Google Toolbar

The Google Toolbar is a toolbar provided free of charge by Google Inc. for web browsers.

The bar can be with Mozilla Firefox ( up to version 4.x) (Version 5.0 is only compatible with one extension) or use the Microsoft Internet Explorer (version 5.0). She was one of the first opportunities for highlighting search terms in color in the results. As an extension of the browser Microsoft Internet Explorer toolbar offered at the time of first publication opportunities that appealed to many users.

Functions

Among the main features of the Google Toolbar are:

Criticism

Since most of the functions of the toolbar now also can otherwise be realized, the initial meaning is no longer given today. Some functions, such as the search box, are now standard in all major browsers, so that after installation is a function twice. In Firefox, the Toolbar can however configure it so that it replaces the Firefox search box. Cited by many users display the PageRank of a Web page in the toolbar can now also be determined differently.