Ooh!

[lostcarpark]

This is probably old news, but Google Toolbar is now available for Firefox. This is one of the few things I from Internet Explorer really missed when I switched to Firefox.

Yes, I know Firefox has a search box in the toolbar, but Google Toolbar has a couple of really neat things - like putting your search terms in the toolbar so you can find where they are text, and the highlighter. And, of course, the way it lets me spellcheck this entry before I post it.

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[digignome.livejournal.com]

And, of course, the way it lets me spellcheck this entry before I post it.



I suppose I'm semi-biased, in that I have an automatic dislike for toolbars of any kind [even from the mighty Google, from whom I currently use four services] and prefer to use non-invasive methods where possible. Yes, I'm weird that way.

[lostcarpark.livejournal.com]

Er, yes, it occurred to me that LiveJournal has a built-in spellcheck and as such is a bad example.

In general I agree with you on the toolbar front - I'm forever helping people to get rid of horrible Spyware toolbars. However, I've got used to features of the Google one that I really miss when I'm without them. I always thought it was silly that I had to type search terms once into thesearch engine, then again in the find function to find where they appear in the page.

It's not everyone's cup of tea, but I thought there might be others like me who found it handy on IE and missed it on Firefox.

[digignome.livejournal.com]

I wasn't really criticising, just poking fun, heh.

As I said, I can't really object to the Google toolbar from anything other than a biased viewpoint. It's pretty useful from what I can see, but it goes against the grain to install a toolbar of any type - partially from an aversion to the damn things, but also because I like maximising my viewspace in web browsers, and losing the thirty or so pixels would take me too long to adjust to.

Again, I'm weird like that.

[spodlife]

How about if the toolbar went up the side of the screen? Losing a bit of width is not so bad ...

[digignome.livejournal.com]

Tried that with the Office toolbar. It was more of a taskbar, and hence a different kettle of fish I suppose, but I never could get used to it. I'm nto overly bothered though - I don't like it, but others can do as they please.

[lostcarpark.livejournal.com]

I like that with some application toolbars, but the Google one has to have a place to type, and space for text buttons, so if it was a vertical toolbar, it would get very wide.

I'm getting quite attached to the Google Desktop, though.