For any other questions please contact us.

• What's new in version 2.1?
  

  The main feature is it supports Internet Explorer 7 as well as Firefox. We have also simplified the process of making connections between notes.

• What's new in version 2.0 compared to 1.0?
  

  Version 2.0 released Jan 2007 was a major new release which included:

  • the ability to upload, edit and share documents and data files online.
  • the ability to express connections between notes and pages
  • improved collaboration - invite people to comment on a document via email.
  • basic support for annotating Word and PDF documents.

• Can you add notes to any website?
  

  The snapshot tool lets you annotate a cached copy of any website - it works with most sites but does not work with sites using multiple frames (but you can view a single frame, and annotate that). It will also not work with encrypted sites (urls starting https://).

• How about dynamically generated sites (e.g. the output of a database query)?
  

  These should work fine - the snapshot is based on what is displayed in the browser, not on the URL link, so the results of database queries can be annotated.

• Can you annotate PDF versions of papers or MS Word files?
  

  Yes - you can attach a PDF or DOC file to a your Notate pages, and the text will be converted to HTML so you can annotate it using your browser. You can also use the Snapshot button when your browser is pointing to a PDF file on the web, and it will take a copy for you to annotate. Note that the HTML version of PDF and DOC files keeps the text but does not currently preserve the figures or original layout. We are planning to enhance the PDF and DOC handling in future releases of Notate due in Q3 2007.

• Can you snapshot and attach images?
  

  Yes - if your browser is viewing an image in JPEG, PNG or GIF formats, the snapshot button will place a copy of the image in your uploads area, and you can add text and notes there.

• How does Notate compare to social bookmarking / reference management sites like del.icio.us, connotea, citeulike?
  

  There are a number of bookmarking / reference management websites which let you share bookmarks / references and add tags and comments. Notate is different as it focusses on bookmarking and annotating the words and phrases mentioned within the text, rather than the entire web page / paper (although you can use Notate as an advanced version of web page bookmarks as well). Notate also defaults to keeping notes private, or sharing comments within a group of trusted people (but you can make selected notes public) - the bookmarking sites focus on making everything public.

• How does Notate compare to WIKIs?
  

  Notate includes the easy online collaborative editing of documents characteristic of WIKIs (made famous by wikipedia). By default, Notate 2.0 documents are private or shared with a trusted group, and live in a hierarchy. Unlike wikis, Notate 2.0 lets you annotate and add links from normal websites - with wikis you can only add links from pages you write yourself.

• Do I need to install any software to use Notate?
  

  No - but you do need to add two buttons to your browser's bookmarks / favorites bar. These buttons are known as 'bookmarklets' - and are used to snapshot a web page and add the notebox so you can attach notes to the text.

• Which browsers does it work with?
  

  The beta version of Notate 2.0 works with the Firefox web browser [Windows, Mac, Linux] and Internet Explorer 7 [Windows]. We will be developing a version which works with Safari [Mac] in Q1 2007.

• Is Notate free to use?
  

  The beta is completely free to use. Commercial content providers wishing to add Notate to their websites will be able to obtain a license from us. We anticipate a monthly license fee for groups wishing to host large volumes of annotated content on our servers or who want to run their own dedicated server.

• I have another burning question which isn't answered here - what should I do?
  

  Please contact us and we'll try and answer.