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Google Toolbar for Firefox Released

Posted by Zonk on from the new-toys dept.

fizz writes "Google has released their toolbar, available in 10 languages for the Firefox browser, and available for 3 operating systems (Windows, Mac and Linux). You can download it from the Google Toolbar homepage, and you can read the Google Blog for more information." Reported on recently here on Slashdot.

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  1. Technically, it's not a dupe.... by TrentL · · Score: 5, Informative

    Since the article earlier today said they were "about to" release the toolbar.

  2. Re:Poor, poor Zonk by ryanov · · Score: 2, Informative

    This is actually NOT a dupe. It was due to be released, and now has been. Is that why the sympathy?

  3. Its cool by ResQuad · · Score: 4, Informative

    The only problem I have with it is the doube google search box.

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    1. Re:Its cool by richardablitt · · Score: 5, Informative

      You can always right click on one of the toolbars, go to customise (or customize), and drag off the other google box. It is kind of unnecessary, since firefox already has the search box and pop-up blocking installed, which were the two main features it added to IE. (I know there's more, but those were the main ones for me).

    2. Re:Its cool by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

      You can remove the Firefox search box by right-clicking on the toolbar, clicking on Customize and dragging the search box into the Customize Toolbar window. Not very intuitive, may I say.

  4. Re:It works on Linux!! by IntergalacticWalrus · · Score: 4, Informative

    Firefox extensions are written in their internal script (XUL), so unless someone does some stupid unportable shit (backslashes!!) they will run on any platform.

  5. All Fluff. by smug_lisp_weenie · · Score: 2, Informative

    The only thing this toolbar does that Firefox doesn't already is give pagerank- But there's a great site that'll let you do all this anyway. Otherwise, I recommend looking at open source Firefox extensions and YubNub.com (which integrates beautifully into firefox) for your enhancement needs!

  6. Re:Too late... by wviperw · · Score: 5, Informative

    Sure! It is really quite easy. Go to www.google.com and right click on the textbox where you would normally enter your search. Click on "Add a Keyword for this Search..." and then just set whatever keyword you would like in the Keyword textbox. So for Google I just entered "g". You can do the same thing with any search box, so I've got it setup to work with Google (g), Google Local (gl), Google Image (gi, Wikipedia (w), Download.com (dl), Dictionary.com (d), Rottentomatoes.com (rt), IMDB (imdb), and WHOIS (whois).

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  7. Re:Gee, google, that's swell by wviperw · · Score: 2, Informative

    According to the link to the Google Blog in the summary, they *did* use XUL to create this.

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  8. Re:It works on Linux!! by n0-0p · · Score: 3, Informative

    That's not quite true; XUL is just the user interface markup. Mozilla (FF, TB, SM, etc.) extensions can be written in JavaScript or C/C++. The Thunderbird Enigmail extension, for example, contains numerous binary components and requires a seperate install per OS.

  9. Re:What's the benefit? by Martin+Blank · · Score: 4, Informative

    The pop-ups got through because people figured out a way around them.

    That said, IIRC, Google has not included pop-up blocking in the Firefox version, because Firefox already has pop-up blocking.

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  10. Superb dictionary! by sankyuu · · Score: 2, Informative

    Now is my first time to use Google toolbar (or any other browser toolbar add-on), and I find the dictionary superb!

    I'm running Japanese firefox and it translates any English word that I hover my mouse on into Japanese. And Firefox doesn't seem slowed down one bit! The "magic" of AJAX, I suppose...

    Now to see if it translates other languages into Japanese... ^_^