Google toolbar (for Firefox!)

[Ryan M.]

A beta of the Google toolbar for Firefox has been released. (you must go to the download page with Firefox to get the Firefox download.)

My review of it: (primarily compared with the Googlebar)
Pros:

• Smaller icons than the Googlebar
• Comes with the many of the features the Googlebar lacks, such as SpellCheck and WordTranslator.

Cons:

• Doesn't have the show/hide keyboard shortcut Googlebar does. (Ctrl-F8)
• The search box doesn't resize to fit your browser window automatically. (Can be done manually, but if you make it big then resize your window, it just chops stuff off.)
• No ability to add seperators between buttons (and non builtin), so it looks a little crowded.
• It lacks voting buttons for page rank... odd.
• You don't have nearly the same button control (what appears) as the Googlebar.

Overall, however, I like it. Once they give it a few more features and get it out of beta, it'll be great! SpellCheck and the WordTranslator alone is worth it.

[Ian Curtis]

Finally! It was a hard switch from IE to Firefox when I learned I had to give up my faithful Google Toolbar, but now its back.

[kjhobin]

guess what?

the toolbar for firefox is now on the google homepage today! Yeah!