Netscape project - making Internet more surfer-aware 
(codename: aware Netscape - aNS)
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Usual way of finding information on Internet is entering a query 
on one of search engines (i.e. Altavista, Yahoo, Excite, HotBot, 
Lycos...). Query is consisted of keywords surfer is interested in.
This approach regularly produces unwanted side-effects. Pages ranked
by search engines have little or no direct relation to what is 
being sought after and a lot of time is spent following overrated links.
The problem is that indexing algorithms (used by search engines) don't
know how useful are the pages for surfers.

This is where this project steps in. The idea is to detect certain 
actions of interest, performed in web browser by the user (surfer). 
In programming terms these actions are called events. Each action 
is awarded certain number of points, according to its importance.

Actions accumulate and are occasionally sent through the Internet 
and gathered by one of dedicated servers called Obelix servers. 
These servers could be based on DEC Alpha CPU (for fast reindexing)
containing one or more customized PCI boards, that fetch action data.
Information on Obelix server can later be used to refine web searches
and produce more useful query results.

Actions that help in making better query results are: 
- clicking on a link
- saving a page
- bookmarking
- printing
- copying to a clipboard
- saving an image (or any other object whithin a page)
- custom ranking (using a special dialog)

List of supported actions is expected to extend and include more 
detectable actions (events) such as forwarding a page via e-mail, 
clicking a purchase button etc.

Since Netscape is placed in public domain, idea of this project
is implementable an may come to life.

Netscape source patch found on this page enables stated features.

You have questions?
Seek answers at seane@4u.net
You have ideas?
Do the same.