Watson 2.4 review

Watson is an extendable application for Mac OS X that gives an "Aqua" user interface to a number of Internet-based services such as stock quotes, telephone lookup, and movie schedules.

License: Freeware OS: Mac OS X File size: 0K Developer: Karelia Price: $0.00 Updated: 04 Aug 2006

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Watson is an extendable application for Mac OS X that gives an "Aqua" user interface to a number of Internet-based services such as stock quotes, telephone lookup, and movie schedules. Watson connects to a handful of other useful services available on the Internet.

Intended to complement the Web browser, Watson constructs a facade over certain services, collecting them in a single Mac OS X application.

Watson speeds up navigation, since HTML does not need to be rendered on-screen and no superfluous graphics are transmitted over the Internet.

Tools integrate with other Mac OS X applications such as TextEdit, Preview, and the Web browser. Most noticeable in Watson is the Aqua interface that one cannot find on a Web page. A user of the Yahoo! tool, for instance, browses categories using a "columns" view rather than a series of separate Web pages.

Here are some key features of "Watson":
Information quality — Get the information you want without the extraneous baggage found on Web sites.
Consistent, pre-rendered Mac OS X "Aqua" interfaces — with its decade plus of maturity—replace the inconsistent browser Interfaces that make you wait as they render.
Descriptive icons in a configurable toolbar replace byzantine bookmarks.
Information gathered from multiple related sites to simplify web complexity.
No need for a reload button or URL address bar. Watson plug-ins auto-update content when appropriate. (URLs are like relatives: you only want to see them on your own terms.)

What's New:
SiteSearch: Search directly on your most useful Web sites. Compatible with your favorite Sherlock 2 plugins!
Epicurious: Browse, search, and preview recipes for food and drinks. Alimentary, dear Watson!

Requirements:
Watson requires version 10.1 or higher of Mac OS X.
An Internet connection is also required, and a full-time, fast Internet connection is highly recommended. (Performance on some modules will suffer with a slow connection.)

NOTE : Licenses to the original Mac version of Watson are now free (but unsupported); use an email address of nobody@karelia.com and a registration code of: BNVQTTW 4P3SMC7 R7L8S3V 1XGKGG7A