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Google Toolbar v.4

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the you-know-you-want-it dept.

SpecialSauce writes "Google's gone and released v.4 Beta of their toolbar. Updates include: customizable buttons, smart search box, a bookmark feature that's tied to the users google.com account, and a send to SMS/Blogger/gmail button." Doesn't look like the mac version is updated yet, although the shared bookmarks thing creates unholy lust in my heart. Now if only it would allow you to search multiple search engines like Firefox's built in search.

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  1. firefox left out for now by jgionet · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I'm really disappointed a Firefox version wasn't released at the same time.

  2. Software Tie Ins by hamlet2600 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    For all of Google's amazing technology they don't do a very good job of linking things together. They have "Pack" which has Firefox in it, yet they don't update the toolbar for it! How can you support something in one area, then not integrate it into your existing offerings?? duh.

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  3. Re:Do people actually log-in when searching Google by friedmud · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Some of us don't have _anything_ to hide. I would gladly give all of my surfing data to whomever wishes to have it....

    If they will use it for serving me ads that are about things I like then to me that's a plus.... but I guess that's just me.

    Why all the paranoia? What is everyone doing on the web that they don't want others to see?

    Friedmud

  4. what? by lonasindi · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Now if only it would allow you to search multiple search engines like Firefox's built in search

    What? It's -google- toolbar....

  5. Re:Do people actually log-in when searching Google by michrech · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Why all the paranoia? What is everyone doing on the web that they don't want others to see?

    We are exercising our right to privacy in our own home is what we are doing. If you, as you put it, would "gladly give that up", what other rights are you willing to give up?

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  6. Yeah..... by doogieb · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Now if only it would allow you to search multiple search engines like Firefox's built in search. Yeah, like there are other search engines!

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  7. Re:mmmm, IMDB by poot_rootbeer · · Score: 2, Insightful

    its much better to use something open source that doesn't censor results for opressive regimes

    Which would be whom, exactly?

    ALL SEARCH ENGINES that do business in China are filtering results there as per the local laws. The reason Google is being singled out for doing it is because their motto is "Don't Be Evil". We EXPECT evil from the likes of MSN and Yahoo.