# Google Toolbar and Google Chrome **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 16, 2009, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-toolbar-and-google-chrome/521453 "2009-12-16T04:10:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2009, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-toolbar-and-google-chrome/521453/1 "2009-12-16T04:10:35Z")
You’d think Google would make it’s toolbar work with it’s own browser wouldn’t you? Think again. > [@Google Toolbar Download Page](#): > > We’re sorry, but Google Toolbar is only available for Internet Explorer and Firefox. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Silophant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a698b9/32.png) [@Silophant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silophant)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2009, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-toolbar-and-google-chrome/521453/2 "2009-12-16T04:28:13Z")
Well, presumably everything Google Toolbar does is built right into Chrome. So it’s unnecessary. _disclaimer_ I’ve never used Google Toolbar, and I only used Chrome for a week or so before going back to Firefox. So this is just an educated guess. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2009, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-toolbar-and-google-chrome/521453/3 "2009-12-16T05:04:47Z")
The Google toolbar does quite a bit more than Chrome has built it, like doing other types of searches such as Site Search. I also like the ability to click a search term on the bar to go to it on the page. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2009, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-toolbar-and-google-chrome/521453/4 "2009-12-16T05:16:59Z")
Chrome is very basic, it has minimal features, as far as I can tell they don’t include things like instant translation of websites. ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Barchetta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/da6949/32.png) [@Red\_Barchetta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Barchetta)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2009, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-toolbar-and-google-chrome/521453/5 "2009-12-16T08:41:27Z")
> [@Revtim](#): > > The Google toolbar does quite a bit more than Chrome has built it, like doing other types of searches such as Site Search. I also like the ability to click a search term on the bar to go to it on the page. This is what extensions are for, which are now available for the beta version of Chrome. You can switch over rather easily by downloading it from the official site. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2009, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-toolbar-and-google-chrome/521453/6 "2009-12-16T09:29:38Z")
> [@Red\_Barchetta](#): > > This is what extensions are for, which are now available for the beta version of Chrome. You can switch over rather easily by downloading it from the official site. Thanks for that, I now have an ad blocker for Chrome and can stop using Firefox! ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2009, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-toolbar-and-google-chrome/521453/7 "2009-12-16T14:13:31Z")
[quote=“1920s Style “Death Ray”, post:6, topic:521453”] Thanks for that, I now have an ad blocker for Chrome and can stop using Firefox! [/QUOTE] Is there any particular reason to? I’m in no particular hurry to stop using Firefox. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2009, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-toolbar-and-google-chrome/521453/8 "2009-12-16T16:45:29Z")
> [@Red\_Barchetta](#): > > This is what extensions are for, which are now available for the beta version of Chrome. You can switch over rather easily by downloading it from the official site. I went through all the available extensions recently, and did not see ones for those functions I mentioned. I did see enough good ones to install that I now use Chrome about half the time now though, so I can see switching to Chrome permanently at some point if it remains quicker than Firefox. I still want the Google toolbar though. ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Barchetta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/da6949/32.png) [@Red\_Barchetta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Barchetta)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2009, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-toolbar-and-google-chrome/521453/9 "2009-12-17T01:06:03Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > Is there any particular reason to? I’m in no particular hurry to stop using Firefox. In my experience: It’s significantly faster–both boot-up and page load times. Less crash prone Better/streamlined UI The Omnibar kicks the crap out of the misnomer “awesome bar” And now that it has extensions, I can’t think of any reason why I would ever want to go back to Firefox–a once great browser that has become a slow, crash-prone lumbering giant. It has sadly become what it set out to avoid. ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2009, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-toolbar-and-google-chrome/521453/10 "2009-12-17T01:33:38Z")
I have not yet found anything like the Google Toolbar autofill. I have been using Chrome for about a week to give it a fair shot, but am close to switching back to IE. - No autofill. - Inferior bookmark functions. - Exchange drops you down to OWA-lite. I have also had one web site not working properly - I don’t know if that is a common problem, but it is why I dropped Firefox - my online banking site did not work. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2009, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-toolbar-and-google-chrome/521453/11 "2009-12-17T01:35:34Z")
> [@Red\_Barchetta](#): > > In my experience: > > It’s significantly faster–both boot-up and page load times. > Less crash prone > Better/streamlined UI > The Omnibar kicks the crap out of the misnomer “awesome bar” > > And now that it has extensions, I can’t think of any reason why I would ever want to go back to Firefox–a once great browser that has become a slow, crash-prone lumbering giant. It has sadly become what it set out to avoid. How easy is it to add the extensions? I know it was supposed to be possible to block ads in the existing version of Chrome, but I tried it and gave up, because it involved too much manual tinkering/ ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2009, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-toolbar-and-google-chrome/521453/12 "2009-12-17T01:47:49Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > How easy is it to add the extensions? I know it was supposed to be possible to block ads in the existing version of Chrome, but I tried it and gave up, because it involved too much manual tinkering/ Install the [DEV(elopment) version](http://www.google.com/chrome/intl/en/eula_dev.html), go to the [Adsweep Website](http://adsweep.org/), and click the link. Then restart Chrome. It’s about as simple as Firefox, really. If they ever implement Live Bookmarks (even if by extension), I’ll consider actually using it. Right now, I run an [optimized version of Firefox 3.0.14](http://weblog.pigfoot.org/pigfoot/2009/09/16/firefox-3-0-14-release-optimized-build/), so the only speed issue I have is how long it takes to close. ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Barchetta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/da6949/32.png) [@Red\_Barchetta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Barchetta)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2009, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-toolbar-and-google-chrome/521453/13 "2009-12-17T02:26:20Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > How easy is it to add the extensions? I know it was supposed to be possible to block ads in the existing version of Chrome, but I tried it and gave up, because it involved too much manual tinkering/ It really couldn’t be easier. I find most of mine here: [https://chrome.google.com/extensions/](https://chrome.google.com/extensions/) Click to download and it offers to install automatically. That’s it. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2009, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-toolbar-and-google-chrome/521453/14 "2009-12-17T09:51:40Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > Is there any particular reason to? I’m in no particular hurry to stop using Firefox. I really like the single search/address bar thing. and I like the simple style. Other than that I think it’s an emotional thing really, there’s just something about Firefox that rubs me up the wrong way. I had been using Google with the ad blocker bookmark, but like you say, it was cumbersome. Every time I went to a new page on the SDMB I’d have to click the little bookmark to take the ads away, so I went to Firefox for the SDMB. Now that the beta version has the extensions and it has a proper ad blocker I’m back to using Chrome for everything except Microsoft Exchange due to it only supporting Exchange lite. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2009, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-toolbar-and-google-chrome/521453/15 "2009-12-17T10:00:42Z")
> [@amarone](#): > > I have not yet found anything like the Google Toolbar autofill. I have been using Chrome for about a week to give it a fair shot, but am close to switching back to IE. > > - No autofill. > - Inferior bookmark functions. > - Exchange drops you down to OWA-lite. > . There is an IE Tab extension for Chrome. It runs Internet Explorer in a Chrome tab and you can tell it what websites you want to use Internet Explorer for and it will automatically use the IE tab for those websites. I’ve just tested it for MS Exchange and it works well, no more Exchange lite in Chrome, YAY! ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2009, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-toolbar-and-google-chrome/521453/16 "2009-12-17T12:50:47Z")
[quote=“1920s Style “Death Ray”, post:15, topic:521453”] There is an IE Tab extension for Chrome. It runs Internet Explorer in a Chrome tab and you can tell it what websites you want to use Internet Explorer for and it will automatically use the IE tab for those websites. I’ve just tested it for MS Exchange and it works well, no more Exchange lite in Chrome, YAY! [/QUOTE] That solves that issue - thanks! Now for what could be the deal-breaker: I have just discovered that when I cut and paste a list of deathpool names from a post in Chrome, it puts a space on the end of some of the names. This is no good. When I paste into my master list, "Muhammad Ali " is viewed differently from “Muhammad Ali”. I don’t want to have to keep editing the names to take the space off. And if I put SDMB in an IE tab, then I might as well run IE. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2009, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-toolbar-and-google-chrome/521453/17 "2009-12-17T13:11:32Z")
Hmm, not sure what’s happening there. I just did a copy and paste of your example list from the 2010 death pool and it copied into Excel with no extraneous spaces. Can you give an example of a list that this happens on? P.S. You have Jane McGrath in your example list, just how famous was she anyway? ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2009, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-toolbar-and-google-chrome/521453/18 "2009-12-17T13:13:04Z")
[quote=“1920s Style “Death Ray”, post:17, topic:521453”] Hmm, not sure what’s happening there. I just did a copy and paste of your example list from the 2010 death pool and it copied into Excel with no extraneous spaces. Can you give an example of a list that this happens on? [/QUOTE] The most recent - by Wallet. Most of those get an extra space. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2009, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-toolbar-and-google-chrome/521453/19 "2009-12-17T13:33:21Z")
That’s because Wallet has put spaces after his items. If you quote his post you’ll see that the spaces are in the quote. Problem is not with the browser but with the participant’s formatting. Solution, educate participants ;). Edit: He may have originally written them as an in line list such as “item one item two item three etc” and then gone to the start of each item and inserted a line break which has left the space following the previous item. ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2009, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-toolbar-and-google-chrome/521453/20 "2009-12-17T13:37:30Z")
[quote=“1920s Style “Death Ray”, post:19, topic:521453”] That’s because Wallet has put spaces after his items. If you quote his post you’ll see that the spaces are in the quote. Problem is not with the browser but with the participant’s formatting. Solution, educate participants ;). Edit: He may have originally written them as an in line list such as “item one item two item three etc” and then gone to the start of each item and inserted a line break which has left the space following the previous item. [/QUOTE] But when I copy and paste from IE, there are no spaces. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-toolbar-and-google-chrome/521453.md?page=2)