The few attempts at interface customization, like the toolbar in MS Office, have failed miserably.
Just bubbling under in the toolbar comparisons is A9, which is a spin off of Amazon.com.
It also has a feature for searching the Web via Google.com integrated directly into the toolbar.
"Typically what Google shows in the toolbar is not what they use behind the scenes, " he says.
The toolbar would provide pre-set options for beginners, but would also allow more advanced users to customize their own gestures.
Google actually had this idea first, but with Google it is still a separate application and not yet incorporated into the toolbar.
But there is one feature of note: it does provide a basic translation of a foreign webpage using Babelfish, from one button on the toolbar.
By default this is on, but if you click it, all the toolbar elements on IE become movable so you can put the toolbar of your choice, or any element of the browser where you like.
We will say this: the addition of the large toolbar from the home screen is a nice touch.
This means that some of the information that you search for the A9 toolbar, and the results that you get, can be linked to you personally.
The latest release of this free program has a Music button on the main toolbar that lets you find streaming media on the Web.
The MSN toolbar also comes with a desktop search application which indexes the contents of your local computer so you can find files and messages quickly.
It's easy to add these in just by hitting the "new" button on the bottom toolbar.
Li Chiway in the Philippines emailed in suggesting the Altavista toolbar as being worthy of review.
Amazon's borrowed the browser-like toolbar from the home screen, whose large icons push things down the page a bit.
Drag the text to its final position in the document, then click the Format WordArt button on the WordArt toolbar.
The default browser includes an interesting toolbar at the bottom with the usual navigation keys like Back and Forward along with a Zoom key.
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Obviously for an ARPG-aholic like myself, the lack of a 50-button toolbar and the focus on timing and skill all sounds great.
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Playing the tracks from here will pop up a toolbar on the bottom of the page that lets you pause, scroll through the track and skip between songs.
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Microsoft is tinkering with a technology called Stuff I've Seen that will pull results from the Web along with one's own computer and its network. (Microsoft claims this won't make personal files viewable by the public.) Google's Internet Explorer toolbar tracks the sites users surf and relays the addresses back to headquarters.
The 5-button toolbar is also very, very welcome, especially since there are no cool downs, only the use of magic points and stamina.
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In particular, it has added a Dell-branded Bing toolbar to the Internet Explorer browser.
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Google's engineers contribute code to Firefox and pay the foundation a share of advertising when people search Google in the browser's toolbar.
Opera claims its advertising chops can help the Skyfire Horizon mobile browser and toolbar applications as well.
In addition to this toolbar, another fixture of Tumblr are the tiny little hearts on each post that get published.
It is disappointing there is no MSN toolbar for Firefox, because I quite like the features, however it is obvious why: Microsoft would prefer you to use only Microsoft products.
At the top of the home screen, you'll see a black toolbar featuring your Kindle's name ("Brian's 3rd Kindle" for me -- I'd have preferred something with more zest like BattleBook), your wireless connection (3G, suckers), battery life and the time.
The freedom to post what you want has always been an upside to any blog in general, but with Tumblr having this little toolbar encourages users to be creative and mix up the kind of content they post.
One interesting application the patent highlights is video annotation and editing via a gesture-based toolbar.
You will see all the Toolbars which are available for your browser, the ones which are currently visible are ticked, so to hide a toolbar just click it.
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