| Developer(s) | yongqli |
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| Stable release | 4.5.2 / July 18, 2011 |
| Written in | JavaScript |
| Operating system | Cross-platform |
| Type | Chrome extension |
| License | GPL |
| Website | www.smarterfox.com/ |
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| Origins and lineage |
FastestFox (previously called SmarterFox) is a free, open source Firefox extension that aims to make Wikipedia more convenient to use from the browser. It adds a "related articles" box to the left side of Wikipedia and integrates Wikipedia's search features into Firefox. It is aimed at Wikipedia power users[1]. There is also a FastestFox Google Chrome extension.
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The extension adds the "Search Wikipedia for..." option to context menus using XUL. The "related articles" feature is implemented using an AJAX request to a web API. Because the request is sent only after the page finishes loading, there is often a delay until results appear.
FastestChrome is the port of FastestFox for Google Chrome. It is not fully functional, but includes most of the original features.