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Internet Explorer gets updated Google search toolbar

By Tim Conneally | Published February 25, 2009, 4:14 PM

Google toolbar QSB

In keeping with Google's habit of giving its search fields multiple purposes, the new Google Toolbar 6 beta for Internet Explorer is just a little more than its name lets on.

Packaged with the toolbar is what is known as the Google QSB (quick search box) which appears as a Google logo next to the Windows Start Menu when it is installed. Clicking on it opens a search field that doubles as an application launcher which remembers your most frequently used apps.

Speaking of frequently used, the toolbar enables Internet Explorer with the Tab Page which shows a grid of your most visited sites that is Chrome's default screen, and that is also included in the Firefox Toolbar released at the end of January. We're seeing screens like that quite a bit this week.

The Google Internet Explorer Toolbar 6 Beta is available here: Google Tools

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iamtux
Feb 25, 2009 - 4:30 PM

So a new version of the Google Toolbar warrants an article, but the public beta of the next major release of a major browser gets an opinion piece where its compared to Chrome?

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nate
Feb 25, 2009 - 4:37 PM

There were plans to publish a more in-depth review of Safari 4 yesterday, but unfortunately, we ran out of hours. Expect something to go up this evening.

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