Reviews of Google Toolbar for Firefox

1. 
   Uriel

   Reviewing 7.1.2011.0512b (May 30, 2011)

   I input a search query, and was overloaded with spyware.
2. 
   Somnambulator

   Reviewing 5.0.20090324W Beta (Apr 14, 2009)

   still using googlebar over this. similar features, hidable via button click, and the youtube and other extra searches are worthless in google's toolbar. the advanced buttons search inside the tiny search box and not the websites? wtf? if i want to search youtube, i dont want the results popping down in a 400x400 pixel box, i want them in the browser's page. maybe i missed a setting somewhere but searching with the non-standard google buttons is more annoying than going to the individual websites.
   
   using googlebar for google searches and some advanced searches and built-in firefox search box for wikipedia, imdb, torrent sites, espn, youtube,
   and more.
3. 
   some guy

   Reviewing 5.0.20090122Wb2 (Jan 31, 2009)

   sorry I like to keep my browser bloat free. I have to crack up when I see people with 3 browser tool bars , google yahoo and my search lol
4. 
   philosopher_dog

   Reviewing 5.0.20080919W Beta 1 (Oct 4, 2008)

   Genius toolbar. I love to be able "send to" a webpage in gmail; very useful feature. I'm bummed that they seem to have removed "word find" from the latest Firefox version. Not sure why they would do that. It's incredibly useful for finding searched for terms on an individual page. Of course, you could just have it highlight those words if you wanted. Personally, I just drag the icons and feature I like onto my usual Firefox toolbar and close the Google bar itself. I know you might be skeptical because so many companies put out bogus toolbars, but give it a try before you form your opinion.
5. 
   ukexpat

   Reviewing 5.0.20080919W Beta 1 (Oct 3, 2008)

   Great toolbar, use it every day.
6. 
   horsecharles

   Reviewing 5.0.20080919W Beta 1 (Sep 30, 2008)

   Kindly disregard moronic reviews with negative ratings because the morons dislike toolbars.
   
   Attention MORONS:
   
   rate the toolbar on its merits... What you're doing is akin to giving a Lexus a negative rating because you dislike cars.
   
   Man, there are stupid losers in this world!!!
7. 
   Banquo

   Reviewing 5.0.20080919W Beta 1 (Sep 29, 2008)

   Useless garbage, as these addon toolbars have always been. I'm tired of this being bundled with the programs I download, even drivers sometimes. It's ridiculous.
8. 
   kindbud1

   Reviewing 5.0.20080919W Beta 1 (Sep 29, 2008)

   For the most part, I love google and their products, but this stupid thing needs to die.
9. 
   idodialog

   Reviewing 3.1.20080730W (Sep 26, 2008)

   @ bellgamin
   Did anyone ask you? You have a perfect right to detest toolbars. However your comments are utterly useless partly because of you rather excessive detestation and partly because you fail completely to REVIEW the toolbar for what it is.
   
   Personally I find this toolbar extremely useful - it enables me to make different types of searches with ease, gives excellent previews of my gmail and gcal and more.
   Furthermore it has never installed itself without my going to the effort of installing (and updating) it and despite Daddy_Spank's hysterical comments it is a very small download, and comes bundled with nothing. I don't know where these reviewer's get their uninformed ideas from. (It is true that it is offered when installing other software).
10. 
    bellgamin

    Reviewing 3.1.20080730W (Sep 25, 2008)

    I detest toolbars of any size, shape, or variety. I especially detest toolbars that try to get themselves installed without CLEARLY asking my permission to do so.
11. 
    Daddy_Spank

    Reviewing 3.1.20080730W (Sep 25, 2008)

    I would give this a higher rating but it installs itself and come bundled with so much software, I see it on so many of my friends computers and none of them want it there or know how it came about in the first place.
12. 
    Diam0nd

    Reviewing 3.1.20080730W (Sep 25, 2008)

    Yes, the toolbar. For people who don't think privacy should stay private.
13. 
    tuneslover

    Reviewing 3.0.20070525W (Jul 18, 2007)

    ya!! Its the toolbar.
14. 
    freaktmp

    Reviewing 3.0.20070201W (Feb 8, 2007)

    To wincement: the ff search bar is for me one of the main reasons to use ff. I've even made a couple search plugins myself.
    
    To amweiss157: what I do is a bit different, because I really like the extra functionality of the google search bar when using google to search. So I've managed to condense the google search bar and tuck it over the ff so that I can use the first one when googling and the other for all the other searches. It was a pain to configure and it just doesn't look right, but it'll do until they merge the functionality of the search bars, ot something better comes along. Hence the rating of only 4 out 5 from me.
15. 
    amweiss157

    Reviewing 3.0.20070201W (Feb 8, 2007)

    Love this toolbar! For those who have not figured it out yet:
    1) Enable the bar
    2) Drag the buttons you want off the bar and onto the standard toolbars (or side bars if you have them)
    3) Hide the google toolbar
    4) Be happy that you now have the default FF search box with all the google buttons you can dream of
    
    I finally left del.icio.us and shadows now that I have online bookmarks with an easy to use extension for quick access!
16. 
    tatool

    Reviewing 3.0.20070201W (Feb 8, 2007)

    @wincement
    
    that's what I'm waiting for - google toolbar using default search field ;) well, maybe in the future ;)
17. 
    wincement

    Reviewing 3.0.2006.1204W Beta (Dec 25, 2006)

    Always my first plugin on any firefox install. Very useful.
    
    @freaktmp:
    Ummm... you could just disable the default FF search box and use this? Unless you use the other search engines frequently, that should work.
18. 
    freaktmp

    Reviewing 3.0.2006.1204W Beta (Dec 25, 2006)

    It's a pretty neat toolbar, but what would really kick a** is integration of the toolbar with the default firefox search bar. Or if they provided the functionality (and plugin compatibility) with the toolbar search bar....
    
    to capandjudy:
    
    Well actually it was never true. You just overlooked the option not to use gmail....
19. 
    capandjudy

    Reviewing 3.0.2006.1204W Beta (Dec 25, 2006)

    The last time I had the Google Toolbar for Firefox, clicking on an e-mail link would utilize my google mail rather than my desktop mail client and there did not seem to be a way to change this. Is this still true?? I had to get rid of the Google Toolbar for this reason.
20. 
    Mirrebex

    Reviewing 2.0.20060713W (Nov 22, 2006)

    Where's the bookmark thingy integration!???
21. 
    raindrop

    Reviewing 2.0.200060404 Beta (Jun 1, 2006)

    Great toolbar I was waiting for this release, the only thing I do is to disable the safe browsing because it delete the table box history in any table box even the search history in beta news (under search windows only) after disabling the safe browser, I give it 5 stars
22. 
    flyingmetalspatula

    Reviewing 2.0.200060404 Beta (Apr 6, 2006)

    Where is my bookmark integration already?
    I'm tired of flip-flopping between IE and Firefox...
    
    Anyone know how to get the Google Toolbar to show my bookmarks in FireFox?
23. 
    The MAZZTer

    Reviewing 1.0.20050923 (Oct 8, 2005)

    This toolbar is
24. 
    twosheds

    Reviewing 1.0.20050923 (Sep 26, 2005)

    If you have the 'Googlebar' (http://googlebar.mozdev.org/)extension then you don't need this. This will install as a SEPARATE extension and you will have two Google toolbars, and this one is less functional than Googlebar.
25. 

    Reviewing 1.0.20050923 (Sep 26, 2005)

    Whoa! Athena just read my mind! :)
    
    no need for this and resizing the search box makes it WAY better!
26. 
    Athena

    Reviewing 1.0.20050923 (Sep 26, 2005)

    I agree, embbeded search box is enough, no need to add something that already exists even if it has "more" functionalities.
    
    Jmpccord, the firefox search box is rezisable, take a look here : http://dragtotab.mozdev.org/resizesearchbox/
27. 
    eclipsingdivinity

    Reviewing 1.0.20050803 (Sep 1, 2005)

    Simple and Elegant, there isn't anything I dislike about this Toolbar, rather than the fact I don't use the features as much as I should. Besides, Firefox's search bar basically does what I need it to. Another quick gripe would be the fact that i'm impatient and like to quickly start searching right the minute my Firefox loads, but my text quickly jumps to the toolbar to my home page. Making it so I screw up on searching and causing me to spend an extra 3 seconds finishing what I had to type. THATS NOT EFFICIENT GOOGLE!! NOT EFFICIENT ENOUGH!!
28. 
    ArabianNight

    Reviewing 1.0.20050803 (Aug 9, 2005)

    I love the google toolbar but it recieves two stars less, because it seems that when I have it installed it slows down the opening of pop-ups or windows (freezes firefox for about 6 seconds).
29. 
    jpmccord

    Reviewing 1.0.20050803 (Aug 9, 2005)

    The standards search box that comes with Firefox is all I need. I only wish I could resize it. But the Google toolbar is still quite handy, so I certainly won't give it a bad rating. But it only gets three stars since Firefox's default search tool already works wonders, and with tons of different search engines and database-driven websites.
    
    Also, "unuseless" simply means "not useless" -- it does not mean "very useful" or even "useful" at all. Though you can let it imply what you want.
30. 
    darthbeads

    Reviewing 1.0.20050803 (Aug 8, 2005)

    Dear benZin,
    
    Please define "unuseless", because, as a double-negative, that would mean you find this toolbar to be quite usefull, which would seem to merit a higher rating.
    
    I love the Google Toolbar for FF. That, adblocker and TabBrowser Extensions are now my default extensions for any FF install. Excellent!
31. 
    horsecharles

    Reviewing 1.0.20050707 Beta (Jul 8, 2005)

    And i like the word translation feature(hover your mouse over any word in a page-- but first choose your language in the settings)-- ideal for both English & foreign language learners...
    
    EDIT: I am also experiencing a script error w/ this toolbar(yes, i've long ago removed FF's native search bar & as well Googlebar extension). This script error may be exacerbated by an FF tabbed browser issue whereas clicking on some links causes a page to open invisibly(its in background consuming resources, but both it & its placeholder are not visible)-- the only way around this is to right-click open the link in new tab/window...this can be readily confirmed at say, Google News site: both newly-clicked windows & tabs disappear at random.
    The script error generated by Google Toolbar comes up when opening new windows & when starting up FF.
    
    Additionally, Google Toolbar should hide the buttons one disables in OPtions, not leave them grayed out on the toolbar, taking up unnecessary space.
    
    Let's downgrade it to a 3 rating for now-- still very good for initial release-- & it must be tough as hell to create/test something for FF: taking into account the myriad independent extensions created: there can literally be millions of possible FF settings & extensions combination conditions to try & trace the cause of an error to-- maybe due to an extension on its own or in combination with groups of other extensions, all this further multiplied times all possible FF settings scenarios.
32. 
    cyberguy

    Reviewing 1.0.20050707 Beta (Jul 8, 2005)

    I've always been a fan of the official Google Bar. I am ecstatic to see it released for Firefox. For those who say that Google's bar has no value, here is one that the unofficial GoogleBar and GoogleBar Lite does not have: A spell checker!:P That's right, Google's bar provides a spell checker when you type into any online input area. A really useful feature that I would rather not load yet another extension to get.
33. 
    pjlasl

    Reviewing 1.0.20050707 Beta (Jul 8, 2005)

    For IE this is a must...but for firefox, i have the googlebar extension loaded. More features and faster to load.
34. 
    Davenport

    Reviewing 1.0.20050707 Beta (Jul 8, 2005)

    I don't really care about PageRank, but to me, AutoLink is the key feature that made me choose the official Google Toolbar over the Googlebar. Plus, I think the official Google Toolbar seems a bit more polished. But hats off to the Googlebar team, they did a wonderful job filling the void and I'm sure they will continue doing a wonderful job providing users an alternate toolbar. Choice is a wonderful thing.
35. 
    benZin

    Reviewing 1.0.20050707 Beta (Jul 8, 2005)

    unuseless.
36. 
    reidyn

    Reviewing 1.0.20050707 Beta (Jul 8, 2005)

    Usually I would not rate software in comparison to something else, but in this case it is entirely appropriate. There was already an EXCELLENT toolbar (googlebar.mozdev.org) that is loaded with features, reasonably lightweight, solid, flexible, and easy to use. Google's toolbar has the advantage of nearly identical look-and-feel of the IE product, plus the two features missing from the unofficial toolbar (autofill, pagerank). Autofill can be added to Firefox through a separate extension, leaving pagerank as arguably the only advantage to the genuine deal. On the other side, the unofficial toolbar still has many optional buttons and features that aren't present in the Google product, and is smaller and faster to boot. So unless one needs pagerank, it leaves me wondering why I would select this over the unofficial version. My reason for rating this in relation to the other (which I would probably give 4.5) is that Google was aware of the unofficial version and in my view would have done well to improve upon that rather than coming in somewhere far less (other than pagerank) but with larger size and slightly more drag on the window opening speed. I'll keep an eye on this for future improvement. Maybe it'll grab me next time I try it.
37. 
    ecjs

    Reviewing 1.0.20050707 Beta (Jul 8, 2005)

    Firefox rocks.
38. 
    player98198

    Reviewing 1.0.20050707 Beta (Jul 8, 2005)

    I believe that this extension is good i think.reason i believe it is because i use google toolbar for IE and i like the autoform option better than any other app out there. and this one comes with it to !
39. 
    Pipewrench

    Reviewing 1.0.20050707 Beta (Jul 8, 2005)

    It's OK, but I had to uninstall it after I realized it made opening a new window really slow. Opening new tabs was fine but whenever you had to open a new window it took forever.
    
    No thanks :)
40. 
    crashoverride

    Reviewing 1.0.20050707 Beta (Jul 7, 2005)

    I have but one thign to say, this thing is great. It has very useful features. Installed it on 2 computers without a single problem.
41. 
    randal2k

    Reviewing 1.0.20050707 Beta (Jul 7, 2005)

    cannot install... couldn't verify signing. Followed help with install. maybe another day. but, not now.
42. 
    JeRrYFaR

    Reviewing 1.0.20050707 Beta (Jul 7, 2005)

    I will be watching this one closely, but I started to have the same problems as everyone else.. ie: I'm having problems with slowness on pages..
    
    Installed the experimental version of the googlebar for now, but I still rate the Google Toolbar high as it is a great program if you don't mind slowdowns..
43. 
    Marticus

    Reviewing 1.0.20050707 Beta (Jul 7, 2005)

    I happen to enjoy the Google search bar, it autofills forms quite well and has many other features I have yet to check out.
    
    The only problem I have had with this new update is that you should remove the old search bar from your Extensions under tools in firefox. One of my clients was running both seach bars untill I removed his old one.
    
    Over all good software, not great or awful.
44. 
    OSuser

    Reviewing 1.0.20050707 Beta (Jul 7, 2005)

    The Search Google Plugins worked fine for me and this Google's bar works the same but with options. I used IE with Google Toolbar but I quited using IE a long time ago and I missed Google Toolbar. Thanks Google!
45. 
    otero1

    Reviewing 1.0.20050707 Beta (Jul 7, 2005)

    It does what it says , but there is no need for a search bar to come with it. And to all of you that put people's opinions down. What are you a commy? Everyone has their own right to their own opinion. 1 star to 5 star. That shows your ignorance. Opinions are just like a$$ holes. Everyone has one.
46. 
    bernis

    Reviewing 1.0.20050707 Beta (Jul 7, 2005)

    to all "witty" comments that FF has built in search already. search box is only one of the many features of google toolbar, sure installing it just to be able to type query into search box and press enter would be redundant. but you would have to first read what it offers and install it to find out.
    
    rating something that someone coded for you for free by 1 point is just rude. plugin does what it says and it's much more than built in search box. mark of 1 star is just measure of your ignorance
    
    it's like i'd go to mozilla addons site and rated 5 stars addons i use and 1 star addons i don't use ...
    
    apparently some people got so brainwashed by firefox propaganda that they lost the ability to think
47. 
    beancounterz

    Reviewing 1.0.20050707 Beta (Jul 7, 2005)

    Come on guys... Choices are good. If you don't like it don't use it.
48. 
    DudeBoyz

    Reviewing 1.0.20050707 Beta (Jul 7, 2005)

    Makes no sense to me why this is being made. The whole point of FireFox is being lean and mean and it already has google searching built in, among other things.
    
    Baffling.
49. 
    Zulithe

    Reviewing 1.0.20050707 Beta (Jul 7, 2005)

    Would you people stop complaining, it is GOOD that Google is paying this much attention to Firefox. Maybe in a future version, installing the Google toolbar will integrate better with the built-in firefox search bar. Also it IS needed, the spellchecker (which can spellcheck forms, like forum posts) is very useful.
50. 
    Adrian79

    Reviewing 1.0.20050707 Beta (Jul 7, 2005)

    google..did u guys realize that FF already as a built in googlebox lol...duh
51. 
    forgie

    Reviewing 1.0.20050707 Beta (Jul 7, 2005)

    I don't see this as being needed at all. As you can even see in the screenshot, FF already has the Google search box. A bit redundant.

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