Embodiments of the present invention relate to sharing of information, and more particularly to techniques for sharing content from a web page.
Web pages contain content of different types including text, images, video, flash, advertisements, embedded content, and the like. However, in spite of advances in web page content, the ability to easily share the content is still not available. For example, if a user wants to share an image displayed on a web page with a friend the user is having a conversation with in an instant messaging (IM) chat client, the user has to first store the image from the web page as a file on the user's computer. The user then has to select the stored file and send the file to the friend. This is quite cumbersome. Accordingly, better techniques for sharing web page content are desired. In another example, if a user wants to send this page to another friend in an instant messenger, the user must copy the URL from the address bar and then paste the URL into an IM window. Accordingly, better techniques for sharing web page content are desired.