liquidtext in beta

Posted by Paul Korm
Jan 29, 2015 at 10:37 PM

My application came up on the beta list today, so I’ve been trying out LiquidText. Very impressive.

I very much like the abiltiy to send a web page from Safari to LiquidText using the Safari extension. The page is imported with simplified formatting (no ads). It can be marked up with highlights and comments. Then exported from LiquidText as RTF. This eliminates steps in the shuffle—no need to export pages to PDF, then open the PDF in some annotation software, etc.

I also like the squeeze sections of a document into a tiny space which can be used to bring related portions of the text close together along with their hightlights and comments. (I’m not explaining this well - watch the demos.)

With LiquidText on iPad (maybe eventually on the desktop?) and the Highlights on the (Mac) desktop, we’re seeing a new generation of document annotation/note taking tools that go in a different direction than the old school Acrobat-style approach. (Although, among its export options, LiquidText offers PDF export—with comments as sticky notes, and highlights.)