Different Highlight Color

Thu, 06 Mar 2008 14:53:48 -0000

color |highlight |yellow | post by amateur on 2008-03-06

Good Morning,

Is it possible to change the color of the Highlighter from yellow to another color, f.e. green?

Thanks in advance

with Regards
post by amateur on 2008-03-06
Sorry, not color change, but there are several highlighting style options.

Go to toolbar >> Options >> Bookmark tab >> Highlighting Style to set your preference.

Should there really be very strong demand for this feature, we may consider it as part of the premium features.
post by maggie_diigo on 2008-03-06
differ color option is really helpful if diigo launch this feature, since what we highlight might belong to different sorts. But I think this feature might course chaos if it goes to public. I think we can use it in private way.

maggie_diigo wrote:
> Sorry, not color change, but there are several highlighting style options.
>
> Go to toolbar > > Options > > Bookmark tab > > Highlighting Style to set your preference.
>
> Should there really be very strong demand for this feature, we may consider it as part of the premium features.
post by zonmin on 2008-03-18
zonmin Good Morning,

I have been introduced by the diigo utility by accident and it is really a very good tool. I have also recommended to many colleagues and they all loved it.

However, here we all agree that different colors will be an incredible tool because we can have color codes :

for example :
yellow = action
green = question / notice
blue = pending
purple = read / review

and the list goes on depending on the needs.

It will be for sure very useful in a private way.
However, I strongly disagree that it will cause chaos if it goes to public. If you agree with your colleagues that specific colors mean specific things and you write down in a list, even print that list for each colleague, then it will enhance for sure the cooperation and the productivity.

with Regards
Amateur
post by amateur on 2008-03-19
I would also really appreciate being able to change the highlight color. Sometimes I want to highlight different parts for different reasons, and being able to differentiate without having to write sticky notes would be really useful.

What are these 'premium features' you speak of? Are you going to start having paid memberships? O_o
post by aquadragon1984 on 2008-03-30
Yep, more colors is a big one for me, as a student(computer programmer), as well.
I use different underlining and colors all of the time for things. Shouldn't be too difficult
to add those options since you already have the code in place.

Amateur wrote:
> Good Morning,
>
> Is it possible to change the color of the Highlighter from yellow to another color, f.e. green?
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> with Regards
post by cuttingedge on 2008-03-30
Just wanted to add on here with some more thoughts--I think the most useful way to implement this would be to add a little square button next to the bookmark button, which would either show a color swatch or the name of the color you are highlighting with. the color you were highlighting with would be constant, until you clicked on this button to change it (either through a color palette or a box where you could enter the hex code), at which point it could stay that way until you changed it again. Of course, a color palette would be preferable for ease of use, since this feature is requested so that you can use multiple colors, not just change the default color.

You could have this button disabled by default for the beginner's mode of the toolbar, and if you feel it would cause chaos, you could make it so that the colors you chose are only visible on the client end--ie, everyone sees their own colors, no matter who highlighted it, and not the colors of the one doing the highlighting.

I find this whole idea to be much preferable to the scheme we have now, especially since all it takes is a mouseover to see who has made a note, whether it is public or private, and whether or what groups it is shared to.

Ellen H. wrote:
> I would also really appreciate being able to change the highlight color. Sometimes I want to highlight different parts for different reasons, and being able to differentiate without having to write sticky notes would be really useful.
>
> What are these 'premium features' you speak of? Are you going to start having paid memberships? O_o
post by aquadragon1984 on 2008-03-30
how 'bout just having it flip out as an option on the context menu when you highlight something? (on 'highlight' an arrow is also present that you mouse to the color swatches). In the meantime I'm working on a work-around.

Ellen H. wrote:
> Just wanted to add on here with some more thoughts--I think the most useful way to implement this would be to add a little square button next to the bookmark button, which would either show a color swatch or the name of the color you are highlighting with. the color you were highlighting with would be constant, until you clicked on this button to change it (either through a color palette or a box where you could enter the hex code), at which point it could stay that way until you changed it again. Of course, a color palette would be preferable for ease of use, since this feature is requested so that you can use multiple colors, not just change the default color.
>
> You could have this button disabled by default for the beginner's mode of the toolbar, and if you feel it would cause chaos, you could make it so that the colors you chose are only visible on the client end--ie, everyone sees their own colors, no matter who highlighted it, and not the colors of the one doing the highlighting.
>
> I find this whole idea to be much preferable to the scheme we have now, especially since all it takes is a mouseover to see who has made a note, whether it is public or private, and whether or what groups it is shared to.
>
> Ellen H. wrote:
> > I would also really appreciate being able to change the highlight color. Sometimes I want to highlight different parts for different reasons, and being able to differentiate without having to write sticky notes would be really useful.
> >
> > What are these 'premium features' you speak of? Are you going to start having paid memberships? O_o
post by cuttingedge on 2008-03-30
I didn't even think of that!

I'd love to hear about your work-around when you get it finished. :)
post by aquadragon1984 on 2008-03-30
Ellen, I've got something that is 'sort of ' working for now. I didn't need to program anything actually.
There is a firefox extension that you can use for your private highlights called 'LineMarker'. It uses XML
(diigo developers, using XML would be an easy and fast way for you to implement this at least for now )

Ellen H. wrote:
> I didn't even think of that!
>
> I'd love to hear about your work-around when you get it finished. :)
post by cuttingedge on 2008-04-03
Thanks for these interesting ideas. Will discuss here.
post by maggie_diigo on 2008-04-03
Thanks :)

cuttingedge wrote:
> Ellen, I've got something that is 'sort of ' working for now. I didn't need to program anything actually.
> There is a firefox extension that you can use for your private highlights called 'LineMarker'. It uses XML
> (diigo developers, using XML would be an easy and fast way for you to implement this at least for now )
>
>
> Ellen H. wrote:
> > I didn't even think of that!
> >
> > I'd love to hear about your work-around when you get it finished. :)
post by aquadragon1984 on 2008-04-03
customizing highlight colors is on our to-do
post by wade on 2008-04-04
That's wonderful. I'm sure you guys will do an awesome job--you have with everything else! :)
post by aquadragon1984 on 2008-04-04
Thank you... I'm excited to see that feature! :)

Just an additional comment, maybe something could be done about highlighting on text with dark backgrounds -- the current color scheme makes it difficult to see the highlighted text. Here's a sample screenshot (the comment has typo, argh!):

http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/1473/diigohighlightpngwp1.jpg
post by charmedbuttercup on 2008-04-19

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