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Google toolbar adds Chrome's speed dial to Firefox
In addition to your 9 most frequently visited sites, the page also displays recent bookmarks and recently closed tabs. The update also boasts an array of new buttons and the ability to add Gadgets as buttons.
Here's a shocker for you: the new version has been labeled a "second beta" by Google. We'll wait with bated breath to see if the label changes at some point in the next 8 years.
[ via Official Google Blog ]
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Freezer said 8:42PM on 1-30-2009
This would be hot stuff if those features weren't already built into Firefox (Most Visited, Recently Bookmarked) or readily available via add-ons (Speed Dial, Fast Dial)
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Christopher Vendemio said 10:07PM on 1-30-2009
Speed Dial and Fast Dial don't automatically add your top sites to the page, though.
Mysterius said 11:55PM on 1-30-2009
The new features may not be shocking, but they're still a nice addition. And it may mean that some users will not need to install additional extensions to get what they want.
It's also a nice gesture, for Google to directly extend Chrome features to Firefox.
slycooper_rocker [psn:slycooper_rocker] said 3:56AM on 1-31-2009
i wish there was an option to get rid of that "most visited" page completely in chrome. if there was, it would be a near perfect browser. that page gets on my nerves so bad. yes i changed it so that it opens one of the websites i like when it starts up but when i open a new tab, it comes up. that one option would be amazing.
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Ji said 5:53AM on 1-31-2009
Who the hell would install a google toolbar when you basically have everything through add ons and built in?
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superrrguy said 8:21PM on 1-31-2009
I've been using Speed Dial in Firefox but the "new tab" layout in Chrome is my favorite thing about Chrome. It's nice to have it Firefox now.
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Rocketboy said 11:22PM on 1-31-2009
Speed dial is pretty sweet.
That's why i've been using it in Opera for quite some time now. And it's even (gasp) customizable.
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jeremy said 10:55PM on 2-02-2009
why are their two 'adds' in the title?
Google toolbar adds adds Chrome's speed dial to Firefox
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titocala said 11:30AM on 3-18-2009
how come google didn't think of enabling adds for the browser, that kills me I like chrome and seems that this beta version is really fast, but I can not live whiteout the tool bar features so sorry chrome, killed by your own company
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Shelly said 2:05PM on 4-11-2009
I personally like the new tab king addon from newtabking.com - work like a charm to me to show the most used websites for the given part of the day
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