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tomos:
http://www.outwit.com/products/firstRun.php?version=0.7.0.183&id={5fb1186a-3398-4c47-b579-0f2eee222ad1}
-cmpm (June 13, 2008, 07:16 PM)
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So, what is OutWit, in a word?

OutWit is a Web collection engine for everyone. It runs on your Windows, MacOS or Linux machine and allows you to browse through and easily grab information, images, contacts or files from the Internet, in a few clicks.

The question, when looking for anything on the Internet, is two-fold: find the pertinent data and make it usable for your purposes. Both processes can prove extremely time-consuming and both can be vastly improved using OutWit Hub. Originally conceived for researchers and data managers, the program is bringing Web scraping tools to everyone for both business and personal use.

Just browse the Web for pages that include the information you are looking for; OutWit will scan the pages to recognize the data structure and format it into tables, allowing you to rate it and easily export it to files, spreadsheets or databases for later use.sounds very interesting

blackaj:
Hey guys,

I must say I am a friend (let's say, really close friend) of OutWit Hub's developers, but I honestly think it's a very cool piece of software.

OutWit Hub is a Web collection platform for FF3, it's a download manager / Web harvester that detects all kinds of data (images, links, rss feeds, address emails, doc and pdf, html tables..) in Web pages, sorts it, and lets the user work on it and export it. Applications are countless from automating image downloads (with really one or two clicks), to building databases of anything you want.

OutWit apparently has tons of downloads from their own site but in addons.mozilla.org, they are still stuck in the sandbox, waiting for reviews.
So, dear ones who are interested, (and I am sure all of you are!) you can help OutWit with just a few clicks of the mouse, and taps on the keyboard.

It's really easy, just head over to the Mozilla Addon site and sign up for an account if you don't have one. Once you are logged in, install OutWit and try it. It takes a little time to discover the real value of this program, but I think you'll see it's worth it. Then, if you like it, head back to the addon page and write a review.

For people who doesn't know about the Mozilla addons Sandbox, take a look at :
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/pages/sandbox
http://www.twistermc.com/blog/2007/07/24/save-addon

Curt:
Updated today, but still in beta

File size:      970kb
Version:     0.81.83 Beta
Added:           Sep 01, 2008


http://www.outwit.com/ or
http://www.snapfiles.com/reviews/http-wwwoutwitcom/outwit.html
- or log in to get it from Mozilla at:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/7271

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