Usually we are interested in only some part of the webpage, a so-called web snippet. These snippets of information are even harder to manage. How to save only part of web page? One way is to copy the text and then paste it into Notepad then save it as text file. Also there is no way we can bookmark part of a webpage. We can simply use a clipboard manager. I personally like ClipMagic. If we merge or export selected snippets, we WANT the URLs to show in the result. There is a Firefox extension called QuoteURL Text. What this does is that it embeds the URL, title and date-time inside the clip so when ClipMagic stores the clip, the URL, title and date-time are stored alongside.
Please note: The solution described below uses a Firefox (version 1.5-3.0) extension. If you use some other browser, it would not work for you if you need to merge or export the snippets.
The Problem:
While browsing, we come across a lot of stuff, we may like the entire webpage, in which case, we can save it or bookmark it. There are two problems – saving it as a html file means we need to keep track of where we have saved it. And if we bookmark it, we may find that it has changed by the time we revisit it.
The Deeper Problem:
Usually we are interested in only some part of the webpage, a so-called web snippet. These snippets of information are even harder to manage. How to save only part of web page? One way is to copy the text and then paste it into Notepad then save it as text file. Also there is no way we can bookmark part of a webpage.
The Solution:
We can simply use a clipboard manager. Google “freeware clipboard manager” to try out the various choices. I personally like ClipMagic. Like other clipboard managers, what ClipMagic does is that it stores whatever you copy into the clipboard permanently. In ClipMagic, the entire archive of whatever you copied into the clipboard is available as neatly organised entries in a tree structure. You can create new folders and move these entries around. ClipMagic is also smart enough to note down the time and URL from where you copied the text.
ClipMagic
What more could one ask for? I, for one, want the URLs to show up when I merge or export the clips. This critical functionality is sadly missing in ClipMagic.
The Deeper Solution:
If we merge or export selected snippets, we WANT the URLs to show in the result. If you use Firefox 1.5-3.0, there is a way out. There is an extension called QuoteURL Text. What this does is that it embeds the URL, title and date-time inside the clip so when ClipMagic stores the clip, the URL, title and date-time are stored alongside. Now if you merge selected clips or export these, the URLs also get exported. In fact, I have gone ahead and added an end-of-clip marker too, so it is easy to jump clips in a text file using just F3.
QuoteURL_Text_Options
QuoteURL_Text_Formatting
Download ClipMagic and QuoteURL Text
ClipMagic 3.2
About ClipMagic
http://www.clipmagic.com/more.html
ClipMagic is an information manager which provides extended clipboard capabilities to save all clips for later use. A major shortfall in Windows is that the clipboard can only store one item at a time, each item obliterating the last. Our free clipboard program stores clips in a convenient categorised format with information; about the window the clip came from, the URL if it came from a web page and the time and type of clip.
Installation Instructions
http://www.clipmagic.com/download.html
1. Download cmsetup.exe by clicking the button above.
2. Run cmsetup.exe and follow the instructions to install ClipMagic on your system.
QuoteURLText 1.0.8
by Jay Palat
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/4292
Quote URL text will copy selected to the clipboard including metadata about the page (Page Title, Location and date of copy). It provides options for plaintext or rich text copies.
Advance formating (available from Tools -> QuoteUrlText) allow users to format the order of the URL, Title, Date and Quote as they need.
Works with: Firefox 1.5 – 3.0
This is what I use:
QT_Title: @title QT_URL: @url QT_Date: @date QT_Quote: @quote [-end quote-]
By using QT_Title, QT_URL, QT_Date, QT_Quote and an arbitrary end-of-clip marker , I am able to jump from one clip from another using just F3.
