Google Toolbar 5 - No Firefox Support

I have always been a fan of Google's uniqueness. They astounded me in the late 90's with specific search engines for mac and linux. I found they were browser independent and really didn't cater to one operating system or another. I was happy then....

Later Firefox came out, and once again I could abandon the browsers default in the operating system, and run what I wanted, how I wanted, with whatever functionality I wanted. I was happy again....

I am not happy now....

I find it almost insulting that Google released what is probably the most flexible toolbar in the world, in a IE 6+ only format. Whiskey Tango Foxtrot? What happened to the independence Google is known for? Where is my ability to run Firefox 2-3 on Ubuntu and still have all the functionality I need? Why am I finding less and less buttons from the Google gallery for earlier versions of the toolbar?

I wouldn't mind so much if I didn't find my own buttons gradually being taken out of the gallery. I like gadgets too, I use them on my iGoogle page almost entirely, but I run Ubuntu at home and Mac OS X at my work. I am not about to run WINE or Crossover just to run a browser so I can have the newer version of the toolbar.

I guess this means I will have to go back and create buttons for my own needs, and host them, again.

Google Toolbar Button for Google Code

Boy is that title a mouthful or what....

I got tired of constantly having to open a new tab just to search Google Code. So I looked for a Google Toolbar button for Google Code. There was one available but the button would not send selected text, it was search only. If you know me you know I will not settle for the minimum.

This version of the button has search, send selected text to, as well as a feed based drop down list for the major areas of code.google.com.

Please enjoy, if you find it useful please pass on. Google takes a long time to add it to their library, so getting it off my site is currently the only way. I linked from Chriscopeland.com, but it is actually hosted on my other site, CLCResearch.com.

Guild Wars Wiki Joins Google Toolbar

I decided that it was time to add y.a. button to my toolbar, this time to supplement the vast amount of time I waste playing my only online RPG, Guild Wars. I just have many more things to look up now that GWEN has shipped.

This particular toolbar button has several features, instead of navigating within the official wiki, it has the most common links built in, skills, elite skills, missions, quests, and maps. This button also can utilize the Google Toolbar for searching as the search box feeds directly to the wiki search engine. You can also highlight text and pass it to the wiki search engine as well.

I hope this gets you lots of drops! Tested in FF 2.0/IE6&7 on OS X, XP.

Guild Wars Toolbar Button

Google Toolbar AdWords Button

I wrote this to end some serious frustration in searching my employer's ad campaigns. It might be helpful to anyone who uses Google AdWords. This is a quick and dirty Google button for sending search data to the built in search engine and sending highlighted text in the browser to the same engine. Also this will allow quick navigation to the in menu tools which are usually several clicks to get to in the menu options in the AdWords/Analytics menu bar.

You can get the software installed by going to the main page and clicking under the links for the Google Buttons. This will require the latest version (4 I think) of the Google Toolbar

or you can get my Google AdWords Button Here