Kirix Strata is a new type of web browser that helps people manipulate data quickly and easily.

From the Kirix Strata website:

Kirix Strata is a new specialty browser for accessing and manipulating data from the web. View and work with data from web tables, CSV files and RSS feeds, integrate information from web services to create personal “desktop mashups,” browse and work with MySQL, Oracle and other databases.

It looks interesting, and I can see where it would be potentially useful for easily creating the type of global statements that help set the stage for journal article introductions (“Out of the X new cases of head and neck cancer that are diagnosed every year, Y have high correlation rates to environmental carcinogens”) quickly and easily without all that toggling between web pages and Excel files.

Has anyone out there had any success with this new application?