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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows XP, Windows 2000
- Date added: December 15, 2006
- Total Downloads: 73,385
- Downloads last week: 251
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A newer version of Google Toolbar for Firefox is available.
(Download doesn't provide access to previous versions of this program.)
- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 39 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff
Though Google's new toolbar doesn't offer a language program (yet), a translator for eight languages is one of many features designed to appeal to Firefox users. Some features are truly inspired, like the neat predictive search-term text, spell-checking for online forms, and scads of customizable buttons. We also have to hand it to Google for shrewdly devising a way to convert your Web-based Gmail account into a default mailing address.
However, other features meant to impress fall flat. The word find button and RSS links add little value to Firefox's current offerings, and though we tried numerous spam-based Web sites, the Safe Browsing tool failed to sound any alarms.
Overall, Google's extension for Firefox mostly lives up to its claims and throws in a few clever tricks, but we'd like to see fewer redundancies and more power behind its Safe Browsing feature, especially when other Firefox extensions provide wider coverage.
Publisher's description
From Google :The Google Toolbar for Firefox adds the power of the popular search engine to your browser, along with numerous other features. The toolbar lets you search Google directly from your browser, and also checks your spelling whenever you type in Web forms, and automatically fills out forms for faster online shopping.
Version 3 adds custom buttons, bookmarks, and Google account sign-in
.CNET Editor's Note: The Download Now link will prompt a local download of the Firefox extension. To install the extension directly, open the file using your Firefox browser.
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User reviews of Google Toolbar for Firefox 3
- Average user rating: 3.3 stars out of 39 votes
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0 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Google Toolbar for Firefox 3
Cons: Title of download said it is for Firefox 3, but Firefox 3 will not install it because it has insecure downloads
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Version: Google Toolbar for Firefox 3
"The best toolbar for this browser. Makes life easier!!!"
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Google Toolbar for Firefox 3
Pros: Makes available many useful features and that can be added or removed easily.
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Version: Google Toolbar for Firefox 3
Pros: the new features will be very useful from time to time: the links to google docs and portable bookmarks especially. with fx and aio sidebar i can open and close toolbars at will, so there are no downsides to adding the google toolbar for me.
Cons: betas should be clearly labelled--is this google or c net default here?
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