It’s probably happened to all of us: You want to link to a really interesting fact in a really long article — but you can’t be sure that people reading your social network or blog entry will be able to find Factoid in all that text. You simply take a screenshot of Factoid, but you don’t link it to the original article, which is bad internet etiquette and not effective in showing your source material. Or you can take a screenshot And Throw the link, which is better but awkward. or…
Use the Chrome browser Copy the link to highlight feature.
The other day I was editing an article where someone was describing a device they really liked, and he briefly mentioned it inside a different article. I wanted to be able to point the reader directly to the signal – but didn’t know how to do that. Then another editor explained how.
For example, if I wanted to walk you through information on how much Bane’s odd Dyson headphones weigh, rather than just link to the article (as this link does) and hope you find the right sentence, that link will take you straight there. And the really nice thing is that they will be able to use the link no matter what browser they are using.
I will be using this feature a lot from now on.
It’s easy if you know how. On Chrome browser: