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Yahoo! Releases Firefox version of Toolbar

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the serious-sites-demand-toolbars dept.

kidlinux writes "Yahoo started offering a beta version of its toolbar for the open source browser Firefox on Microsoft Windows on Wednesday, with versions for Linux and MacOS X following 'shortly.' I think it's safe to say most people use Google in their Firefox toolbar search field. Yahoo probably wants to get their foot in the door before it's too late. It would be interesting if this was a result of user demand. And apparently this follows Amazon's Firefox toolbar, which actually is a result of user demand."

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  1. Why not just add it as an Engine? by Bradac_55 · · Score: 4, Funny

    It seems this is oriented (along with the Amazon toolbar) to the non-IT end-users flocking to Firefox that thing it's just another IE clone. At least the ones I support have no idea what the little bar at the top right does or that they can add engines. - Brad

  2. Re:Why by TekMonkey · · Score: 5, Funny

    I agree. What can this toolbar do that Firefox cannot already do or existing extensions cannot already do?

    Web search? Check. Email? Check. RSS feeds? Check. Popup blocker? Check.

    Oh wait, there's one thing Firefox doesn't have: Yahoo Personals, Shopping, Games, Music, and whatever crap is there that I don't want.

  3. Tell me about it! by SweetAndSourJesus · · Score: 5, Funny

    It really sucked when they had their jackbooted thugs kick down my door, hogtie me, and install their extension.

    Even worse: for some reason I can't uninstall it!

    Oh the humanity!

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