Social browsing app Me.dium ready for IE 8

Social Web surfing tool Me.dium is one of the first apps ready for Internet Explorer 8 beta, which Microsoft unveiled at Mix '08 in Las Vegas Wednesday.

The browser add-on enables users to chat with each other and see which Web pages they're visiting. This release takes advantage of new WebSlices and Activities features within IE 8.

With WebSlices, users can subscribe to dynamic updates of specific parts of Web pages they visit, with new content displaying within the Me.dium sidebar.

Activities capabilities enable users to bring up maps or Web searches of highlighted text on a page. The Discovery activity offers real-time content recommendations related to the pages users are browsing. The feature maps and ranks the popularity of users' ongoing activities.

Upon Microsoft's request, the Me.dium (more here) team reportedly built the tool for IE 8 within a week.

For the sake of security, Me.dium allows stealth settings so users can hide from each other, and it shuts off at bank sites.

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Users testing IE 8 can download Me.dium here. Some rival social browsing tools, however, don't require installation.

The extension, also available for Firefox, added support for IE 7 in September.

Me.dium is ready for Internet Explorer 8.

(Credit: Me.dium)

[Sabocat]

Edgy!

Me.dium
What an edgy name for a social networking site.
I guess bl.and was taken...

[Zen-Masta]

What about

So it shuts off at bank sites, what about porn sites lol.

[PNooch]

Discover Me.dium

The discovery activity showing real-time recommendations is awesome. It builds further on the fluidity that Me.dium provides in surfing and sharing.

[SocialBrowser]

Check out kiobo.com. In addition to providing recommendations for new sites you can also see what sites your friends like to visit often - assuming they allow you to. You can also see where they are browsing right now! The UI there is much sexier.