GooglePreviewIE Toolbar 1.5

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Price: Free
Operating system: Windows Vista, Windows Me, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 98
Date added: October 15, 2008
Total Downloads: 30,424
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CNET editors' rating: 3.0 stars
Average user rating: 3.0 stars out of 5 votes
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CNET editors' review

Reviewed by: CNET Staff

This Internet Explorer add-on shows a thumbnail preview of each Web site found in Google searches, but it doesn't extend these privileges to other search engines. GooglePreviewIE Toolbar displays the image of your Web searches next to each description, using the Google Image tool. The program also reveals search results from eBay, YouTube, Wikipedia and Dictionary.com, but it doesn't show thumbnail previews with those listings.

This plug-in lacks the extensive customization options other toolbars offer and doesn't let you select any of the other searchable sites as the chief page to display. You can limit the maximum number of returned thumbnail images, from 5 to 100.

In our tests, GooglePreview gave accurate results and didn't slow down our searches. A tool for magnifying thumbnails without having to visit the site might be an improvement for future releases. GooglePreview isn't essential, but it's free and could come in handy when determining useful search results.

Publisher's description

From Edward Ackroyd :

An Internet Explorer (IE) toolbar that inserts preview images (thumbnails) of Web sites into the Google and Yahoo search results pages. Similar to the Firefox GooglePreview extension. GooglePreview is not affiliated with Google Inc.

Vesion 1.5 is updated to match Google and Yahoo format changes.

What's new in this version:

Vesion 1.5 is updated to match Google and Yahoo format changes.

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Version: GooglePreviewIE Toolbar 1.5

"Useful time saver"

by John Benjamin on January 24, 2009

Pros: Ability to quickly select relevant websites following search

Cons: There is nothing I dislike

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