March 11, 2010
The New Browsys
Browsys, an all-in-one place for search tools, has had a makeover that I have just noticed.
All-in-one is still the theme but presentation is completely different. And of course all the Web 2.0 thing for sharing has been added.
+ Virtual Folders: Collections of tools - such as for Finance, Do-it-yourself sites, Sports. You can easily create your own - no signup required. But Browsys does not search all at one time - you pick from the folder where you want to run the search.
+ Search: Pick of a variety of search tools - enter the query and pick the tool. Unfortunately, does not group them into type - so Bing, YouTube, and Twitter are all in a line. There are 14 popular choices. It's not completely tested - Flickr is a choice and it returns the error message that it doesn't allow display of results inside frames.
+ Twoogle: a Browsys invention - search Google and Twitter at same time - results show in separate columns.
+ Advanced Finder: Nine overall categories. This looks like the old Browsys (and previously Intelways). It has not been updated - or fixed. Old names linger (Live), defunct sources (lii.org), and some search engines I wouldn't touch - not to mention links in the Academic set that don't work.
+ Sidepad: Like a bookmark list that sits on the left side. If you like the choices, you've got it made. I don't see a way to customize it.
+ Quiclip: "Here you can create a quick note containing text and/or URLs,
then share, tweet, IM or bookmark it with one single link."
+ TwoFind: Search Google and Bing - see results in separate columns will all the features of the two search engines. Saves on running two windows and resizing on your own. That's a keeper.
+ Maspedia: It's a mashup: wikipedia, video, twitter, image, news, blog, books, web - and then you can add a comment to facebook.
Posted by Gwen at March 11, 2010 12:42 PM