9/16/11 UPDATE: We’ve released an update to the Springpad Clipper!
The update is automatic for existing clipper users.

The Springpad Clipper allows you to quickly add things to Springpad while you surf the web. Just install the Spring It! button in your browser bar and you’ll be able to save anything to Springpad without leaving the web page that you’re currently viewing. Save an article you want to read later or something more specific like a product, recipe or restaurant.

Get the Clipper:

The Springpad Clipper allows you to quickly add things to Springpad while you surf the web. Just install the Spring It! button in your browser bar and you’ll be able to save anything to Springpad without leaving the web page that you’re currently viewing.

We’ve gotten great feedback on our current clipper and are working on making it better!  Here’s a preview of some of the improvements coming soon:

We are introducing a whole slew of new springpad features tomorrow morning, with a focus on improving sharing.  Read more about the features below…

Sharing made easier

1. Social sharing: Share your great ideas & favorite things via facebook, twitter, or good old fashioned email.  Your friends don’t even need to be springpad users to see that new recipe that you’re recommending.
2. Share privately or publicly: You control whether you’d like your data to be viewable by all springpad user or just your closest friends.

Collect ideas from other springpad users

1. Follow people you trust: If someone sends you a recipe that you just love, you can follow them.  You’ll see anything new that they add to their springpad so you can make a copy of it for yourself.
2. Create your own profile: Begin curating your own collection of springpad items to …

We’ve gotten great feedback on our first version of our web clipper.  Watch the video & learn more.

Check out the new Springpad web clipper:
- The clipper now works in Internet Explorer 7
- Add a note to your springpad with an in-line dialog. We’ve gotten rid of the pesky extra pop-up.

How to Install the clipper to your browser toolbar:

Firefox, Safari, or Chrome
Drag above button to your browser’s link bar
IE7
Click View->Toolbars->Unlock the Toolbars
Turn on the “Links” Toolbar.
Right-Click the “Spring It!” button above and select “Add to Favorites”
Select the “Links” folder.
In your IE Menubar, drag the “Links” toolbar out to the left until you see “Spring It!”
IE8
Right click on the Spring It button and select “Add to Favorites”
In the “Create in” drop down menu, select “Favorites Bar”

How it works:
As you surf the web, find text, photos or links that you want to …

Over the weekend, in addition to releasing the new Date Night Planner, we made some great improvements to springpad.

New Features, available now in springpad :
1.  Navigation Change: You’ll notice a collapsible “drawer” on the left of the screen.  From talking to users, we learned that most people focus on one task at a time.  By removing the clutter, we’re hoping to help with that focus.
2.  Bookmarklet: the web clipper is now available for Safari, Firefox & Chrome.  Internet Explorer support is coming soon!
3.  Calendar: We’ve made several usability improvements – Check it out!
4.  Gifts: Keep track of the gifts you give – Record recipient, price & tracking number.
5.  Business Locations: Add businesses to your springpad  – We’ve integrated with Yelp & Yahoo Local to make searching quick & easy.
6.  Map Events: Add Contacts or Businesses to Events to make …

We’re excited to launch the springpad bookmarklet, or “clipper”.

How it works:
1. Drag this link to your browser’s link bar: Spring It!
– Supported Browsers: Firefox, Safari & Chrome.
- Internet Explorer Users: Sit tight… Your turn is coming soon!

2. As you surf the web & find things you’d like to save for later…
- Highlight whatever you’d like to spring: text, images & links
- Click on Spring It!
- A note will be added to your springpad with a link back to where you found it

Some ideas for things to clip: The latest review for a book you’d like to buy, Hotel directions for your upcoming vacation, Supply lists for a home renovation project, Photos with the color palette you’d like for your wedding, Coupons for your favorite stores, A great poem or joke you’d like to remember…

Try …

We want to make it easy for Springpad users to access their information wherever and however they want.   While we’ve got a few projects in the works, including putting the finishing touches on a mobile version of Springpad, I wanted to take this chance to highlight a simple, useful solution that you can use today.

Site specific browsers are basically applications that let you access a specific web service (like Springpad) as if it were a desktop app.  Unlike offline support (like Google Gears), you still need to be connected to the internet.  We use Fluid here at Spring Partners and it lets us easily treat all of the web services we use – including Google Calendar, Gmail, Jira and yes, Springpad – as if they were desktop apps.

Here’s how you do it
Step 1. Download and install a site …