Web Annotation Discovery

Name: Web Annotation Discovery
Author: Gerben

By: Gerben

Demonstrates the Web Annotation Discovery mechanism: subscribe to people’s annotation collections/‘feeds’, to see their notes on the web; and create&publish annotations yourself.

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Features & Capabilities

This browser extension implements the Web Annotation Discovery mechanism, enabling you to discover annotations and subscribe to annotation ‘feeds’ while browsing the web; then view the collected annotations on other pages you visit.

It also lets you create annotations yourself, and store/publish them on an annotation collection, so that other people view the notes you take on web pages.

Status

Minimum viable product, or primarily a proof-of-concept: This software demonstrates a mechanism for web annotation in practice, enabling people to try it out and hopefully move forward with the idea.

The software can be used for collaborative annotation, but be prepared for possible technical glitches (including data loss or leakage), mediocre user experience, and awful interface design.

User Growth & Download Statistics

Add-on

By:

Gerben

Daily users:

Version:

0.1.0 Last updated: 2022-10-03

Version code:

5466487

Creation date:

2022-10-03

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Permissions:

Content scripts matches:

<all_urls>

Size:

544.63KB

URLs:

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Full description:

Source:

Firefox Add-ons Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-18

Compare stats and ranking:

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# 135,513 ▲ 3,402

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Developed by:

Gerben

Firefox Add-ons Store

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/web-annotation-discovery/

Website:

https://code.treora.com/gerben/web-annotation-discovery-webextension

Is Web Annotation Discovery Safe?

Risk impact

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Web Annotation Discovery requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

Critical Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
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Risk likelihood

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Web Annotation Discovery is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this add-on.

Risk likelihood analysis details

High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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