The United States has developed a new technology for adding annotations to web pages, making surfing the Internet like reading a book.

When people browse web pages, they generally can bookmark their favorite pages, but cannot annotate the content that interests them directly on the webpage. Recently, a U.S. network technology company has developed a new technology that allows users to browse web pages as if they were reading a book, highlighting useful content and commenting on the webpage content.

According to a press release from DIIGO, the U.S. network technology company that developed this technology, the new technology supports multiple browser versions, including commonly used browsers such as IE and Firefox. Users can install a toolbar via the website www.diigo.com, allowing them to save and annotate webpages of interest, and interact with others.

When users use this technology to annotate webpages, they can choose whether their comments are published publicly or kept private for personal reference. If the webpage being viewed was previously annotated by someone else, the user will see these annotations highlighted in orange while browsing. Annotations made by the user themselves will appear underlined in blue.

It is introduced that this new technology is highly beneficial for researchers involved in team work. Researchers can share their annotated research materials with colleagues without leaving their home, and also see their colleagues' responses to these materials.