Are there any Browser tool bars that don't suck?

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Guyver
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As I was going though the paces of setting up a fresh install of Windows 7 and installing a whole heap of free programs that I need. I got a horrible reminder that just about every piece of software I use asks do I want to install "this" tool bar and make such and such my home page.
They are sneaky as well having all those options pre-selected as "yes please make my browser slower and reduce my window size". You always got to watch out for those extra installs they try to sneak in, it can be easy to forget as you mash the next and ok buttons.
So after all of that was done I was thinking is there any browser tool bars that are actually useful?
Before the added quick Google search was semi-useful but that's a standard feature on Firefox. Also you can just use the URL section for Google searches as well.





One of these perhaps? :P
18/04/2012
sjt333
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iamtom
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The web-dev toolbar for FireFox is really freaking useful.
18/04/2012
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Yeah, the Developer Toolbar on whatever browser you might be using is excellent. That's pretty much the only toolbar that I use.
19/04/2012
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Guyver
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I don't do any developing so I can't get use out of that one.
19/04/2012
Desi
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I'd say no then. I don't even have a Google search box anymore because you can do it straight from your URL box now.
19/04/2012
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Yeah, toolbars... Malware, every last one of them.
19/04/2012
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iamtom
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Doyl said: Yeah, toolbars... Malware, every last one of them.



Except for developer ones, this is pretty much it.
19/04/2012
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