Will google toolbar work with Firefox 8?
I am using Firefox 4.0.1 and never upgraded because Google Toolbar won't work with Firefox 7. Has this been resolved with Firefox 8?
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by cor-elNo, Google has ended support for the Google Toolbar in Firefox 5+.
Toolbar not available for Firefox 5 or newer versions:
- http://www.google.com/support/toolbar/bin/answer.py?answer=1342452&topic=15356
- http://kb.mozillazine.org/Using_Google_Toolbar_features_without_toolbars
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No, Google has ended support for the Google Toolbar in Firefox 5+.
Toolbar not available for Firefox 5 or newer versions:
We also have an article with more information - Google Toolbar is no longer compatible with Firefox - Here are some alternatives
Google's page says that their toolbar works in Firefox version 2.0 - 4.0.*.
Old browser versions are not necessarily secure, so you should always upgrade to the newest version for the best security. Look for add-ons -- there are many -- that replace the toolbar functionality, like Googlebar Lite.
sctl, this thread was already answered.
toolbarlite works great. amazed i had response, let alone one that worked. try that with ie if your feeling amazingly lucky.
Work's like a charm! Thank you very Much!!!
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Firefox has Google Shortcuts addon instead in newer versions.
So all of that was interesting reading however I would still like to know how I can simply DELETE the Google toolbar. I will miss it but it's a problem. I guess that my other choice would be to delete Firefox and download Opera instead. I've used Firefox for a long time and I would miss that as well. Why can't life be simpler and everyone get along.
There are things about Windows I hate and things about Mac's I hate yet I use both of them. So why are so many people have trouble getting rid of Google's toolbar? Did they do something to prevent an easy uninstall?
John
There is a Firefox add-on that works with FF8 called googlebar lite. It's missing a few things (like a gmail button) from the original googlebar but gets you 80-90% of the way there:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/googlebar-lite/
I still use firefox 4 because of google search .....if i update to f/f 8 what search engine should i use? i can just no imagine no google..
help this old grammy find out what to do...please help me
JKRJKR - Firefox has a built-in Google search. Learn more about - Search bar - Easily choose your favorite search engine
Since the thread has been marked as "solved" I'm locking this thread. If anyone has other questions please start a new thread.