get a hardcopy of the information they want. News articles, photos and comics can once again regain their former place - taped to the refrigerator.
There has been some debate about whether clipmarks is actually Web 2.0, because an application loaded into the browser does the work, not the website itself. But the functionality Clipmarks gives users is what Web 2.0 is all about. Clipmarks may not be strictly Web 2.0, but the ability to clip web content is a lot more usual then another open-source website.
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