Experimental recommendation engine built into Firefox
Firefox is launching a new experimental browser extension called Advance, which recommends new websites and articles based on what you’re currently reading and your recent browsing history.
About Firefox Advance on Product Hunt
“Experimental recommendation engine built into Firefox”
Firefox Advance launched on Product Hunt on August 7th, 2018 and earned 158 upvotes and 12 comments, placing #10 on the daily leaderboard. Firefox is launching a new experimental browser extension called Advance, which recommends new websites and articles based on what you’re currently reading and your recent browsing history.
On the analytics side, Firefox Advance competes within Browser Extensions, News and Artificial Intelligence — topics that collectively have 508.9k followers on Product Hunt. The dashboard above tracks how Firefox Advance performed against the three products that launched closest to it on the same day.
Who hunted Firefox Advance?
Firefox Advance was hunted by Nick Abouzeid. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
Nick Abouzeid