Google Toolbar 4

Google Plans Monday Beta For Toolbar Upgrade

Google Toolbar 4 has features for customizing the toolbar; enhanced, bookmarks hosted on Google's servers; enhanced search; and a new sharing capability called Send To.

" Google on Monday plans to release beta of an update to the Google Toolbar for both consumers and enterprise users.

"The major direction we have taken with this version is empowering users to really personalize, configure, and customize the toolbar to the way they'd like it to be," says Sundar Pichai, Googles project manager for client software.

Google Toolbar 4 has four main features: custom buttons, centralized bookmarks, enhanced search, and a new sharing capability called Send To.

Custom buttons can be created to access pre-defined searches or pre-set data sources like RSS feeds. Because Google has made Toolbar APIs available, site owners will be able to set up Toolbar buttons tied to their sites that site visitors can install with a click.

Pichai expects this will help site owners enhance their relationship with visitors ... "

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