YiNote

YiNote

Most efficient way to take & share time-stamped notes while watching videos!

What is YiNote?
YiNote is a Chrome extension designed for productive video watching. It allows users to take time-stamped notes effortlessly, facilitating easy recall and sharing of key points from online videos. Ideal for students, professionals, and anyone looking to document and share insights, YiNote's acquisition by ByteYi Labs promises upcoming cloud support and enhanced features, set to further streamline this already efficient tool for annotations and collaborative learning.
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Stats
Users: 10,000+
Rating: 4.21 (124)
Version: 1.8.1 (Last updated: 2024-02-20)
Creation date: 2020-07-03
Risk impact: Moderate risk impact
Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
  • identity
  • storage
  • unlimitedStorage
Host permissions:
  • <all_urls>
Size: 16.42M
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YiNote
YiNote (v1.8.1)
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Summary

NOTE: YiNote has been acquired by ByteYi Labs Inc.(https://byteyilabs.com) For the next step, we will work together to publish YiNote Pro to add cloud support and more exciting features (The published extension will keep unchanged). Stay tuned!

Description: YiNote can help you easily save your ideas with online videos, and provide smooth note taking experience!

Name change announcement: Due to the trademark violation with turbonote.com (a windows platform note taking software). Turbonote chrome extension will change the name to YiNote chrome extension from version 0.6.4. I will also take time to fix broken features and develop new features in the near future. Thanks for using YiNote.

Change log: https://github.com/byteyilabs/yi-note/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md

User reviews
User reviews summary
These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Free to use
  • Clean UI and intuitive
Cons
  • Cannot close the panel once opened
  • Issues with covering video controls and 'skip ads' button
  • Problems with exporting notes to Google Docs
  • Difficulties with sharing notes and copying to clipboard
Most mentioned
  • Cannot close the panel once opened
  • Problems with covering video controls and 'skip ads' button
  • Exporting notes to Google Docs
  • Difficulties with sharing notes and copying to clipboard
Recent reviews
Awesome product, it helps me a lot to give video assignment with my students. And it's free!
by Velvet Velvet, 2024-02-23

The panel issue seems to be fixed in the latest version. Congrats on the acquisition, looking forwards to the new features!
by Darren Darren, 2024-02-20

Literally useless since you can't close the panel once opened.
by Farid Farid, 2023-12-11
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Safety
Risk impact

YiNote may not be safe to use and it requires some risky permissions. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing.

Risk likelihood

YiNote has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

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