Yahoo! has officially rolled out Axis browser. Launching initially as an application for iPhone and iPad, Axis comes with a range of new browsing features. Yahoo is also offering same browsing features as a plug-in for the major desktop Web browsers – Chrome, Internet Explorer, Firefox and Safari – having HTML-5 graphic capabilities. Yahoo plans to roll out Yahoo Axis for other mobile platforms soon. Users can download the new Yahoo Axis from Apple's App Store.
Yahoo! claims that the searching experience on their Axis browser is quick, so much so that during instances of the user browsing the web to know the current weather conditions, the browser will find answers, even before he finishes typing it. While doing so, the browser also updates the user with all that’s trending at that time. Using the Axis browser, users will get visual references of the website they need, and get access to it with just a tap. Among some of the other features, detailed in the video, the feature that allows users to make seamless transition between their iDevices (from the iPad to the iPhone and vice-versa) caught our attention the most. For eg, if you were viewing an article using the Axis browser on your iPad, and are moving to your iPhone, then this feature will allow you to continue reading the article on your iPhone, too, from just where you stopped last, when you were reading it on your iPad.
For the desktop user, the browser will be a plug-in that will work with the browser of their choice. Here, though, it will lie at the bottom of your screen and will remain there at all times. Here, too, as the user begins to type his query in the search box on the Axis plug-in, answers keep appearing alongside. The user can transition between the varied suggestions appearing and then select the website of his choice. While looking through the searches, Yahoo! claims that the user can even view images - and all this without having to leave the page that he is currently viewing. Yahoo has also added useful features like Pinterest integration and sharing to make using tabs even easier.
Yahoo! Axis for the iPad and the iPhone can be downloaded from the App Store.
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