Comments on: Browster Down and Out http://gigaom.com/2007/01/02/browster-down-and-out/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 12:29:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: AOL Video, Zedo, Browster, Disney.com, JuiceCaster, MySpace Awards and More http://gigaom.com/2007/01/02/browster-down-and-out/#comment-131293 Wed, 28 Jan 2009 12:20:18 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/01/02/browster-down-and-out/#comment-131293 [...] Browster Dead – Browster, the browser plugin that aimed to speed up browsing by offering site previews, is no more. There was some skepticism about whether the tool offered enough benefit (especially when getting users to download something is much more challenging than selling a web-based app), and we were dubious about their attempt to win over the MySpace crowd by making MySpace browsing faster. The company had raised $5.8 million, and will likely be one of many startup failures this year. (via) [...]

]]> By: Trying to Be like Bill Gates » Blog Archive » New Microsoft Patents Bring A Sense Of Deja Vu http://gigaom.com/2007/01/02/browster-down-and-out/#comment-131292 Sat, 24 Mar 2007 21:06:52 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/01/02/browster-down-and-out/#comment-131292 [...] who all offered similar preview features. Perhaps it’s a good thing that startup Browster has now shut down. Their whole business was based around this exact concept, so you’d have to imagine they were [...]

]]> By: e http://gigaom.com/2007/01/02/browster-down-and-out/#comment-131291 Sat, 24 Mar 2007 00:12:36 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/01/02/browster-down-and-out/#comment-131291 Looks like another one of Wendell’s “eo” company. The last two were Helpeo and Teleo. Atleast Teleo was bought by MS.

]]> By: Browster Is Gone, But Are Web Previews Here To Stay? « Alex Iskold tech blog http://gigaom.com/2007/01/02/browster-down-and-out/#comment-131290 Sat, 03 Mar 2007 04:57:38 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/01/02/browster-down-and-out/#comment-131290 [...] week it was reported that Browster, one of the first companies to deliver previews of web pages, is done. Browster drew [...]

]]> By: Read/WriteWeb http://gigaom.com/2007/01/02/browster-down-and-out/#comment-131289 Mon, 08 Jan 2007 21:15:50 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/01/02/browster-down-and-out/#comment-131289 Browster Is Gone, But Are Web Previews Here To Stay?…

Written by Alex Iskold and edited by Richard MacManus Last week it was reported that Browster, one of the first companies to deliver previews of web pages, is done. Browster drew a lot of attention in 2005 and was backed…

]]> By: Tech Headlines http://gigaom.com/2007/01/02/browster-down-and-out/#comment-131286 Fri, 05 Jan 2007 10:26:45 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/01/02/browster-down-and-out/#comment-131286 New Microsoft Patents Bring A Sense Of Deja Vu…

theodp writes "Like those story previews that pop up when you hover over a Yahoo News headline or…

]]> By: tom com http://gigaom.com/2007/01/02/browster-down-and-out/#comment-131287 Fri, 05 Jan 2007 03:40:34 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/01/02/browster-down-and-out/#comment-131287 Browster, no business model, annoying application, bubble company. Last round for a First Round Capital Company. More to come…

]]> By: Andrea http://gigaom.com/2007/01/02/browster-down-and-out/#comment-131288 Fri, 05 Jan 2007 00:29:41 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/01/02/browster-down-and-out/#comment-131288 Browster had it’s problems for sure, but the last version I managed to install (2.0.3) was a big improvement over previous versions, not the least due to the full support for Firefox 2.x. I hope that someone else takes it up and keeps working on improving it, because it is promising, and great when it works.

]]> By: Greg Norton http://gigaom.com/2007/01/02/browster-down-and-out/#comment-131285 Thu, 04 Jan 2007 05:11:10 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/01/02/browster-down-and-out/#comment-131285 I never went to the trouble of downloading the browster client but I think the idea of web page previews are helpful. So I have to respectfully disagree with Om on those Snap webshots.

A related problem that the webshots solve is that there are so many worthless web pages out there. You can see them in a split second and that saves me time of going to them. So I don’t think the webshots are the problem – the real issue is Google Adsense. It is the money funding the web spam. But prominent bloggers wont say that, they are on that adsense gravy train.

]]> By: Josh http://gigaom.com/2007/01/02/browster-down-and-out/#comment-131284 Tue, 02 Jan 2007 23:42:09 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/01/02/browster-down-and-out/#comment-131284 Apparently Viewio will be some sort of HD video provider. If that is true, they will compete with Mark Cuban’s operation.

I had a poor experience with Browster. It was incredibly difficult to uninstall as the code seemed to stick around.

I am amazed at companies like these who somehow raise a sh*t-ton of money. My startup has three people…me for organizing, and business…my programmer for programming and my designer for designing. There is no sense in VC’s these days, applications can be developed for very cheap.

]]> By: Liz Gannes http://gigaom.com/2007/01/02/browster-down-and-out/#comment-131283 Tue, 02 Jan 2007 22:38:03 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/01/02/browster-down-and-out/#comment-131283 Kshitij,

I noticed that too, but am not sure of the parentage between the two companies. We will have to keep an eye out.

Liz

]]> By: Kshitij Kumar http://gigaom.com/2007/01/02/browster-down-and-out/#comment-131282 Tue, 02 Jan 2007 22:03:36 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/01/02/browster-down-and-out/#comment-131282 Liz,

Interestingly, Vieweo is the domain name owner for browster.com. Sounds like Browster is morphing into Vieweo?

So, what’s Vieweo? Another online Video startup?

]]> By: Om Malik http://gigaom.com/2007/01/02/browster-down-and-out/#comment-131281 Tue, 02 Jan 2007 21:53:43 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/01/02/browster-down-and-out/#comment-131281 I agree and have the same problems with SNAP, which is so hideously annoying that i have stopped going to sites that use that stupid script. it somehow snuck into one of my wordpress.com posts and i need to scrape that shit off the site.

]]> By: Hope Leman http://gigaom.com/2007/01/02/browster-down-and-out/#comment-131280 Tue, 02 Jan 2007 21:33:07 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/01/02/browster-down-and-out/#comment-131280 Hard to feel sorry for the Browster boys. It was incredible annoying and a headache to eject from one’s system. Yeech! Good riddance to a stinko product.

Speaking of annoyances, can we please put the kabosh on Snap Preview? It is popping up on many sites. A pox on tools that try to do my thinking for me. Let me read and broswe in peace for heaven’s sake. Widgets be damned!

]]>