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Amazon mini for Browser Sidebar Panels
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Now you can Search, Shop, and Buy from all of Amazon.com using just your
browser sidebar while also independently surfing the web in your main browser window.
You are in control at all times and can completely remove your Amazon mini browser sidebar
panel any time you want. You can try it right now! Just click the button to the left and
the Amazon mini sidebar panel will immediately load in your browser sidebar.
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Supported Browsers and Platforms
The Amazon mini Browser Sidebar works on most
browsers and platforms. For a detailed list of supported browsers and platforms, refer to
the Technology Overview page.
A summary of the browsers that are supported by Amazon mini Browser Sidebars is as follows:
IE 5.0+ (on Windows XP, 2k, 98 plus most older Windows platforms)
Mozilla 1.0+ (on Windows, Linux, and Mac)
FireFox 0.9+ (on Windows, Linux, and Mac)
Other Supported Browsers - Navigator 5.0+ and Opera 7.5+
For the Amazon mini to function properly, JavaScript
and cookies must be enabled in a browser. If the browser is not configured to allow both JavaScript
and cookies, then the Amazon mini is automatically deactivated during initialization and the web
page operates normally without any affect from the Amazon mini servers.
Installation Instructions
In most cases, all that needs to be done to install Amazon mini Browser Sidebar
is it click the "Click to Add Browser Sidebar" button anywhere on this site (such as in the upper
left corner of this page). Details for installing and removing the Amazon mini Browser Sidebar is
as follows:
Mozilla (Mozilla and
Navigator) - to install Amazon mini, click any "Click to Add Browser Sidebar" button and then
click the OK button when a message box opens and asks if you want to add the new tab to your
sidebar. Once completed, the Amazon mini will be added to your sidebar and can be used like
any sidebar tab. To remove the Amazon mini sidebar tab, open the browser's "Customize Sidebar" dialog
box and remove Amazon mini from the list.
FireFox - to install Amazon mini,
click any "Click to Add Browser Sidebar" button and then click the OK button when a message
box opens and asks if you want to add the new bookmark. Once completed, the Amazon mini will
be added to your Bookmarks list. To display the Amazon mini in the sidebar, click on the Amazon
mini link in your Bookmarks list. To remove the Amazon mini bookmark, right-click on the
Amazon mini link in your Bookmarks list and then select Delete from the right-click menu.
a) XPI Extension Installer - for FireFox browsers,
you can use the Extension Manager to automatically install and uninstall the Amazon mini Sidebar.
To install the Amazon mini Sidebar XPI extension file, click the following "Install XPI Extension File"
link and follow the installation instructions in the Extension Manager window that opens. Once
installed, the Amazon mini will be available as a standard sidebar option and it will also be
added to the right-click menu for quick access. If you want to uninstall the Amazon mini extension,
just highlight it in the Extension Manager window and click the Uninstall button.
b) Mozilla Update - our Amazon mini Sidebar XPI
extenstion package is also available on the Mozilla Update site. It can be found at the
following URL:
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