Posts Tagged ‘OutWit Images’

OutWit’s collection technology is organized around three simple concepts:

1. The programs dissect the Web page into data elements and enable users to see only the type of data they are looking for (images, links, email addresses, RSS news…).
2. They offer a universal collection basket, the « Catch », into which users can manually drag and drop or automatically collect structured or unstructured data, links or media, as they surf the Web.
3. They also know how to automatically browse through series of pages, allowing users to harvest all sorts of information objects in a single click.

With simple intuitive features as well as sophisticated scraping functions and data structure recognition, the OutWit programs target a broad range of user categories.

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In our work for the coming versions of the kernel, one of our main chalenges is OutWit’s ability to explore the hidden Web. We are working on some very exciting features in this area (partly autonomous, partly user-driven explorations). The Deep Web is composed of Web pages and resources that are not indexed by  search engines, simply because there are no links to them. One of the interesting functions we are working on is the generation of URLs and queries to the dark side of the Web.

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Compatible versions

• Which versions of Firefox is OutWit compatible with?

General Questions

• What is OutWit Hub?
• What is OutWit Images?
• What is OutWit Docs?
• What is the OutWit kernel?
• What exactly is an outfit?
• How much does it cost?
• Do OutWit Hub or Images require any external software to function properly?
• What version of Firefox do I need to run OutWit Hub or Images?
• Are tutorials available for OutWit Hub and Images?
• What languages do OutWit Hub and Images come in?
• Is OutWit Hub or Images compatible with Internet Explorer or Safari?
• From which sites can I download images or data?

Technical Questions

• How do I install OutWit Hub or Images?
• I have installed OutWit Hub or Images then restarted Firefox but I don’t see the OutWit icon on my toolbar. What should I do?
• What’s the “Catch?”
• I don’t see the catch panel. Where did it go?
• The ‘Next in Series’ and/or ‘Browse’ buttons are disables. How come?
• Can I export an HTML table to an Excel spreadsheet with OutWit Hub?
• What is the ‘Save Incoming Files checkbox?
• Can I save the Catch for later use?
• How do I save the files I “caught?”
• I loaded a page but I don’t see anything when opening the views. How can I load them?
• Can I perform searches from the address bar?
• When I open the spreadsheet I exported into Excel, I receive an error warning saying, “the document you are trying to open is different from the one specified by the file extension.” What should I do?
• How many pictures can I download in one click?
• How can I change the location where the downloaded files are stored when using the ‘Save Incoming Files’ checkbox?
• How do I uninstall OutWit Hub or Images?
• I’m using Iceweasel and I get an error message on startup, is OutWit compatible with Iceweasel ?

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The first beta version of OutWit Images was posted on Firefox Add-ons and came out of the experimental zone this weekend. This new outfit is an online image browser that not only allows you to view Web images as a slideshow or as a wall of thumbnails but also to grab the pictures and save them to your hard disk.

The feedback we are already receiving for this extension is extremely encouraging: with Images like with the Hub, people are actually managing to do things they simply couldn’t do before. And this really makes us happy…

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