Webstractor... Intuitive and powerful, Webstractor takes Internet users beyond browsing to provide the ability to capture multiple web pages, remove unwanted content, annotate, organize, retrieve and assemble the found materials into effective documents. Already dubbed "a Web researcher's dream," Webstractor adds a "Radar" capability to monitor web pages for keywords and capture them when an appropriate change occurs.
What's New
Version 1.6 now runs natively on Intel-based Macs
giving customers the ability to quickly automate the research and retrieval of
Web content to create perfectly customized documents and reports.
amzing tool..but very slow on hevy volumes. also, have a few bugs.
[Version 1.6]
Anonymousreviewed on 13 Oct 2005
Its a nice program but I would like to be able to save a page as PDF as is on the screen with banners an all. Also $80 is pricy I'd be willing to pay between 29-40 for it but not $70
[Version 1.5.3]
Anonymousreviewed on 24 Sep 2005
An excellent easy-to-use program perfect for research. Unofrtunately, it's too expensive. Should be around $40, especially since History Hound is $20 and Traiblazer is free. I know these programs offer far fewer features, but still . . ..
[Version 1.5.3]
Anonymousreviewed on 28 May 2004
I've had a chance to play around a bit with Webstractor and am quite impressed with it. It was easy to get up and running and make editing web pages a snap. I have no experience with html and was (1) able to move things around (2) easily edit fonts and text (3) delete useless ad-type materials which oftentimes clutter the left side of a web page when you print.
My favorite editing option is the ability to add in pages or move any page around in any order. And if you want to connect various clippings or materials together, no problem. Webstractor lets you do that too with 1-click. It is very user-friendly.
Overall, I am very pleased so far and plan on purchasing it.
ILLUMINEX ACQUIRES SOFTCHAOS ASSETS, WILL CONTINUE DEVELOPMENT OF WEBSTRACTOR
LONDON, March 27, 2008 - illumineX, inc. today announced it has acquired the assets of Softchaos, Limited, formerly of London. illumineX will continue development of the award-winning web content capturing and processing application, Webstractor, which gives its customers the ability to quickly automate the research and retrieval of Web content to create perfectly customized documents and reports.
I bought Webstractor in 2004. Great application! I've archived thousands of pages that I use for research and casual reading. I just got a new MacPro, and Webstractor crashes whenever I try to save. Takes forever to load my files (much slower that on my ancient iBook G4.
I had contacted somebody I think last year, or maybe in 2008, and they said they were going to update Webstractor. No update yet. I'm very disappointed that Webstractor doesn't work with Snow Leopard.
I can still use Webstractor on my old iBook G4, but I won't be using my iBook much anymore. I hope that somebody will fix this issue, so we can continue using Webstractor with Snow Leopard ....
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Webstractor... Intuitive and powerful, Webstractor takes Internet users beyond browsing to provide the ability to capture multiple web pages, remove unwanted content, annotate, organize, retrieve and assemble the found materials into effective documents. Already dubbed "a Web researcher's dream," Webstractor adds a "Radar" capability to monitor web pages for keywords and capture them when an appropriate change occurs.
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Too bad, looks like a neat product, but crashes on SL as soon as you try to save something.
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zx reviewed on 24 Feb 2007
amzing tool..but very slow on hevy volumes. also, have a few bugs.
Anonymous reviewed on 13 Oct 2005
Anonymous reviewed on 24 Sep 2005
Anonymous reviewed on 28 May 2004
My favorite editing option is the ability to add in pages or move any page around in any order. And if you want to connect various clippings or materials together, no problem. Webstractor lets you do that too with 1-click. It is very user-friendly.
Overall, I am very pleased so far and plan on purchasing it.
Amazing that a company will just walk away from its products.
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ILLUMINEX ACQUIRES SOFTCHAOS ASSETS, WILL CONTINUE DEVELOPMENT OF WEBSTRACTOR
LONDON, March 27, 2008 - illumineX, inc. today announced it has acquired the assets of Softchaos, Limited, formerly of London. illumineX will continue development of the award-winning web content capturing and processing application, Webstractor, which gives its customers the ability to quickly automate the research and retrieval of Web content to create perfectly customized documents and reports.
I had contacted somebody I think last year, or maybe in 2008, and they said they were going to update Webstractor. No update yet. I'm very disappointed that Webstractor doesn't work with Snow Leopard.
I can still use Webstractor on my old iBook G4, but I won't be using my iBook much anymore. I hope that somebody will fix this issue, so we can continue using Webstractor with Snow Leopard ....