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Google Toolbar for Internet Explorer

What is it?  Web Browser and Search Toolbar
How much is it?  Free
Where can I get it?

Anyone who knows me knows that I love Mozilla Firefox.  I find a way to work it into almost every conversation (well, almost!).  But honestly, this is my favorite browser.  I love it for its safety, speed and customizability. 

Here are some features of Mozilla Firefox:

• Safer browsing – get warnings about web pages that may be unsafe

• Enhanced search box - search smarter with instant suggestions, spelling corrections, and history as you type

• Switch between pages quickly with tabbed browsing

• SpellCheck - check your spelling whenever you type in web forms 

• AutoFill - automatically fill out forms for faster online shopping

• Google Safe Browsing, which alerts you if a web page that you visit appears to be asking for your personal or financial information under false pretences (phishing or spoofing).

• AutoLink - click the Toolbar's AutoLink button and it will automatically create a link to an online map

• AutoFill  enables you to fill out web forms with a single click.

• WordTranslator lets you hover your mouse cursor over an English word and Toolbar's WordTranslator will tell you what it means in your own language. WordTranslator currently supports translation from English into Chinese (Traditional and Simplified), Japanese, Korean, French, Italian, German and Spanish. 

• Subscribe to Feed with just one click!  Many different websites publish feeds with the latest updates to their sites so that, instead of visiting a website over and over for the latest news, you can use a feed reader to keep track of updates for you. The Toolbar will automatically detect if content of the page you are browsing is available for subscription and enable the “Subscribe” button to notify you.  

• Get a hot GMail accout!  You don’t have to wait for someone else to invite you, you can have your own Gmail account – now it’s your turn to invite others! 

• Custom Layouts provide three pre-set layouts so that you can arrange the buttons, search boxes, and other browser controls for you to make the best use of space in Firefox 

• SpellCheck.  Enough said. 

• If you’re wondering whether a new website is worth your time, use the Toolbar's PageRank™ display to tell you how Google's algorithms assess the importance of the page you're viewing 

And there’s more. . .check it out for yourself!  Get Mozilla Firefox with the Google Toolbar here: