Opening a long PDF used to mean waiting — and the largest files could slow the tab to a crawl or crash it outright. The reader now loads only the pages around you and prepares the rest as you scroll, so even a few-hundred-page document opens in a couple of seconds and stays responsive while you read.

A small fix for working with highlights. When you click a highlight to focus it, clicking anywhere else on the page now clears that focus properly — before, it did not always work reliable.

Improve parsing PDFs in reader mode.

Sync with Chrome Web Store version

Notion Export Fix + Sidebar Animation fix

Quick follow-up to last version's outline rail. On sites that change the URL without a full page reload (think Twitter, GitHub, most modern web apps), the rail could linger after you'd navigated to a page with no highlights.

It now resets on every URL change and only re-appears when the new page actually has something to outline.

Every page with highlights now shows a thin outline rail on the edge of the viewport — one colored dot per highlight, placed proportionally to where it sits on the page. Hover a dot to preview the highlighted text, note, and tags; click to scroll straight to it. Tightly packed highlights collapse into a cluster dot that expands on hover so you can pick the one you want.

Don't want it? Hit the × on the rail or turn it off in Settings → Customize. Works on regular webpages, PDFs, and the YouTube reader. Full walkthrough: the outline rail in the docs.

This release also bundles a handful of long-asked quality-of-life fixes:

• Edit a bookmark's URL. Hover the favicon in bookmark details, click the pencil, and update the URL. Every highlight attached to the page follows along, so you can fix a mistyped URL or move a page without re-highlighting from scratch.
• Change your account email yourself. Settings → Account now has a Change-email flow — confirm with your current password (or the Google-disconnect notice), and we'll send a set-password link to the new address and a security notice to the old one.
• Safer account deletion. The Delete-account control now lives in a red Danger zone card, and the button only enables once you type your account email. No more reflex-clicking through a confirm prompt.
• Pick a collection when you save a page. The Add Content dialog now lets you assign a collection right at save time, so new bookmarks land in the right folder instead of Unsorted.
• YouTube videos without a transcript still open in the reader and save to your bookmarks — a clear "Transcript unavailable" message replaces the transcript pane instead of failing silently. See YouTube highlighting.

Performance updates for faster page loads for pages with no highlights or bookmarks.

Performance improvements for page loads.

Better error handling and performance improvements

Sort pages in collections

Performance improvements

Improved onboarding journey to make it easier to discover all features.

Version 13.0.3: Small UI fixes
Fixes small UI problems of new dashboard

Version 13.0.2: Favicon fix for local networks
We fixed an issue where the extension tried to fetch favicons from local and private network addresses, which caused an unwanted permission popup in Chromium-based browsers. This no longer happens.

Version 13.0.1: Dashboard design fixes
We fixed several design glitches in the new dashboard.

Version 13.0.0: New Dashboard & Advanced Grid
New Dashboard
This is the biggest update to Web Highlights since launch. A complete in-extension app view that brings the full power of the web app into the sidebar — no more tab-switching to find your research.

What's new
In-extension app view — browse all your research (pages, highlights, notes, tags, websites, authors, colors, AI summaries, AI chats, documents, images) without leaving the current page
Dashboard — stats bar (pages, highlights, tags, websites), contribution graph, recent pages & highlights with infinite scroll, learning tips
Advanced filters — filter by tag, color, website, author, media type, notes, and more. Combine with AND/OR logic. Quick filters from the search field.
3 view modes — Grid, List, Masonry. Choice is remembered per entity type.
Sort options — by date, title, highlights count, notes count
Multi-select & bulk actions — select multiple items and bulk delete
Cross-entity search — search across pages, highlights, AI summaries, and more from a single search bar
Drill-down — click a tag, website, or count to instantly filter related items
Hide/show fields — toggle visibility of metadata fields (favicon, date, description, URL, etc.) per entity type
Adjustable sizing — font size sliders and grid/list item size controls
Keyboard navigation — navigate the grid with keyboard; Macbook shortcut detection
Mobile-responsive — sidebar closes after navigation; grid layout adapts to mobile
Pro tips & learning dashboard — "Did you know?" tips, learning quotes, quick links to docs and blog
Here is a guide showing you all the great new features of the dashboard.