I came across this really cool JavaScript plugin, developed by Artem Geller and three other developers, which allows site visitors to share selection of the text. It’s called MASHA – short for Mark and Share
Try it yourself on this website and on my Portfolio and Articles blogs: select portion of the text, and you will see icon for highlighter appears. By clicking on that highlighter, selected portion of the text would be highlighted blue and additional characters will be added to the page’s URL. By sharing that URL, you will be able to share your highlighted text.
It is very slick, considering that recipient does not have to have any plugins installed on their computer, it works across browsers and even on iPhone/iPad!
UPDATE: since Masha removes spaces from my sidebar and I don’t have time to try to fix it, I’ve disable it. Please visit developers’ site to see the functionality. Sorry about that.
Tags: Gadgets, Programming, Web
