annoying google toolbar for firefox
It's nice to finally have a Google toolbar for Firefox;
However I have to say that the new XUL tool from Google intended to
move the great IE Toolbar to firefox doesn't look that good. The
buttons are cluttered, the pagerank image is unclear, maybe on purpose
since it carries no meaning anymore. Then the german version I have
adds this incredibly annoying mouse tooltip over every english word.
Mysteriously, after the install, users get this mouse tooltip and one
has to first realize why this happens, then dig up in their options
section to remove it. On top of all that, Firefox users now have two
google search boxes, one near the URL box (as many defaulted it to
Google), and now the Google Toolbar search box, and overall the Firefox
top layout becomes more and more cluttered.
Since Google is becoming more and more the new Microsoft, these usability issues are no surprise. Obviously they were pressed by market (rumours about it leaked since days), and google didn't run many user tests before releasing it. However, one would expect more from a company that has the best search engine on the planet
Since Google is becoming more and more the new Microsoft, these usability issues are no surprise. Obviously they were pressed by market (rumours about it leaked since days), and google didn't run many user tests before releasing it. However, one would expect more from a company that has the best search engine on the planet
