IBM's Highlight, Distills Web for Mobile Screens

IBM researchers developed a mobile extension of Firefox that allows mobile users to create a slimmed-down version of web pages which they can view on mobile phones.

The software program,  'Highlight', was built at the Almaden Research Center allows users to record the required steps in performing simple tasks.. The software will also allow web surfers to create their own website versions

'Highlight' takes its code from CoScripter, another project from IBM, which gives users a facility to record web tasks that are repetitive and share them among other users. Because it requires a proxy server, it may not be liked by website developers who will loose control and screen space.