Firefox Extension Makes the Most Useful Tools on the Web Available in a Single Click

WebKnowHow
Monday, September 4, 2006; 02:14 AM

The Hyperwords Company releases version 1.5 of its web browser enhancer.  The Hyperwords Company is a US company commercializing the work it carries out in London, with architectural programming performed in Russia. Hyperwords has been listed in PC World's "101 best freebies."

The Web has become the largest repository of knowledge and noise humanity has ever seen -- with well over 6 billion pages. How can users possibly make use of this much information without getting swamped?

The Hyperwords Company's  research group at University College London looked at optimal strategies of online knowledge work. They found that an effective approach in getting to grips with such a large volume of data was to make the data more interactive.

The result is the Hyperwords extension for Firefox. It makes all words on the web interactive. Users can select any word, or selection of words, and choose commands from an intuitive pop-up menu.

Hyperwords commands include: looking a word up in Wikipedia, blogging about a paragraph, translating a single word or page, looking up addresses on web-based maps, searching for results using any of the major search engines and more.

"Hyperwords offers far greater degrees of flexible navigation allowing web surfers to go where they like," says Frode Hegland, CEO of The Hyperwords Company. "It also provides fuller interaction of websites, leading to deeper insights. This is not just about quick references."

Version 1.5 of Hyperwords adds a powerful Toolbar function. In a month's time version 2.0 will be launched, featuring full user customizability, as well as Microsoft Internet Explorer support.

Hyperwords is free for personal use and is available for download from www.hyperwords.net.