Cortex (browser extension)

Cortex is a a free Chrome browser extension, developed by Eric Wolf and Joey Primiani, which enables users to post to social media sites including Twitter, Tumblr, Facebook and Instapaper via a pop-up pie menu made available on all web pages.^[1]

It was launched on 7 December 2010 and aimed to be the fastest way to share links, articles, videos, images, music to friends and family across the web.^{[citation needed]} The service emphasizes its speed and user experience. Cortex has been widely noted^{[citation needed]} for its unique user interface, which incorporates many ideas that founder Joey Primiani had which are generally uncommon,^{[citation needed]} such as the use of pie menus. Experienced users use muscle memory without looking at the menu while selecting from it (see Fitts's law).^{[citation needed][1] [2] [3]}

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Pavlus, John (2010-12-10). "Cortex for Google Chrome solves one of social medias big problems". http://www.fastcodesign.com/1662856/cortex-for-google-chrome-solves-one-of-social-medias-big-problems. Retrieved 2010-12-10. 
2. ^ O'Dell, Jolie (2010-12-09). "Cortex for Chrome Makes Sharing Faster, Prettier & More Fun Than Ever". http://mashable.com/2010/12/08/cortex/. Retrieved 2010-12-09. 
3. ^ Siegler, MG (2010-12-15). "Forget The Social Browsers, Just Install Cortex On Chrome". http://techcrunch.com/2010/12/15/cortex-chrome/. Retrieved 2010-12-15. 

External links

• Cortex official website