This is a breakthrough for Google Chrome: a new extension shared in the Chrome Web Store (just updated today, June 19) streamlines the process of sharing web pages.

We've all had someone send us a web page to read, and while that's how much of Tom's Guide's work begins, the process often starts with scrolling, skimming, and searching for important information. Our friends at TechRadar blogged about Link to Text Fragment, which solves that problem.

Currently available for free in the Chrome Web Store, Link to Text Fragment is a Chrome extension that offers new options when you highlight certain words. For example, if you try to find the text recommending "Dear White People" in our Best Netflix Series Roundup, you usually have to scroll and scroll.

To use Link to Text Fragments, simply select a portion of that introduction, right-click, and select "Copy link to selected text." Doing so will save the link, which is usually longer (in this case: https://www.tomsguide.com/best-picks/best-netflix-series-shows#dear-white-people:~:text=If%20you've%20wondered)), to the clipboard, which you can then share with someone to direct them to the exact point in the article to which you are trying to direct them.

Google has also released a video of how it works:

Of course, Link to Text Fragment is not yet perfect. It does not work with all types of text, as was alerted when trying to select the title and header section of an article.

As explained in a post on the Google Developer blog, this tool was only made possible by the "Fragment Identifier" tool in the Chrome 80 release.

In summary (to borrow Carly Rae Jepsen's words), it allows you to cut to the important parts of an article. I can't wait to start using this and shock those who aren't expecting it.