Some good friends of ours have finally recently launched their browser preview add-on InterClue. And let me say, it’s El Cheapo Mucho Spectacular......free and good if you don't speak spanish.
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Interclue, a free tool that provides fast, informative previews of Internet links has been released by New Zealand software company Interclue Ltd, with the aim of boosting browsing efficiency for users.“The Interclue add-on can quickly show you the most important Information you need to know about a link—where it's going, what type of link it is, and what is on the page it links to,” says Interclue CEO Seth Wagoner. “This will greatly reduce the frustration and time wasting often associated with using the Web.”
The initial add-on release is for Firefox users, who traditionally have been heavy Internet users. Interclue plans to shortly release an IE7 version and is developing add-ons for other popular browsers such as Safari and Opera.
The smart software has been under heavy development for the past eighteen months, with Interclue Ltd one of the promising hi-tech companies selected to be housed by the Canterbury Innovation Incubator. The browser add-on rates highly against the limited preview tools currently available, with the development strategy concentrating on making it as useful as possible for the busy Web surfer.
An early beta test has gained enthusiastic responses from Web users looking for greater efficiency in Internet usage. Wagoner is confident that the Interclue add-on will become a must-have for the tech-savvy Firefox community, expanding to other browsers as further releases are made.
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There's 3 simple aspects to Interclue, the Linkclues, the Clueviewer and the Metaclues.
The Linkclues are a combination of icons that appear next to a link, and cursors that change the mouse pointer as you hover over a link, to let you know what site the link goes to and what kind of content you'll find.
The Clueviewer is a pop-up window that holds more detailed information about where that link is going and a short summary of the link's content.
The Metaclues are snippets of information about a page, ranging from a simple word count to what tags people use to describe the page on popular social bookmarking sites.
So if you're a FireFox user, I suggest you check it out. Considering how much difference it can make to your browsing habits, it's a subtle addition that can save you a lot of time.
I have been using Interclue
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