SurfBar 2.0

CNET editors' review

Reviewed by: CNET Staff

Despite some design miscues, SurfBar offers a few useful extras beyond the standard Web-search capabilities offered by most toolbars. The built-in pop-up blocker's performance was both good and bad. It capably stopped the lion's share of ads, including those of the banner and Flash variety, but slowed our Web surfing in the process. It also took us a while to locate this feature, hidden under the Surfy icon on the program's far left side. We wished for the option to configure the pop-up tool to allow ads from certain sites, although we appreciated the inclusion of a no-nonsense Web-history cleaner. As a search tool, SurfBar is fairly capable, trolling popular search engines, such as Google and Altavista, and offering access to various news, shopping, and travel sites. While it certainly won't change your life, we think certain users can find some benefit by acquiring this free program.

Publisher's description

From Aquinas Software :

SurfBar by Surfy is an Internet Explorer compatible search tool, which provides access to more than 100 popular information sources. The application comes with built-in software to eliminate annoying pop-up (pop-up, pop-under, and exit pop-ups) advertisements. Surfbar provides easy access via one prompt to a wide range of engines and data sources, including search engines, travel sites, shopping comparison tools, and multimedia archives. SurfBar searches Google, Yahoo, MSN, Dogpile, ICQuick, Alltheweb, HotJobs, Monster, SingingFish, eBay, Amazon.com, Orbitz, Shopping.com, and TravelNow.

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