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Metabrowse Your Web Routine?

AJ-perler asks: "About 2 years ago 'Metabrowsers' were the new hot browsing tools that addressed the trend of users frequently browsing specific sites. Business 2.0 ran an article late 2000 about the problems metabrowser companies faced. I think metabrowsers are interesting and useful, but I haven't seen mention of them for a long time. Do any Slashdot readers use these few that have survived? Is the general public web savvy enough, even today, for this type of browsing?"

For those of you interested in this concept, AJ has provided this list of example "meta-browsing" sites:

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  1. Well.. by RaboKrabekian · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Having not heard about metabrowsing in two years is probably a good indication that the trend hasn't swept the internet community by storm.

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