Quickbrowse
Encyclopedia
Quickbrowse is a Web-based subscription service that enables users to browse multiple Web pages more quickly by combining them vertically into a single Web page. It was one of the early metabrowsing
services.
. It was quickly followed by other metabrowsers such as Octopus.com (backed by Netscape
founder Marc Andreesen), Onepage.com (backed by Microsoft
co-founder Paul Allen
), iHarvest.com, Katiesoft.com and Calltheshots.com - all of which have ceased to operate as metabrowsers. Octopus received more than $11.4 million in venture capital funding from Redpoint Ventures
. Onepage received $25 million in venture capital funding. Quickbrowse received half a million dollar in angel funding. It is the only one of the original Web-based metabrowsers still operating today. Quickbrowse backers included its lead investor, Geocities.com founder David Bohnett
, the financial writer Andrew Tobias
and CBS hurricane expert Bryan Norcross
.
Quickbrowse was created by Marc Fest
, a former journalist and self-taught programmer who initially created it as a tool to facilitate his daily journalist research.
Metabrowsing
With the popularization of the Internet in the late 1990s, different approaches to browsing Web-based information emerged as alternatives to the standard Web browser. According to LexisNexis the term "metabrowsing" began popping up in mainstream media in March 2000...
services.
History
Quickbrowse received wide media coverage during the height of the Dot-com bubbleDot-com bubble
The dot-com bubble was a speculative bubble covering roughly 1995–2000 during which stock markets in industrialized nations saw their equity value rise rapidly from growth in the more...
. It was quickly followed by other metabrowsers such as Octopus.com (backed by Netscape
Netscape
Netscape Communications is a US computer services company, best known for Netscape Navigator, its web browser. When it was an independent company, its headquarters were in Mountain View, California...
founder Marc Andreesen), Onepage.com (backed by Microsoft
Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions...
co-founder Paul Allen
Paul Allen
Paul Gardner Allen is an American business magnate, investor, and philanthropist. Allen co-founded Microsoft with Bill Gates...
), iHarvest.com, Katiesoft.com and Calltheshots.com - all of which have ceased to operate as metabrowsers. Octopus received more than $11.4 million in venture capital funding from Redpoint Ventures
Redpoint Ventures
Redpoint Ventures is a prominent venture capital firm focused on investments in early stage technology companies. The firm's partners include Allen Beasley, Jeff Brody, Satish Dharmaraj, Tom Dyal, Tim Haley, Brad Jones, Nety Krishna, Chris Moore, Lars Pedersen, Scott Raney, John Walecka, Geoff...
. Onepage received $25 million in venture capital funding. Quickbrowse received half a million dollar in angel funding. It is the only one of the original Web-based metabrowsers still operating today. Quickbrowse backers included its lead investor, Geocities.com founder David Bohnett
David Bohnett
David C. Bohnett is an American philanthropist and technology entrepreneur.-Life and career:Bohnett was born in Chicago, Illinois...
, the financial writer Andrew Tobias
Andrew Tobias
Andrew Tobias is an American journalist, author, and columnist. His main body of work is on investment, but he has also written on politics, insurance, and other topics. Since 1999, he has been the treasurer of the Democratic National Committee.-Biography:Tobias graduated from Harvard College in...
and CBS hurricane expert Bryan Norcross
Bryan Norcross
Bryan Norcross is a former television meteorologist and hurricane specialist for WFOR-TV and the chief hurricane analyst for CBS News in New York...
.
Quickbrowse was created by Marc Fest
Marc Fest
Marc Fest is a German-American communications professional, programmer and entrepreneur. He is notable as the creator of multiple web-based information management tools and a pioneer in this technology. He is a former journalist and self-taught programmer...
, a former journalist and self-taught programmer who initially created it as a tool to facilitate his daily journalist research.