PixelSnap - https://getpixelsnap.com/.
It might not be exactly what you asked for, but it might solve your problem in an alternative way.
Ask HN: Is there a tool / product that enables commenting on HTML elements?
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Re: Ask HN: Is there a tool / product that enables commenting on HTML elements?
#32https://quotebacks.net/ are popular among the IndieWebsters.
Re: Ask HN: Is there a tool / product that enables commenting on HTML elements?
#33I've been thinking about creating something like this. Essentially comments ON code that aren't IN the code
Re: Ask HN: Is there a tool / product that enables commenting on HTML elements?
#34I built conoteapp.com, it's designed for highlighting text and adding comments rather than specific HTML elements but it fits the bill for being shareable as you don't need to download anything.
Drop me a message if you want any help!
Re: Ask HN: Is there a tool / product that enables commenting on HTML elements?
#35Does Genius Web Annotator still work? I used it years ago and found it pretty handy: https://genius.com/web-annotator
That's been shut down since this May according to wikipedia.
I've built conoteapp.com in a similar spirit.
Re: Ask HN: Is there a tool / product that enables commenting on HTML elements?
#36Here's an idea that might work if your org is doing github issues (or some other git host with similar feature).
Let's assume you have backend code spitting out the frontend code which still needs to be loaded as a page in a browser to let javascript do its thing before you have the actual DOM you want to inspect and comment on. If the backend is producing your HTML fully formed -- not bootstrapped further using javascript that is -- then you might be able to get away with telling your backend to produce a static version of your site, check that into git, and then people can comment on the individual lines on github by clicking the line numbers to reference that line in a new issue.
Re: Ask HN: Is there a tool / product that enables commenting on HTML elements?
#37If you have concerns about UX I'd have thought you should be commenting at the design level rather than leaving it until things have got to the stage where they've been developed to the point where there's HTML to talk about.
The "U" part is hard to talk about without actual users using it though. Which is hard to do pre-html.
Re: Ask HN: Is there a tool / product that enables commenting on HTML elements?
#38I think https://jam.dev should help, it was built by a few ex pms to solve this gap
Re: Ask HN: Is there a tool / product that enables commenting on HTML elements?
#39If you have concerns about UX I'd have thought you should be commenting at the design level rather than leaving it until things have got to the stage where they've been developed to the point where there's HTML to talk about.
In my experience, this doesn’t work. It’s always in everyone’s “In a perfect world” plans, but no one ever seems to have much to say, in the beginning.
Even technically-proficient major stakeholders (for example, managers and testers) seldom offer much in the way of feedback, early in the project.
I have learned to write my applications in a manner that affords “hands-on” testing, as early as possible, and I use techniques that allow a lot of pivoting.
I wrote the following comment, in an earlier thread[0] where I discuss this approach.
Re: Ask HN: Is there a tool / product that enables commenting on HTML elements?
#40https://usersnap.com/ could be an option. - doesn't have comments on HTML elements but does allow users/stakeholders to draw on the screen and submit reports of what they've drawn e.g. if something looks wrong.