December 14, 2006
Google Adds New Features to the Google Toolbar for Firefox
Firefox users can customize their search experience with the latest version of Google Toolbar
The latest version of the Google Toolbar for Mozilla Firefox® is now
available. This new beta version of the Google Toolbar includes new
features that enable users to personalize their search experience and browse
their favorite content more efficiently.
Google Toolbar was designed to make the Internet easier to use and help
people find the information they are looking for as quickly and easily as
possible. With the Google Toolbar, users can access Google search
capabilities from any website, without first having to visit the Google
homepage. Google Toolbar 3 Beta offers Firefox users all the features of
the Toolbar for Internet Explorer and more, including custom buttons, online
bookmarks, Google Docs & Spreadsheets integration and new sharing
capabilities.
Users can now personalize their Toolbar through the addition of custom
buttons. Custom buttons enable users to visit, search and get the latest
RSS/Atom feeds from their favorite sites with just the click of a button.
For example, news enthusiasts can now add buttons for their favorite news
sites and view the latest headlines for each site directly from their
Toolbar, putting the information they need at their fingertips, right when
they want it.
The new beta version of the Google Toolbar also enables users to create,
label and manage bookmarks for their favorite sites with a single click.
Bookmarks are now saved to a user's Google Account, making them accessible
from any computer. For example, if a user bookmarks an interesting news
article at work that they want to read later, they can now easily access the
saved bookmark from their home computer by simply logging in to their Google
Account.
With the Google Docs & Spreadsheets (http://docs.google.com) feature enabled
in Toolbar 3 Beta, users can save time by automatically opening files from
their browser. Users who turn on the feature can choose up to three ways to
open most popular files types in a new Firefox window using Google Docs &
Spreadsheets:
click a link to a file on a web page
drag a file icon from their desktop into the browser
double-click on a file icon
Additionally, enhanced sharing capabilities enable users to easily send
and share web page content via Gmail, SMS and Blogger by selecting the
section of the page they want to share and clicking the new "Send To"
button.
Google Toolbar 3 Beta for Firefox is now offered globally in 26
languages. Some features may vary by language and/or region. Google
Toolbar 3 Beta is a free downloadable application that requires Windows
XP/2000 SP3+, Mac OS X 10.2+ or Linux. Toolbar 3 Beta can be downloaded
from http://tools.google.com/firefox/toolbar/FT3/intl/en/
