juice
11-04-2008, 10:15 AM
(if you're on Firefox 3)
We've all been there. You started reading something on the Web, saw something interesting in the article, searched for it, wound up somewhere else, and after about 12 hops you've forgotten exactly what it was you were looking for. If only there were some way to select that topic midstream and have the information automagically appear for you, without disrupting your workflow or sending you traipsing off into the wilds of the Web.
If that sounds familiar, you may need a shot of Juice (http://www.juiceapp.com/), a new Firefox 3 add-in currently in public beta from Linkool Labs (http://linkool.biz/), that makes researching Web content as easy as click-and-drag.
Juice is ridiculously easy - and addictive - to use. Simply highlight the text into which you want to delve - or grab a link - and drag it ever so slightly. That's the only cue Juice needs to go to work. And suddenly your sidebar is filled with research results from Google, Wikipedia, YouTube, Google Blogsearch, and more.
Juice also adds the ability to capture images and video to a personal library - similar to some of the functionality found in Twine (http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/twine_public_launch.php) - enabling users to access those assets regardless of what they're doing in the main browser window.
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/juice_makes_you_smarter_faster.php
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We've all been there. You started reading something on the Web, saw something interesting in the article, searched for it, wound up somewhere else, and after about 12 hops you've forgotten exactly what it was you were looking for. If only there were some way to select that topic midstream and have the information automagically appear for you, without disrupting your workflow or sending you traipsing off into the wilds of the Web.
If that sounds familiar, you may need a shot of Juice (http://www.juiceapp.com/), a new Firefox 3 add-in currently in public beta from Linkool Labs (http://linkool.biz/), that makes researching Web content as easy as click-and-drag.
Juice is ridiculously easy - and addictive - to use. Simply highlight the text into which you want to delve - or grab a link - and drag it ever so slightly. That's the only cue Juice needs to go to work. And suddenly your sidebar is filled with research results from Google, Wikipedia, YouTube, Google Blogsearch, and more.
Juice also adds the ability to capture images and video to a personal library - similar to some of the functionality found in Twine (http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/twine_public_launch.php) - enabling users to access those assets regardless of what they're doing in the main browser window.
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/juice_makes_you_smarter_faster.php
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