A quick Look of WebMynd: a DVR for Web

WebMynd, a firefox add-ons provides a visual interface for reviewing your browsing history. For the most part it runs in the background saving copies of every page you visit to WebMynd’s server. When you click the WebMynd button on your toolbar a page opens up showing your most recently visited pages plotted on a “reel.” You can scroll left or right to see other recent pages. Or you can click the Grid view to see a larger number of thumbnailed images. The basic add-on is free and keeps pages for a week. Users pay $10 for six months of history or $20 for a full year.

The service doesn’t save just an image of the page or the URL, but the full text site. That means you can also search those virtual pages later when you are looking for something. Users can turn off recording at any time, and can delete saved pages that they don’t want to have around for any reason. To see saved pages, you click on an icon at the top of the browser and the local saved copies pop up, along with a search bar.

The idea is that, like Gmail, good search means you don’t have to spend a lot of time bookmarking and tagging websites to find them later. WebMynd records everything in the background, and a quick search will locate the page.

You can also access webmynd history offline if you use Firefox 3. There is no visual playback available when you are offline. You must have access to the internet in order to view WebMynd visual playback.

WebMynd is currently supported with Firefox 2 and Firefox 3 beta on Windows, Mac OS and Linux.

Source: downloadsquad

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