Comments on: I Say Use the Controversial Google Toolbar Beta 3 http://www.googletutor.com/2005/03/11/use-the-google-toolbar/ Your how-to guide for Google with Google tutorials, tips for using Google and advice. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 23:07:09 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Jennifer http://www.googletutor.com/2005/03/11/use-the-google-toolbar/#comment-7532 Jennifer Wed, 01 Mar 2006 20:52:35 +0000 http://www.googletutor.com/?p=25#comment-7532 Firefox is bad it's buggy and sluggish. It has 101 settings plugins extensions and other geek mumbo jumbo that no average computer user is interested in setting (a la Kate) and belive me we average people are the majority. Why will Micro$oft win all the software battles in the end(if they already haven't by now)? Answer is simple .. they make things simple for us average folks..we are the majority who dole $$... we rule the world. if you want all that firefox and other gizmo go get it...live with it...applaud urself for having it...in the end die with it. Truth hurts fellow uber geeks ... get over it. Jennifer Firefox is bad it’s buggy and sluggish. It has 101 settings plugins extensions and other geek mumbo jumbo that no average computer user is interested in setting (a la Kate) and belive me we average people are the majority.

Why will Micro$oft win all the software battles in the end(if they already haven’t by now)? Answer is simple .. they make things simple for us average folks..we are the majority who dole $$… we rule the world.

if you want all that firefox and other gizmo go get it…live with it…applaud urself for having it…in the end die with it.

Truth hurts fellow uber geeks … get over it.

Jennifer

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.googletutor.com/2005/03/11/use-the-google-toolbar/#comment-1679 Anonymous Sat, 10 Sep 2005 10:11:08 +0000 http://www.googletutor.com/?p=25#comment-1679 This is great, look forward to looking into every area. Thanks for being there. This is great, look forward to looking into every area. Thanks for being there.

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]]> By: Jarsen http://www.googletutor.com/2005/03/11/use-the-google-toolbar/#comment-41 Jarsen Tue, 15 Mar 2005 23:49:02 +0000 http://www.googletutor.com/?p=25#comment-41 Kate, in addition to explorer being an arcane browser - it is microsoft (The Evil Empire). Of course - this would not be a valid reason alone - if, <i>if</i> Explorer was a better browser, I would say go for it. But it is not. So I say go for firefox. Firefox has an extremely large growing community, and the great thing about this open-source project is that it is one of the first that can be handled by non-uber-geeks. Furthermore, Firefox can do so much more cool stuff. Such as (one of my favorites) display <b><i>Animated Favicons</i></b>. Which you can see in action at <a href="http://mozillanews.org/" title="Mozilla News" rel="nofollow">mozillanews.org</a> or <a href="http://www.templateninja.blogspot.com" title="Template ninja" rel="nofollow">my blog</a> that I really should post more to... Anyways, firefox has so many cool extensions (I eventually plan on talking about my favorite on my blog) such as DictionarySearch, Adblock, ForecastFox, several mouse gesture extenions, and BandwithTester. Another really useful feature of firefox is the ability to browse the web in tabs. Tabs are a nifty cool little thing that allow you to browse multiple sites at the same time - in the same window, thus saving yourself the messy clutter of explorer windows. And this is just the tip of the iceberg. Firefox is superior in every way I can think of. Thunderbird is another really cool mozilla piece of software - and I personally find it far better than Outlook, plus it has way more potential. But I am running out of breath. Take back the Web. Get Firefox. :) Kate, in addition to explorer being an arcane browser – it is microsoft (The Evil Empire).
Of course – this would not be a valid reason alone – if, if Explorer was a better browser, I would say go for it. But it is not. So I say go for firefox. Firefox has an extremely large growing community, and the great thing about this open-source project is that it is one of the first that can be handled by non-uber-geeks.
Furthermore, Firefox can do so much more cool stuff. Such as (one of my favorites) display Animated Favicons. Which you can see in action at mozillanews.org or my blog that I really should post more to… Anyways, firefox has so many cool extensions (I eventually plan on talking about my favorite on my blog) such as DictionarySearch, Adblock, ForecastFox, several mouse gesture extenions, and BandwithTester.
Another really useful feature of firefox is the ability to browse the web in tabs. Tabs are a nifty cool little thing that allow you to browse multiple sites at the same time – in the same window, thus saving yourself the messy clutter of explorer windows. And this is just the tip of the iceberg. Firefox is superior in every way I can think of. Thunderbird is another really cool mozilla piece of software – and I personally find it far better than Outlook, plus it has way more potential. But I am running out of breath. Take back the Web. Get Firefox. :)

]]> By: David http://www.googletutor.com/2005/03/11/use-the-google-toolbar/#comment-39 David Tue, 15 Mar 2005 14:15:00 +0000 http://www.googletutor.com/?p=25#comment-39 >Kate Lennon says: >Firefox? No thanks! I can’t understand why so many >people are suddenly recommending it. Here's why Kate, it’s a better browser. Internet Explorer is about 5/6 years old which in internet terms is centuries. Firefox has so many more features and is a far more solid tool. Your problems with Firefox are not the browsers fault. Internet explorer does not display web pages as it should so web designers have developed bad habits in order to get their sites to load. Firefox displays web pages as exactly as they're supposed to, so when it gets sloppy code from a site it doesn’t always display it correctly. This is the fault of the designer of the web page being too lazy to accommodate a modern browser. I am pleased to say that as Firefox continues to grow in popularity these sites are getting less. Firefox and other next generation browsers are not trying to make money; they are trying to make the web a better place. Features such as tabbed browsing, popup blocking, improved security, user themes, adblocking and a million and one other extensions far outweigh the odd site which doesn’t format properly. Change is difficult to everyone but so long as there are people like you we are going to see less and less advancements in web site development. On the subject, here’s a very interesting read… http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/story/0,3605,1260994,00.html >Kate Lennon says:
>Firefox? No thanks! I can’t understand why so many
>people are suddenly recommending it.

Here’s why Kate, it’s a better browser. Internet Explorer is about 5/6 years old which in internet terms is centuries. Firefox has so many more features and is a far more solid tool.

Your problems with Firefox are not the browsers fault. Internet explorer does not display web pages as it should so web designers have developed bad habits in order to get their sites to load. Firefox displays web pages as exactly as they’re supposed to, so when it gets sloppy code from a site it doesn’t always display it correctly. This is the fault of the designer of the web page being too lazy to accommodate a modern browser. I am pleased to say that as Firefox continues to grow in popularity these sites are getting less.

Firefox and other next generation browsers are not trying to make money; they are trying to make the web a better place. Features such as tabbed browsing, popup blocking, improved security, user themes, adblocking and a million and one other extensions far outweigh the odd site which doesn’t format properly. Change is difficult to everyone but so long as there are people like you we are going to see less and less advancements in web site development.

On the subject, here’s a very interesting read…
http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/story/0,3605,1260994,00.html

]]> By: Mark http://www.googletutor.com/2005/03/11/use-the-google-toolbar/#comment-33 Mark Sun, 13 Mar 2005 00:25:48 +0000 http://www.googletutor.com/?p=25#comment-33 What's to stop them? Public outcry. It's very loud already. IMO, they've already taken it as far as they can get away with--it's too tight a race with Yahoo to risk business over this. I'm certain they feel the pressure to back off when people like WSJ's Walt Mossberg and other heavy hitters get on them. In fact, I'll bet that they soon allow the user to customize to whom the Autolinks point. What’s to stop them? Public outcry. It’s very loud already. IMO, they’ve already taken it as far as they can get away with–it’s too tight a race with Yahoo to risk business over this.

I’m certain they feel the pressure to back off when people like WSJ’s Walt Mossberg and other heavy hitters get on them. In fact, I’ll bet that they soon allow the user to customize to whom the Autolinks point.

]]> By: Jason http://www.googletutor.com/2005/03/11/use-the-google-toolbar/#comment-32 Jason Sun, 13 Mar 2005 00:06:46 +0000 http://www.googletutor.com/?p=25#comment-32 So what's to stop Google from turning this into an Adwords type of marketing? Is it going to be ok when the user is able to click a button and add my links to my competitors content for the keywords and phrases that I'm bidding on? As an internet marketer I would love to have the user add a link to my site from a competitors. However, I would hate it if my competitors link was added to my content. The only winner here is Google. Do you really think they haven’t thought of this? Do you really think Google is going to do anything just for the user anymore? Google is now all about making a profit. All their doing is testing the waters to see how the internet community feels about this. If we allow it, they will start the bidding. Jason Tor So what’s to stop Google from turning this into an Adwords type of marketing? Is it going to be ok when the user is able to click a button and add my links to my competitors content for the keywords and phrases that I’m bidding on? As an internet marketer I would love to have the user add a link to my site from a competitors. However, I would hate it if my competitors link was added to my content.

The only winner here is Google. Do you really think they haven’t thought of this? Do you really think Google is going to do anything just for the user anymore? Google is now all about making a profit. All their doing is testing the waters to see how the internet community feels about this.

If we allow it, they will start the bidding.

Jason Tor

]]> By: Mark http://www.googletutor.com/2005/03/11/use-the-google-toolbar/#comment-31 Mark Sat, 12 Mar 2005 22:12:01 +0000 http://www.googletutor.com/?p=25#comment-31 The Googlebar for FireFox is not the same as the one for IE. There is no PR and no AutoLinks. Some other differences I believe. The Googlebar for FireFox is not the same as the one for IE. There is no PR and no AutoLinks. Some other differences I believe.

]]> By: Rich http://www.googletutor.com/2005/03/11/use-the-google-toolbar/#comment-30 Rich Sat, 12 Mar 2005 20:49:53 +0000 http://www.googletutor.com/?p=25#comment-30 Firefox has settings you can change with regards to the JavaScript behaviors. You can enable or disable many JavaScript functions. As with any other high-powered app, you have to visit the PREFERENCES menus and adjust them to your liking. And I have yet to see it ruin any sites on MY monitor, move tables and links, or "trash" anything else. If you have a problem with Firefox, then learn how to adjust the preferences and settings like you would with any Micro$oft app. Having been in the IT support field now for nearly 20 years in various capacities and functions, I've learned one thing holds true in nearly every instance; "It won't work like I want it to" almost ALWAYS means "I'm too lazy to learn how to use it properly." And the google toolbar DOES work on Firefox, if you care to download the Firefox extension. (but you have to learn about that too, so you might forego the trouble of figuring it out.) Firefox has settings you can change with regards to the JavaScript behaviors. You can enable or disable many JavaScript functions. As with any other high-powered app, you have to visit the PREFERENCES menus and adjust them to your liking. And I have yet to see it ruin any sites on MY monitor, move tables and links, or “trash” anything else.

If you have a problem with Firefox, then learn how to adjust the preferences and settings like you would with any Micro$oft app. Having been in the IT support field now for nearly 20 years in various capacities and functions, I’ve learned one thing holds true in nearly every instance; “It won’t work like I want it to” almost ALWAYS means “I’m too lazy to learn how to use it properly.”

And the google toolbar DOES work on Firefox, if you care to download the Firefox extension. (but you have to learn about that too, so you might forego the trouble of figuring it out.)

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