CNET Editors' review
With its numerous customization options, this free toolbar quickly became a favorite, and one of the more useful Internet Explorer add-ons we've tested. ALOT Customizable News Toolbars is well-designed and has such a wide variety of buttons to choose from, you're sure to find something you like.
The toolbar fits snugly in your browser window. Though we liked the overall toolbar design, with its colorful, but not cheesy, buttons, we didn't care for the default layout. The customization option took us to the publisher's Web site, where we deleted the toolbar buttons that we didn't like, and we were able to choose from a long list of buttons to add to the toolbar. Users will definitely appreciate the useful shortcut buttons featured on the site that actually enhance your browsing experience. There, we found toolbar buttons that linked us to popular news sites, such as CNN and BBC World News. Despite the toolbar's name, which emphasizes the news options, we also found buttons that linked us to popular health and beauty, cooking, and entertainment sites. The games options were also numerous. All of our changes, whether we deleted or added buttons, immediately took effect, and didn't require restarting our browser. Each button took us exactly where it promised.
You won't find some of the more mundane (and over-used) buttons to block pop-ups or alert you to new e-mail, but this is a bonus in our book, since nearly every other toolbar has them. We highly recommend this toolbar for all user levels.
Publisher's Description
From ALOT:
We know how useful and addictive apps can be, so at ALOT we've tried to make the process of finding them and using them as easy as possible. First up, you need to add the ALOT Appbar to your browser. The ALOT Appbar is free, 100% safe to use and works in both Internet Explorer and Firefox. Once you've got your ALOT Appbar, you can get down to the business of choosing the apps you want to display. You can do this by either going directly to ALOT.com or by clicking the '+ App' icon on your ALOT Appbar. You can add as many apps to your ALOT Appbar as you want. We've got loads for you to choose from and we are adding new ones all the time.
What's new in this version: Version 1.0.6 allows you to add new applications to your PC.
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"seems to perform fine"
Version: ALOT Appbar 3.0
Pros
performs as expected
Cons
not noticed any dislike yet
Summary
please see above
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"big help to find things"
Version: ALOT Appbar 3.0
Pros
easy to use
Cons
nothing yet
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"Chock full of Virus"
Version: ALOT Appbar 2.5.7
Pros
None that we can think of.
Cons
Virus, malware and spyware.
Summary
Use this if you like to buy a new computer.
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"It's Ok but not what I was looking for"
Version: ALOT Appbar 2
Pros
Can't speak on pros as I haven't used it much
Cons
It is very difficult to uninstall if you are computer ignorant as I am. Foolishly I put it on but now can't get it off
Summary
If you want to take it off ( uninstall ) It's not easy for a person to do.
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