Google Toolbar Review
There are many different toolbars available to enhance your internet experience, but the fact is that there are few that actually live up to their hype. The best toolbar available for both Internet Explorer and Firefox is the Google Toolbar.
The Google Toolbar allows you to search websites instantly. That’s right - no need to type in www.googl… What is even better is that you can also search Google Images, Localised Search, News or your Gmail account if you have one. Again, you do not need to change pages to access the various searches. The toolbar comes with many other features as well, including a spell checker and the ability to have your personal details typed into to online forms automatically (auto-fill).
Yesterday, Google released an updated version of their toolbar for Internet Explorer, where you can do all of the aforementioned tasks as well as bookmark and view webpages, and email a webpage to someone. The new toolbar allows you to add and delete features that various companies create that make life simpler and easier, such as searching articles on Wikipedia.
Unfortunately, the Google Toolbar developers tend to lean closer to Internet Explorer (IE) as far as updates and features go. This is probably due to IE’s design flaws and bugs. For example, up until recently the Microsoft browser had no inbuilt pop-up blocker. Still today, many users have not downloaded Windows XP Service Pack 2 which contained the crucial update. Windows 2000 users and before cannot download the latest version of IE which includes one. The toolbar includes a blocker in Internet Explorer that is very successful and user-friendly. As Firefox already has a pop-up blocker, the feature is unavailable. Google has also not developed a Firefox version (4 - the latest) of the toolbar.
The Google Toolbar is a very worthwhile addition to both IE and Firefox. IE users will find it more useful than Firefox simply because of the browser’s inability to perform. We have decided to give the Google Toolbar for IE a rating of 5 out of 5; the Google Toolbar for Firefox receives a 4 out of five.
You can download the toolbar for IE for free here, or the toolbar for Firefox here. If you are still stuck using IE6, try Firefox with the Google Toolbar by clicking the button below.
Google announced the Google Toolbar for IE version 4 yesterday on the Official Google Blog.
Average of both versions.
