Ever since the latest version of the Google Toolbar for IE came out, Firefox users have been asking when they’ll see the same new features in their favorite browser. Well, we’ve been hard at work on a new version of the Toolbar for Firefox — Google Toolbar 3 Beta — that lets you access your bookmarks from any computer, add custom buttons to your Toolbar, and share web pages via Blogger, Gmail, and SMS.
In addition to adding all the features from the Google Toolbar for IE, there’s another one just for Firefox users. When I surf the web, I want to be able to look at all the files I come across right in my browser. But a lot of times, I have to download files and view them with a separate application instead. Since Google Docs & Spreadsheets launched, I’ve been able to look at those files right in my browser. Except the process is kind of clunky right now: I have to right-click on a link, download the file to my machine, and then upload it to Google Docs & Spreadsheets. I want to be able to just click on a link to a document or spreadsheet and have it show up in my browser. So I added a feature to the Google Toolbar for Firefox to do that.
Now you can surf the web a little bit faster. I hope you enjoy this feature as much as I do! [Official Google Blog]
OK it’s the little things like this that I like. I agree with the “Googler” that this is one of those features I expected to be in the toolbar. So I’m very glad to have this. So between this toolbar and the Enhanced PDF plugin, it’s gotten a lot nicer when at work.
I know it’s not toolbar related on i’s own, but I’d love to have a option to do a single search that goes across all of it’s services. Especially when I’m looking for research material. Even if not on a mashup page, but rather in different tabs that’d be nice.
There are a couple ways to get the plugin that I suggest (download links are available on the bottom right):
1.Download the browser itself with the toolbar.
2. As part of the Google Pack so not only you get their nice updater, you also get a single installer for some important programs like Adobe Reader, Mozilla Firefox w/ toolbar, Picaso and others.
Note: The links on the bottom right are for the Stable Versions For the Beta click the link above in the article.
Tags: Firefox, Google, Interesting
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