If you like reading and discussing the news, this is the tool for you. Webbed Footnotes is a new, unique tool that enhances the web browsing experience. With Webbed Footnotes, you can annotate web pages with comments and can read and reply to the annotations left by others. Your comments will be placed on top of the page and will be visible to subsequent readers. When participating in this project, you will first be asked to install some software (see below). Next, you will be asked to visit our copy of the day's New York Times articles as much as you like for two weeks, read some articles and comment on them. You browse and read on the web like normal, except you get the added ability to comment directly on the webpage. You have the additional ability to "approve" of others' comments that you like. This promotes high-quality contributions. This feature is described in more detail after signing up. By participating in this project, you will be contributing to the development of new and interesting tools for online collaboration. It's entirely confidential -- you'll be asked during signup to choose a username to your liking. This has been added to the tools section of Research Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog.
posted by Marcus Zillman |
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