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Google Toolbar 5 (Beta) For IE

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Google released an updated version of their Google Toolbar for Internet Explorer the other day. The main things you’ll find with this version:

  • The ability to save your toolbar settings online and “sync” them between computers.
  • Integration of Google Notebook directly into the toolbar.
  • Improved find that mimics the Opera & Firefox “find bars”.

I like having Google Notebook there, but I absolutely do not like the way that it has been merged with Google Bookmarks. No word on when a Firefox version with the new features will be available, or if there will be a cross browser syncing ability.

Opera Sues Microsoft For Antitrust Violations

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Opera Software, ASA has filed a lawsuit in the EU against Microsoft, Corp. According to Opera, by bundling Microsoft’s Internet Explorer with the Windows operating system, Microsoft is illegally monopolizing the Internet browser market. This makes it difficult for third-party browser manufacturers to compete and limits consumers’ buying options.

In addition to requesting the removal of IE from Windows, the lawsuit also urges the EU to force Microsoft to make IE compatible with web standards. Anyone who has ever done any serious web design knows how hard it is to get sites to look the same across different browsers.

I wish the U.S. would do more to force Microsoft to play nice.

Who In The World Uses The Middle Click?

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Ok, this really isn’t news worthy, but I’m still in shock after reading the latest entry on ZDNet’s Googling Google blog. What got me is when the author states, For example, one of the “improvements” they made was the ability to close a tab using – get this – middle click. Who in the modern world uses middle click? Is this intuitive for anybody?Ok, what time period are you living in Garett? First off, you are covering Google one of the biggest names on the web. I don’t see how you cannot be familiar with Opera, Firefox, or at least IE7. All three web browsers support a tabbed UI, and in doing so, they also allow users to close a tab via the middle click.

It’s not just a web browser (or even Internet) centric thing either… Notepad++, a text editor, operates the same way. I’d bet money that if I tried it in Photoshop and Dreamweaver they’d operate exactly like that as well. Trillian and multi-protocol IM client does I know.

Who uses middle click Garett? The question really is who doesn’t. I suppose Apple users don’t… People on a laptop with a touch pad probably don’t… of course anyone with a 2 button mouse from 1980 won’t be… oh yeah, and if you’ve been living under a rock it’ll probably be new to you as well.