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Browser Plus - Yahoo’s Big Treat for Web Developers May 29th, 2008
After a year of whispered rumors and sly hints, Yahoo is finally letting us sneak an peek through the curtain at their newest technology. Yahoo states that Browser Plus is intended to let you combine the powers of the web with the convenience of your desktop to create and combine multiple applications.

The drop-and-drag feature is probably the coolest, at least from the outside looking in. You can drag a picture off a web page and drop it straight into Flickr, and crop and rotate it with a click of a button. Like-wise, you can drag files straight in from your desktop.

There are multiple features you can request, and they’ve taken into account the problem of “I’m in the middle of a project, and this or that tool would be really handy right about now…but I don’t want to have to restart!”

With Browser Plus there will be no need to restart or close and reopen your browser when adding new features. You can imagine how appealing that will be when building your next website! Images are the next big thing for SEO, so take advantage of this easy way to add them to all of your pages. 

Another cool thing is that the application will only run when you are visiting sites where it is approved (right now that will only include Yahoo or partner owned sites), and shut off when you leave. Also it will only open one copy even across multiple browsers, so slow down will be negligible if it exists at all.

The browsers and platforms supported include Windows XP and Windows Vista, Mac OS X 10.4, Tiger (intel only) or Mac OS X 10.5, Leopard (intel only). On Mac, Yahoo will support Firefox 2 (or greater) and Safari 3, and on Windows, Yahoo will support Internet Explorer 7 and Firefox 2 (or greater).

Yahoo is encouraging people to check out the browser application, and leave them feedback. This product is expected to go fully public soon and support third parties as well.

 

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