09-06-2005 21:24									#1
	MSN Brings Tabbed Browsing Early to IE Support Apolyton, pre-order Civilization IV

quote: MSN Brings Tabbed Browsing Early to IE Microsoft late Wednesday rolled out an updated version of its MSN Search Toolbar with Windows Desktop Search, complete with tabbed browsing, designed to add another level of simplification while browsing the Web via Internet Explorer. Tab browsing has already been proved popular in Mozilla's Firefox browser. MSN Product Manager Justin Osmer said the rollout is significant because it's the first time that tabbed browsing has been offered in a toolbar setting. "It's a more powerful functionality in a pretty robust tool offering, which already has a number of differentiators with form fill and the access to MSN services in the toolbar" Osmer said. "We announced we were going to do tabbed browsing when we released the final version last month–and here it is." The upgrade will allow users to open multiple sites, each in different windows with a tab at the top, directly underneath the menu bar–with the intention of making it easier to switch among pages. The functionality also will let users save "routines" in an unlimited number of tabs, which have been dubbed "My Tabs." So, a user who routinely checks a weather site, two news sites and the family photo album can save each URL in a tab, and every time that person opens a browser, those sites will automatically appear in the tabs. Users will be able to edit their "My Tabs" as desired. "The whole premise [of the tabbed browsing] is helping people find another way to find it quickly and easily, and it made a lot of sense to tie it into the toolbar," Osmer said. New users of the MSN Search Toolbar will have the functionality if they download the program starting Wednesday evening; current toolbar users will be able to have the tabbed browsing automatically installed. Osmer said more toolbar updates will be arriving almost monthly. Without giving out all of the details, he said the next rollout will bring more add-in functionality, which means users will be able get more access to different files. He also mentioned that overwhelming customer demand spurred Microsoft to create a corporate version of the toolbar. The business version will cater to large-scale IT environments, letting administrators deploy the toolbar across multiple machines at one time, add in different sorts of file sorting or searching, connect to an intranet or internal drive, and hide or turn off MSN services in case companies want to keep employees from using MSN Messenger or other potential distractions. The corporate version of the MSN Search Toolbar is expected to enter into small-scale beta testing soon and enter a broader-scale beta later this year. Go to PCMag.com Reviews to read more about the MSN Search Toolbar.

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/ZDM/story?id=833486

http://toolbar.msn.com/

well that didnt take them long to copy, did it?

	09-06-2005 21:38									#2
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Just 10 years, more or less.

	09-06-2005 22:17									#3
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Feeling the squeeze are they?

	10-06-2005 00:20									#4
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You have to DL the MSN search bar for it? Ugh.

	10-06-2005 01:04									#5
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A quite clever move to make people install the MSN bar instead of the google bar.

	10-06-2005 01:14									#6
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Why would anyone install any of those toolbars anyway?

	10-06-2005 01:17									#7
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Google Toolbar is a Godsend.

	10-06-2005 01:18									#8
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Why? It's ugly and doesn't give any usefull features?

	10-06-2005 01:47									#9
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Well, if you are condemned to use IE, Google toolbar:
1. Blocks pop-ups.
2. Has a convenient Google search box.

	10-06-2005 01:51									#10
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I used to think the Googlebar was the best invention in the history of the Internet.



Then I tried Firefox.

	10-06-2005 01:57									#11
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quote: Originally posted by Adagio Why? It's ugly and doesn't give any usefull features?

Ugly? Wha? Looks pretty decent to me.

And it provides a Google Bar right above your browsing area (more use to me than anything else), and I haven't had a popup since.

I have to use IE at work. Best to enjoy it as much as possible.

	10-06-2005 02:09									#12
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Tabs

	10-06-2005 02:13									#13
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quote: I used to think the Googlebar was the best invention in the history of the Internet. Then I tried Firefox.

	10-06-2005 02:26									#14
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I use Firefox now, but even back when I used IE I saw no point in it since I already had a popup killer installed
And for me that search bar it adds (nomatter if it's google or whatever) only adds annoyance. For some reason it's just faster for me to manually goto google and search than to search. I know it sounds weird, but I noticed that when I installed firefox for the first time where the first few weeks I actually used the search bar. Now I have removed the bar (I hate having things on my screen that are of no use to me) and I'm less annoyed

	10-06-2005 06:13									#15
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well its a very useful trick to make people install their toolbar and thus use their seach and be tracked by them.

	10-06-2005 06:33									#16
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quote: Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui Google Toolbar is a Godsend.

How? Why would you use IE in the first place?

	10-06-2005 06:35									#17
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MS isn't trying to track anyone. They're trying to get a slice of the pie Google's eating right now.

	10-06-2005 06:39									#18
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quote: Originally posted by Kuciwalker How? Why would you use IE in the first place?

Because sometimes you have to.

	10-06-2005 06:42									#19
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quote: Originally posted by Kuciwalker Why would you use IE in the first place?

I use Firefox most of the time, but as you know, it isn't compatible with all websites. So you can't ditch IE, you unfortunately have to use it once in a while.

	10-06-2005 07:57									#20
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quote: Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui Because sometimes you have to.

Install it on a USB key.