Pike (beta) is a fantastic Chrome extension to add private comments or notes to webpages. You can then see those comments yourself whenever you visit those webpages, or you can also share them with friends (they will also need to have this extension installed).
When you have to add something important to a particular paragraph of a webpage (or article), this plugin can come in handy. Moreover, you can mention friends to share the webpage and let them read your private comments. They can also reply to you and you will receive real-time notification for any reply. So this extension is really handy when you have to discuss something about a page with colleagues or need to keep important notes on a particular webpage for later use.
You and your friends need to install this extension and login with their Google account to use this extension. After this, you can select text on a webpage to add private notes to that content.
Above you can see the pop up window of this extension where it shows my private comments and comments shared with friends.
Note: This extension doesn’t work on the homepages of websites but works perfectly for the rest of the pages. I hope the stable release of this extension will fix this issue.
You might also like to check these 5 free Chrome plugins to highlight multiple words on any webpage.
How to add Private Comments to webpages and Share with Friends?
Here are the steps to use this extension:
Step 1: Use this link to install this extension and its icon will appear next to the omnibox.
Step 2: Clicking on the extension icon will open a pop up that will show you some instructions. Go through those instructions and then you will find the option to login to Pike using your Google account.
Step 3: After this, open an article or news and select some text content. Now right-click to access Pike a friend option.
Step 4: A text box will open in which you can enter the secret message for the selected text. If you want to share the private message with your friend, then you need to mention him/her using “@friendname”. Doing so will show you suggested email addresses and you can select the email address of your friend. When you have written the secret message, tap Enter.
Step 5: An email will be sent to your friend. He/she can open that email and then install this extension. When he/she will open that webpage, the text will be highlighted that entered as private comment or message. Your friend can click on that text to read and reply to your message on that webpage.
Whenever someone replies to you, you will receive a real-time notification, and can jump to that webpage to read the reply. Or else, simply use the extension icon to view replies (your private messages as well) and open the webpage to respond to a particular reply.
Conclusion:
Pike is such a nice Chrome extension and really good to store and share secret notes on a webpage. Its feature to share private messages with friends has made it more useful. You should definitely use it.
