Google Toolbar for Firefox 5
Google recently pulled the plug on their Google Toolbar software for the new Mozilla Firefox 5 version. Google recently announced that they are discontinuing their support for all newer versions of the Firefox browser. You can nevertheless use the toolbar like you used to in the previous versions. The current version is still up for download here.
One of the main official reasons given by Google is that the features offered by Google Toolbar are already available, which is not always the case. There are still many features offered by Google Toolbar that are unavailable natively on Firefox browser. Google Side Wiki support and the Google Translate are the two most notable ones that are not available on Firefox without the Google Toolbar.
How to Download and Install Google Toolbar for Mozilla Firefox?
You can download Firefox by following these steps:
- Go to the Google Toolbar download site
- Click on Accept and Download
If you are using a version of Mozilla that is greater than version 4, Google Toolbar cannot be installed.
You can, nevertheless install the following add-ons to add the same functionality that the Google Toolbar provides.
- A very neat AutoFill add on. You can download and install it from here: add-ons to fill out forms.
- A very good Page Translation add on, you can download and install it from here: translation add-ons.
- Find in page feature is native to Firefox and you can use it by Ctrl+F keys.
- Firefox natively has Spell-Check software. You can find the documentation for the same here: built-in spell-check
- A very good Page Sharing add-on. You can download and install it from here: add-ons for sharing.
- A very compact add-on to add website thumbnails on a new tab, you can download and install it from here: add-ons for generating site thumbnails.
- A very useful Bookmarks add-on, download and install it from here: bookmark add-ons
- A Gmail notifications add on, download and install it from here: Gmail add-ons.
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