The Implicit Web is a concept coined in 2007 to denote web sites which specialize in the synthesis of personal information gleaned from the Internet into a single, coherent picture of user behavior. Implicit data may include clickstream information, media consumption habits, location tracking or any data generated without explicit input from a user. Presumed advantages of implicit data include accuracy, ease of input and comprehensiveness. Examples of companies that have utilized technology models that incorporate Implicit Web concepts include local search firm Grayboxx http findarticles.com p articles mi m0EIN is 2007 August 13 ai n19449265 and blog search provider Lijit http www.foundrygroup.com blog archives 2008 03 theme implicit web.php . The term Implicit Web was popularized by the technology investors Josh Kopelman , Fred Wilson financier Fred Wilson , and http feld.com Brad Feld . External links http avc.blogs.com a vc 2006 12 2007 the implic.html A VC 2007 The Implicit Web http blog.eturner.net ?p 14 Clickstreams & the Implicit Web http www.orch8.net AlchemyPoint Implicit web mashup platform Category Computing culture Category World Wide Web Category Web 2.0 neologisms web stub ... more details
Main Augmented browsing class wikitable sortable style font size 85 text align center width auto align top Augmented Browsing Software style width 19em Name Form Features Compatibility rh AlchemyPoint Firefox extension with a client side Proxy Server allows manipulation of web content, scraping of data from websites, detection parsing of microformat s, etc. rh http groups.csail.mit.edu uid chickenfoot Chickenfoot Firefox extension enables end users and hackers to script interactions on the Web Not supported after Firefox V3 rh https addons.mozilla.org firefox 3863 iMacros for Firefox Firefox, Chrome and Internet Explorer extension allows the user to record and replay Internet Macros for web automation, web scraping or web testing. rh http platypus.mozdev.org Platypus Firefox extension interactive modification of content from the browser, and optionally save the transformations as a Greasemonkey script for future use rh Stylish Firefox extension using Cascading Style Sheets client side manipulation of webpage content rh Bookmarklets JavaScript can execute arbitrary JavaScript on any page, but requires a user to click them, rather than running automatically rh Firebug Firefox extension Firebug Firefox extension for developers allows arbitrary real time changes to a page s DOM rh http www.bubbleshq.com Bubbles Site Specific Browser uses JS injection of user scripts, very much like Greasemonkey. rh https jetpack.mozillalabs.com Jetpack Firefox extension providing robust API allows writing Firefox scripts jetpacks using JavaScript, jQuery and Firebug rh http kangoextensions.com Kango Framework Cross browser extension framework allows creating extensions for 5 popular browsers using JavaScript only Firefox, Chrome, Internet Explorer, Opera, Safari rh Greasekit provides userscripting for Safari WebKit rh Greasemonkey Firefox extension alters the output of web content immediately after it s displayed rh Proxomitron proxy level language available since late 1990s, predates J ... more details
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