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Wesabe, the personal finance tracking site has [launched a toolbar extension][2] for Firefox users. The Firefox extension makes adding and updating your Wesabe account much easier and will do background syncs any time you use Firefox and are logged in through the toolbar.
We [looked at Wesabe][1] last year when it launched and came away fans of the money management site, in spite of our lack of money to manage.
And the new [Firefox toolbar][3] makes the site even easier to use. Rather impressive are the options for getting your back account to send data to Wesabe. According the video below, Wesabe records and stores a small script to grab your bank data if you bank doesn't offer an easy way to export.
Since the vast vast majority of banking sites are antiquated pieces of crap, this means you can effectively stop using them. For instance I have a credit card at a bank that insists I use Internet Explorer despite the fact the it isn't even offered on the OS I use.
As for security, if you trust the site, the toolbar isn't adding anything to the mix that the site doesn't already do and if you're really curious, the toolbar is open source so you can peak at the code if you like.
The demo video below gives a nice overview of the toolbars main features:
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[1]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/11/wesabe_is_new_c.html
[2]: http://blog.wesabe.com/index.php/2007/07/25/the-wesabe-firefox-uploader/
[3]: https://www.wesabe.com/page/firefox
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