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Beta launch of Google Toolbar 5 for Internet Explorer enables keyboard navigation and access
Google Toolbar version 5 for Internet Explorer has just been made available as a public beta. Does the beta tag scare you? Not to worry; Google's beta tag has traditionally meant something a little more polished than most beta software (for example, Gmail is still in beta, as is Picasa). Version 5 introduces a number of new features, including access to your Toolbar settings from any computer that you log into with your Google Account, improved suggestions for broken links, and new keyboard navigation and access.
The keyboard navigation is simple and sweet. From inside a browser with Toolbar installed, the global shortcut Alt+G places your cursor in the Google Toolbar search box. Pressing the Tab key brings keyboard focus to the button placed immediately after the search box, and right and left arrow keys move focus between buttons.
The ability to access your Toolbar settings after signing into your Google account fits into Google's focus for giving unity to your browsing experience, whether you be on your home, work, or laptop computer. Google already has other tools to help accomplish this (e.g. Google Browser Sync, though that is only available as a plugin for Firefox), and Toolbar access is a nice addition.
You'll need Internet Explorer 6.0 or later in order to install Google Toolbar version 5.
[Via the Google blog]
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Cathy said 5:12PM on 1-13-2008
One of my favorite features of the Google toolbar was being able to search terms on page which were entered in the toolbar. The beta version has ruined that for me. You have to click the "find" button for the dropdown to see terms or use the search toolbar that pops up on the bottom of the page. What bothers me most is that putting words in quotes ie "terms together" no longer treats the words in quotes as one search term.
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