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23 Jul 2011   #1

64-bit Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 & Windows 8 Enterprise
Texas
 
 
Google Dumps Toolbar Support For Firefox

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Firefox is walking an awkward rope with Google. Mozilla receives – and has always received – a lot of funding for Firefox from the Big G, but analysts have expected Google to drop its sugar daddy status ever since the launch of the Chrome browser. So far those analysts have been disappointed, but on Thursday, Google announced it would no longer include support for new versions of Firefox with its Google Toolbar. Was it the first volley fired in a new browser war?
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23 Jul 2011   #2

Windows 7 Home Premium x64 SP1
QC, Canada
 
 

Good riddance.
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23 Jul 2011   #3

Windows 7 x64 (SP1)
 
 

Who still uses those ancient crap know as browser toolbars?
What does the toolbar do that is not already part of the browser?
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23 Jul 2011   #4

WDS 7 Home Pre.x64
 
 

Still wonder ...who uses it ..now a day ....!!
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23 Jul 2011   #5

win 7 X64 Ultimate SP1
Ohio (From WV)
 
 
Great!

Does this mean I won't have to fight it on installs from now on?
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23 Jul 2011   #6

7 ultimate x64
Dubai, UAE
 
 

.. and nothing of value was lost!
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23 Jul 2011   #7

Win7 Ultimate SP1 x64 / Windows 8 Pro / Android
Mauritius
 
 

People still use browser toolbars?
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23 Jul 2011   #8

Windows 7 Home Premium x64
Horse Shoe, NC
 
 

Google has something called the Chrome Web Store. It lets you run apps in Google Chrome (Google's browser). Maybe that's why there's no Google Toolbar support for Firefox anymore. But that's just a guess.
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23 Jul 2011   #9

Win 7 Ultimate x64
Etobicoke, Ontario
 
 

No loss here, I dumped the Google toolbar quite a few years ago.
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23 Jul 2011   #10

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 7600
cornwall UK
 
 

whats a toolbar?
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