MAB HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED
Mab is a Rich Web Application to search products on all 6 Amazon-branded sites (com, ca, co.uk, fr, co.jp),
showing results in a handy interface, typical of desktop programs. MAB lets you search within one window without distracting you with plenty of images and texts not concerning what you are effectively looking for. MAB can make you feel like the world's most powerful bookstore clerk!
If you are using Mozilla or Firefox browser you can try it now using the remote version, that doesn't require any kind of installation. If you are using another browser, unfortunately, you can see only the screen shots.
System requirements
MAB 1.4.1 has been tested on:
- Firefox 1.5 - 2.0
- Windows XP, Linux and MAC OS X
MAB 1.3.5 has been tested on:
- Mozilla 1.4 - 1.7 and Firefox 0.9 - 1.5
- Windows XP, Linux and MAC OS X
Key Features
- MAB can be either installed (Mozilla Extension) or run as a remote application (Zero Install)
- Show products description, reviews, images, tracks list, ISBN, sales rank and all useful information about the selected product
- Compare price between different Amazon store showing the results on the same list
- Get similar products
- Save results on hard disk (installed version only)
- Optimized for slow modem connection
- Crossed researches will be always precise because duplicated products are automatically skipped.
- Direct link to Amazon for the selected product
- Search with Google for retrieving more info about the item selected
- Add selected product to shopping cart
- Export result lists in HTML or XML to easily import them in Access or Excel
- Use label to categorize your results
Acknowledgement
MAB was born as a "proof of concept" to play with XUL and to discover the potential application of Mozilla to develop Rich Web Application. I would like to thank you:
- Brian King for suggesting the name MAB, for his encouragement and his article on the O'Reilly Network
- All people at Mozilla Foundation for their hard work to develop the next generation of web browsers and to preserve choice and innovation on the Internet.
- All people that are working on mozdev.org to provides free project hosting for the Mozilla community.
- Neil Deakin for all the work he's doing on XUL Planet