Hyperwords: Best Web Tool Around
Once in a while, an application comes along that makes you wonder why things didn’t always work that way. iMovie was one of those; so was Mosaic. So were MacDraw and MacPaint, for those of you old enough to remember them. And how about VisiCalc?
The latest application to knock my socks off is Hyperwords, a Firefox extension that adds an incredible array of useful tools to a single menu available by simply selecting a word or group of words on a web page. Suddenly, every word on the page is searchable, every numeric value can be converted, every paragraph can be translated to another language, and maps and weather and even shopping are instantly available. Yes, you can do all those things in other ways, but Hyperwords puts it all a simple click away. It’s going to be one of the greatest research tools that we could place in the hands of students.
It’s too much to explain, Watch the video, install it, and start web browsing in a whole new context.
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