Reviews of Web Paint

By: Gabriel T. Stuart Add-on

List of user reviews and ratings for Web Paint

Total ratings

3.56 (Rating count: 80)

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Review summary

Users like Web Paint as a simple, effective on‑page annotation tool (popular for teaching). Repeated complaints are that it’s outdated, suffers from lag/jank and occasional crashes, has tablet/pen alignment problems, and lacks keyboard shortcuts. Overall useful but in need of updates and bug fixes.

Pros

Useful and effective for on‑page drawing/annotation—many users praise it for lectures and quick highlights.
Simple and easy to use—several reviewers call it a great or best add‑on for this purpose.
Drawings generally persist relative to the page (stay in place while interacting/scrolling), which users appreciate.

Cons

Outdated / unmaintained — multiple reviewers say it needs an update (last update years ago).
Performance issues: laggy, janky rendering and occasional crashes reported by several users.
Tablet/pen problems: Wacom/tablet compatibility and pen‑to‑ink misalignment reported in multiple reviews.
Missing convenient keyboard shortcuts (users request accelerators to hide/clear ink).

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User Reviews

Recent rating average: 4.50

All time rating average: 3.56

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22% (19)

Date	Author	Comment
2025-09-14	as*****

2025-05-20	Fi*****	Amazing extension. The only option missing was the shortcut options.
Amazing extension. The only option missing was the shortcut options.
2025-04-02	远离*****

2025-03-12	We*****	Needs an update. I use Firefox with the Wacom tablet and then close the browser and the errors that are occurring are gone. The purpose is excellent, it just needs improvements.
Needs an update. I use Firefox with the Wacom tablet and then close the browser and the errors that are occurring are gone. The purpose is excellent, it just needs improvements.
2025-02-15	天灭*****

2025-01-13	Fi*****

2024-09-20	Ni*****	I'm a teacher, and this extension is great when you have something in the browser during lecture, and you want to draw attention to a paragraph or word or whatever. I leave the color set to red and just scribble a line. It's great that it remembers the color across invocations. Wishlist: I wish there were a keyboard accelerator to make it disappear, which would be handy during lecture when you're in kind of a hurry. Also in page-zoom mode, the ink appears slightly lower than it should, but it's totally usable.
I'm a teacher, and this extension is great when you have something in the browser during lecture, and you want to draw attention to a paragraph or word or whatever. I leave the color set to red and just scribble a line. It's great that it remembers the color across invocations. Wishlist: I wish there were a keyboard accelerator to make it disappear, which would be handy during lecture when you're in kind of a hurry. Also in page-zoom mode, the ink appears slightly lower than it should, but it's totally usable.
2024-09-06	Vi*****

2024-02-24	BR*****

2023-02-24	Be*****