Comments on: Sparky: Alexa comes to the Firefox browser http://www.yugatech.com/blog/freewares/sparky-alexa-comes-to-the-firefox-browser/ Philippines, Technology News & Reviews Sat, 22 Nov 2008 07:54:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: macewan http://www.yugatech.com/blog/freewares/sparky-alexa-comes-to-the-firefox-browser/#comment-148755 macewan Sun, 22 Jul 2007 01:51:27 +0000 http://www.yugatech.com/blog/?p=2146#comment-148755 I works beautifully under Ubuntu Linux on Firefox. Not a single problem noted yet. I works beautifully under Ubuntu Linux on Firefox. Not a single problem noted yet.

]]> By: Eugene http://www.yugatech.com/blog/freewares/sparky-alexa-comes-to-the-firefox-browser/#comment-148678 Eugene Fri, 20 Jul 2007 16:38:06 +0000 http://www.yugatech.com/blog/?p=2146#comment-148678 The privacy policy is scary: ALEXA'S TOOLBAR SERVICE COLLECTS AND STORES INFORMATION ABOUT THE WEB PAGES YOU VIEW, THE DATA YOU ENTER IN ONLINE FORMS AND SEARCH FIELDS, AND, WITH VERSIONS 5.0 AND HIGHER, THE PRODUCTS YOU PURCHASE ONLINE WHILE USING THE TOOLBAR SERVICE. Why collect and store what I type? I thought Alexa only counted traffic? This dissuaded me from installing this toolbar/plug-in. The privacy policy is scary:

ALEXA’S TOOLBAR SERVICE COLLECTS AND STORES INFORMATION ABOUT THE WEB PAGES YOU VIEW, THE DATA YOU ENTER IN ONLINE FORMS AND SEARCH FIELDS, AND, WITH VERSIONS 5.0 AND HIGHER, THE PRODUCTS YOU PURCHASE ONLINE WHILE USING THE TOOLBAR SERVICE.

Why collect and store what I type? I thought Alexa only counted traffic? This dissuaded me from installing this toolbar/plug-in.

]]> By: yuga http://www.yugatech.com/blog/freewares/sparky-alexa-comes-to-the-firefox-browser/#comment-148647 yuga Fri, 20 Jul 2007 12:58:24 +0000 http://www.yugatech.com/blog/?p=2146#comment-148647 Migs, you can use SearchStatus extension with Firefox. It shows you Alexa + Compete stats. Migs, you can use SearchStatus extension with Firefox. It shows you Alexa + Compete stats.

]]> By: Miguel http://www.yugatech.com/blog/freewares/sparky-alexa-comes-to-the-firefox-browser/#comment-148635 Miguel Fri, 20 Jul 2007 10:22:49 +0000 http://www.yugatech.com/blog/?p=2146#comment-148635 Cool, maybe I'll try it on my other browser. I'm using Compete on this one. Cool, maybe I’ll try it on my other browser. I’m using Compete on this one.

]]> By: marhgil http://www.yugatech.com/blog/freewares/sparky-alexa-comes-to-the-firefox-browser/#comment-148601 marhgil Fri, 20 Jul 2007 04:04:45 +0000 http://www.yugatech.com/blog/?p=2146#comment-148601 It was not released yesterday. I installed it 2 days ago after reading about it on<a href="http://misteryosa.com/334/sparky-the-alexa-toolbar-for-firefox/" rel="nofollow">Misteryosa.</a> It was not released yesterday. I installed it 2 days ago after reading about it onMisteryosa.

]]> By: Greg Moreno http://www.yugatech.com/blog/freewares/sparky-alexa-comes-to-the-firefox-browser/#comment-148596 Greg Moreno Fri, 20 Jul 2007 03:02:03 +0000 http://www.yugatech.com/blog/?p=2146#comment-148596 The small graphical trend is called a sparkline - a brainchild of data visualization guru Edward Tufte. The sparkline provides a bare-bone and space-efficient time-series context of what is being measured. The cool thing about sparklines is that the ups and downs are instantly available and the user can easily compare the current measure with its history. The small graphical trend is called a sparkline - a brainchild of data visualization guru Edward Tufte. The sparkline provides a bare-bone and space-efficient time-series context of what is being measured. The cool thing about sparklines is that the ups and downs are instantly available and the user can easily compare the current measure with its history.

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