Interclue: Beta

Interclue 1.6 Beta

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This is a beta release, and bug reports are encouraged! If you spot one, do please let us know ASAP - and don't forget to tick the "include additional debug info" and "submit screenshot" where appropriate!

Interclue 1.6 introduces a great new feature, which we are currently calling HoverClues (if anyone can suggest a better name, let us know). These clues occupy a useful middle ground between our Linkclue Icons and the full size ClueViewer. They take up more space than the icons, but they add a lot more information and appear at the bottom of the browser rather than right next to the link, so they don't get in the way.

So far they are active for a couple dozen different kinds of link, and we're working on more types, eventually even including short previews of "ordinary" pages, which are the hardest to do because there are a bazillion different kinds of "ordinary" web page.

This version also introduces a couple of new clues that will only (so far) appear on the 3 major search engines: Google, Yahoo, and Bing.

New features:

HoverClues: Hints that appear at the bottom of the page when you hover over certain types of link. Check out the test page and let us know if you see bugs or have suggestions.
ShortURL redirection information in HoverClues, via the LongUrl.org API (great for twitter!)
Optional Search refinement links on the 3 major search sites, powered by Surf Canyon [more information here]
Optional Delicious Tags shown inline underneath search results on the 3 major search sites.

Tweaks

Increased max image size default to 256KB

Compatibility fixes:

No longer overlaps Google SearchWiki icons.
Improved icon positioning when Coolpreviews installed
Interclue 1.6 drops support for Firefox 2.x. Mozilla is no longer releasing security updates for Firefox 2.x and we strongly recommend updating to 3.0 if you haven't already. You also might want to try the new Firefox 3.5 Release Candidate.