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Google to Release Firefox Toolbar

Posted by samzenpus on from the new-toolbar dept.

daria42 writes "Google is about to release a Firefox version of its toolbar, according to an e-mail sent to developers of the open source GoogleBar project. The e-mail claims to have been sent by Google engineer Fritz Schneider and is dated 1 July. "It has pretty much the same features as the latest IE toolbar except of course for things like the popup blocker," the e-mail said (Pop-up blocking is an in-built feature of Firefox)."

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  1. FirefoogleBar by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    I surprised they didn't name it "GooBar."

    1. Re:FirefoogleBar by flatface · · Score: 3, Funny

      Firebargle.

    2. Re:FirefoogleBar by njko · · Score: 4, Funny

      Foobar?

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  2. feeling lucky by Virtual+Karma · · Score: 1, Funny

    arent we all feeling lucky?

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  3. Linux 8.0?!? by nokilli · · Score: 5, Funny

    As per the email Google sent the GoogleBar guys.

    I knew being a Gentoo user would subject me to some delays while waiting for everything to compile, but this is ridiculous! 8.0!?! I'm still running 2.6.10!

    1. Re:Linux 8.0?!? by cujo_1111 · · Score: 3, Funny

      Isn't he some foreigner? Probably a terrorist too...

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    2. Re:Linux 8.0?!? by strabo · · Score: 3, Funny
      We all know that means Red Hat 8.0+. Quit complaining, not everyone knows that much about linux.

      Well, crap! I guess we have a long wait then, since the current version of Red Hat's operating system ... you know, "The corporate Linux standard" ... is only version 4.

      </sarcasm>
    3. Re:Linux 8.0?!? by iabervon · · Score: 5, Funny

      That's just the kernel. You have to add the version numbers for the kernel, glibc, gcc, and firefox to get the Linux version. I'm at 8.12.16.1, for example, which seems to be sufficient.

    4. Re:Linux 8.0?!? by Azzhole · · Score: 2, Funny

      Quit whining. By the time the package makes it to DebIan stable we're looking at 2011...........

    5. Re:Linux 8.0?!? by plott · · Score: 2, Funny

      He's a commie

  4. Re:Wait a second: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    That's slashdot: complain that Google never releases anything for linux/firefox, then complain when it does that it isn't necessary.

  5. Re:WHAT?!? by Anonymous+Crowhead · · Score: 5, Funny

    Who the fuck says "in-built"?

    Do I.

  6. Re:Wait a second: by shawn(at)fsu · · Score: 4, Funny

    Why release Firefox, we already have IE? Seriously, why shouldn't they release it, it's all about choice.

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  7. the power of google... by Lord_of_the_nerf · · Score: 5, Funny

    Bill Gates: "Damn Google for stealing the last rational argument to stay with IE! Steve, get me my litigation hat!"
    Steve: *deep sigh* "I'm suing, I'm suing..."

  8. Re:Wait a second: by SirSlud · · Score: 5, Funny

    Its like .. different people have differing opinions here! RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!

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  9. Yeah, I have this already by zig973 · · Score: 3, Funny

    It's called 'google '

  10. Re:WHAT?!? by BlackSabbath · · Score: 4, Funny

    > Who the fuck says "in-built"?????????

    Yoda.

  11. Simpsons did it! by tehlinux · · Score: 2, Funny

    Uh, I mean Yahoo, Yahoo did it. :P

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