Google Toolbar to beDumped! Joins CasualtyList with Google Labs

Google is prioritising their focus
on Google Plus by culling some
not so popular or productive
projects. Google Labs will soon
be shutdown and it will be
joined by Google Toolbar. What
is surprising about this
announcement, is that Google
Toolbar has a few fans out there.
Google maintains that a lot of
features are already provided
within Firefox 5 which were
included in Google Toolbar and
hence it will stop support for
Firefox 4 onward. This means
new Firefox versions will not
have Google Toolbar supported
on it.
Strangely Google makes no
mention of Internet Explorer
users who also will be affected.
Google’s obvious Chrome pitch!
I think somewhere down the
line, Google is betting on its own
browser and probably expects
people who used Google Toolbar
to move over to Chrome instead
and use the many extensions
which makes having a toolbar
irrelevant. Firefox is pushing
new updates faster than ever
but it is not really exciting the
casual user.
This is a clear sign that Google is
on a real clean-up drive to
prioritize talent and time on
Google Plus and other core
products. I wonder which Google
service is next up for culling? Will
Orkut get dumped? In all
probably sometime in the future.
What are your views? Do drop in
your comments.