InView-Highlighter

Chromium extension that allows to highlight text on web pages and export highlights as JSON (reverse import possible) or HTML.

A. Highlight

1. Open a web-page with unprotected text (e.g., wikipedia)
2. Select some text
3. Open the context menu (right click), click "Highlight extensions" or use Alt+H.
4. After reloading the page (F5), the highlight will remain in place

B. Export to JSON, clean storage, import from JSON

1. Right click on an empty spot on the page, hoover over "In-View Highlighter", and click "Export highlights (JSON)"
2. Right click on an empty spot on the page, hoover over "In-View Highlighter", and click "Clear highlights"
3. Right click on an empty spot on the page, hoover over "In-View Highlighter", and click "Import highlights (JSON)"
4. In the new tab, select the JSON exported earlier.
5. Click "Import highlights (JSON)"
6. Return to the original tab.

C. Export to HTML (introduced in v. 0.1.5)

1. Right click on an empty spot on the page, hoover over "In-View Highlighter", and click "Export highlights (HTML)"
2. Open the file to find time-stamped snippets with HTML formatting.