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July 13, 2005 12:00 AM PDT
New IE plug-in aims to speed Web searches
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The software, created by San Francisco-based Browster, uses patented "pre-fetching" instant page rendering that serves up a copy of the Web page in milliseconds in a new window on top of the original search page.
Users can click on links and information in that new window and download data from that Web site. They can exit by moving the mouse back to the main search site or click on an icon in the new window for viewing the previous or next search item in the list of results.
Browster 1.0 works with search sites like Google and Yahoo, e-commerce sites like eBay and Amazon.com and other Web sites that can be searched, like Craigslist, Bloglines, newsgroups and news sites.
The plug-in works with Internet Explorer 5 and later versions. Other browsers will be supported in the future, said Browster CEO Scott Milener.
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the majority market share, but only because it comes bundled with
Windows. No one (ok, very few) chooses IE conscientiously. They
should have developed for Firefox, the browser conscientiously
chosen by power users -- just the type of users who are more
likely to use a power tool like this and talk about it with their
friends and colleagues.
I'd rather have the free AND open things like Firefox extentions without the free spyware.
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