The Evernote Chrome Extension got a really interesting new feature today that we’re calling Site Memory. It’s an update that may seem small at first, but might actually transform your Evernote, and your web browsing, experience in general, by automagically giving all of your favorite sites a memory of their own.
Get the Evernote Chrome Extension now or restart Chrome to update.
Not just for web clipping
Clipping web pages has always been among the most popular uses for Evernote. You just visit a page, select the portion you want to remember, hit the Evernote icon in the browser, and all the content—text, images and links—are yours forever and automatically synchronized to all of your other devices. Recently, we added the ability to search through your Evernote notes from within the Chrome Extension’s popup. Today, we go one step further.
From web clipping to Site Memory
Now, whenever you visit a page in Google Chrome and click the Evernote Extension, you’ll see the new Site Memory tab, which contains everything you’ve ever clipped from that site. It’s like having your own personal “Best Of” for all of your favorite sites.
Of course, you can always search inside of Evernote to find your clips, but something about this process just feels so natural. You know the site from which you clipped the content, so just go there, click the Extension and quickly browse to the note.
One thing to keep in mind is that you’ll only see the Site Memory tab if you have more than one note clipped from a given site.
Like having a time machine
This new feature has a fun and unexpected bonus, it gives you a glimpse into your past. Browsing through notes clipped from news sites show you what events were important to you; scrolling through notes clipped from design and fashion sites gives you a sense of how styles have changed; looking through tech and gadget clips shows you where technology was and where it’s heading. It has never been so easy to get in touch with your past self.
Smarts
This feature has some built-in intelligence, so it shouldn’t get confused by domain names, sub-domains, missing WWWs, etc. The whole point is to make clipping and finding what you want as simple as possible. So simple, in fact, that it just feels like Evernote is a completely integrated part of your browsing.
Chrome alert
You may see the following alert: This extension needs access to your data on all websites / your browsing history. This is a generic Chrome alert. Rest assured, the extension is not actually monitoring anything as you browse and only sends data to Evernote when you click it. The only stuff we store is what you want clipped.
Developed for Chrome first
We know you’re wondering why this came to Chrome first, and the answer is simple: Chrome is the easiest browser to develop for. We’ll see what the response is and use that to figure out whether/when to add this feature to other browsers. So, try it out and let us know what you think.
Get the Evernote Chrome Extension now or restart Chrome to update.
