Google Updates Toolbar

Google has released version 1.1.56 of their toolbar with a couple of new features. You can download it for Internet Explorer at http://toolbar.google.com/ . You won't see the features immediately upon installing the new version; instead, you'll need to go to the Toolbar Options page and choose the Experimental Features link -- it's towards the bottom of the page. Once there, you'll have three options

- Combined Search Button: This makes a drop-down button from which you can access Google search services (regular search, image search, dictionary, stock quotes, etc.) I did not see access to all search services: for example, I didn't see a search for Google News or the new functions of Google Labs.

- The option to suppress the onUnload JavaScript event, which should suppress the "exit popup windows" you sometimes get when you leave a Web site.

- Search Results Navigation Options -- The new toolbar offers next and previous buttons, which enable you to surf through a list of search results. Hit the first result, wander around in that site for a while, then hit the Next button and you'll immediately move to the next result on the list. Nifty.

When I initially tried to download the new version, I had 1.1.54 loaded on my IE browser (it'll be a fine day when this works in Mozilla.) I tried to download the new version on top of the old one, but that didn't work. I ended up having to uninstall the old one, then install the new one. It's worth it. Take a look.

Posted to Search Engines-Google