5 Free Evernote Alternatives for Web Clipping
Considering Alternatives to Evernote for Web Clipping
The notion of abandoning Evernote might seem counterintuitive. It’s widely recognized as a leading tool for capturing, annotating, tagging, and organizing digital information. Many users find its capabilities exceptionally valuable, and their enthusiasm is understandable.
However, the landscape of web clipping tools and information management systems extends beyond Evernote’s dominance. Numerous alternative platforms are vying for attention, offering users a wider array of options. This increased competition ultimately benefits consumers by providing a greater selection of web clipping tools to explore.
Effective online note-taking and web clipping tools are essential components of a modern browser toolkit. A significant advantage offered by certain of these tools is the ability to access saved pages even without an internet connection. While a standard bookmark can become obsolete if a link changes, having an offline copy stored locally ensures continued access to that information.
The following five web clipping alternatives each possess unique strengths in how they capture and preserve information. We encourage you to evaluate them to determine if they can serve as suitable replacements for Evernote.
Clipmarks
Clipmarks distinguishes itself by allowing users to clip only the specific content they require, rather than saving entire webpages as complete files. You can select portions of a webpage, images, text, and even videos, preserving them alongside their original source links.
Clipmarks integrates as a button within Firefox and Internet Explorer browsers. Discrete sections of a webpage can be "clipped" using orange highlighting, or text can be selected directly for clipping. Activating the Clip Button saves your chosen content – text, images, video, and other media – as a Clipmarks Clip, stored online in your Cliplog.
Each Clipmarks Clip can be customized with tags and a title. Clips can be kept private or shared via social media platforms and email. The Amplify It feature further enables optional posting to Twitter, Facebook, Delicious, and Clipmarks.com, the platform’s own community site.
Clipmarks monitors the length of your clips using a character counter. Each clip is limited to a maximum of 1000 characters.
Marro (Beta)
Marro is another web clipping and social bookmarking application that utilizes browser extensions for Firefox and Internet Explorer. Unlike Clipmarks, Marro also provides bookmarklets compatible with other browsers, including Opera, Chrome, and Safari.
While the Firefox add-on may not be updated to the latest Firefox version, the bookmarklet provides a functional workaround. The Marro accelerator for IE8 operates effectively. The process involves selecting the desired webpage section (including images and other media), clicking the Marro web clipping tool, and a box appears as illustrated in the screenshot. Add a tag and a URL alias, which will serve as the identifier for the web clip.
The web clip is then saved to your online account, with the option to share it publicly or keep it private.
A built-in text editor allows for annotation of the web clip. A particularly useful feature of Marro is its ability to download the saved webpage in various formats, including PDF, HTML, TXT, and DOC files.
Scrapbook
Scrapbook is a Firefox add-on designed to save webpage snippets, entire webpages, or even complete websites, organizing them into manageable collections. Scrapbook functions as a browser sidebar, displaying collections in a tree or list view.
Scrapbook also provides a range of tools for annotating webpages and highlighting specific sections. Annotation can be performed before or after capturing the page. It also supports in-depth capture, including the preservation of linked media files.
All internal and external hyperlinks are retained during capture. The filtering and search capabilities simplify the process of locating stored information.
Scrapbook is a valuable web clipping tool directly integrated into your browser. For more detailed information, refer to our previous coverage of this essential Firefox add-on, available here and here.
Zoho Notebook (Beta)
Zoho Notebook is a noteworthy addition to Zoho’s suite of free office and productivity applications. It provides a robust method for collecting information snippets while browsing the web, offering browser extensions for both Firefox and Chrome.
You can log in to Zoho Notebook using your Google account. The browser plugins offer one-click functionality for capturing information as you navigate the web. The plugin installs on the right side of the browser status bar. On any webpage, select text and right-click; from the context menu, choose Add to Zoho Notebook. Images can also be dragged and dropped into the notebook window that appears in the browser’s right corner.
Information can be organized into notebooks and pages. Zoho’s integrated search function allows you to search within a single notebook or across multiple notebooks. For improved organization, you can easily move information between created pages and notebooks.
Zoho Notebook now includes the ability to export a single notebook page or an entire notebook as an HTML page, facilitating easy transfer of information to applications like Microsoft OneNote.
And Give A Thought To…
Microsoft OneNote
Often overlooked within the Microsoft Office Suite (though not strictly a free tool), OneNote possesses powerful web clipping capabilities. Microsoft Office Online provides comprehensive instructions on utilizing Microsoft OneNote for web research.
OneNote features a Clip tool that can capture any portion of the screen. While the clip is pasted as an image, a link to the original page is also included.
To enhance OneNote’s functionality, consider the experimental Mozilla Addon – Clip to OneNote. While the results may not be perfect, the add-on simplifies sending text and images from Firefox to OneNote.
Effective information management is crucial in combating information overload. While simple bookmarks offer a basic solution, power users seek more sophisticated tools. Evernote is one such option.
Which of these five web clipping tools do you believe could serve as a viable alternative?
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