14 DAY TRIAL // Microsoft rolled out the OneNote Clipper browser add-on only two months ago, but the company says that the early feedback was extremely encouraging, so today it has launched a new version of the extension that works with Google's very own Chrome.
The purpose of the extension is pretty much the same: help you save websites you find when browsing the web directly to OneNote and thus access the content from any device that has the app and is configured to work with your account.
Synchronization obviously comes in very handy for OneNote users, so you can for example save a website you find when using your laptop and access its content from everywhere you go with your smartphone running the OneNote app.
“After looking at the initial usage data, we saw that a lot of you are using the OneNote Clipper in Chrome. We also heard many of you asking for a Chrome extension for the Clipper. Now the OneNote Clipper is available as a Chrome extension, adding an easy-to-access OneNote button to your Chrome browser that launches the Clipper,” Microsoft said in an announcement today.
Installing this brand new extension isn't really rocket science, and the only thing that you need to do is point your browser to the official page of the Google Chrome version of the add-on. Simply click the “Install to Chrome” button and then hit “Add.”
“If you have already installed the OneNote Clipper to your bookmark bar in Chrome, you can simply remove it and install the Chrome extension if you wish. The Chrome extension has all the functionality of the bookmarklet, so you won’t miss a beat,” Microsoft says.
In case you're wondering how exactly this extension actually works, it's all as simple as it could be. The extension automatically captures an image of the website that you're browsing, while also keeping the text available in order to allow you to quickly search for a specific term in OneNote. A link is also available in case you'd like to view the full page at a later time.
Of course, the extension is offered free of charge and at this point works with the most popular browsers on the market, including Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox. Since it's just a browser-based extension, it can be used on non-Windows platforms as well, including Mac OS X or Linux, as long as you use one of the aforementioned applications.