Clip
Web Page Clipping Tool
Motivations
The internet is a treasure trove of valuable information, but sadly, it is far more ephemeral than many of us were led to believe 20 years ago. Browser Extensions like SingleFile alleviate this problem by allowing for the easy saving of portions of or even entire web pages, though they fall short of integrating well with the desktop environment. Clip aims to bridge this gap.
Description
Clip brings deeper integration of SingleFile with the desktop by harnessing the power of TextBundles. It consists of three parts:
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: The browser interface toclip
, leveraging the capabilities of SingleFile.clip
: The native application which transforms clippings into TextBundlesclipd
: A daemon that maps a clipped URL to its corresponding TextBundle’s ID- Allows the user to prefer clippings over web browsers as the preferred application for accessing a given resource
- May also provide statistics/options via a dialog upon opening of URLs
- Allows the user to prefer clippings over web browsers as the preferred application for accessing a given resource