http://tnerd.com/2008/10/21/get-firefox-style-find-bar-in-internet-explorer-with-google-toolbar-5/ (Technology, as it happens, When it happens!) Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:36:32 +0530 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://tnerd.com/2008/10/21/get-firefox-style-find-bar-in-internet-explorer-with-google-toolbar-5/comment-page-1/#comment-57269 Loeb Thu, 12 Mar 2009 17:39:20 +0000 http://tnerd.com/?p=2008#comment-57269 The Google Toolbar word find/highlight functionality is truely it's best feature IMHO. It's like a scroll wheel on a mouse: you don't realize how much you need it until it's taken away. Now, if I could only get Google Toolbar 5.0's word find bar to stay active (so I don't have to hit Ctrl-F to invoke it) AND more importantly, if I could move it to the top of the browser, it would be just as good as it was in Google Toobar 4.0. I don't know understand why user interface designers ever put controls on the bottom of the screen (like the default position for the Windows Start/Task bar) when all the menus, window controls, and most toolbars are at the top. Why make the user move their mouse repeatedly between the top and bottom of the screen? Putting all the controls at the top doesn't use any more screen real-estate and it makes the user interface easier to use. The Google Toolbar word find/highlight functionality is truely it's best feature IMHO. It's like a scroll wheel on a mouse: you don't realize how much you need it until it's taken away. Now, if I could only get Google Toolbar 5.0's word find bar to stay active (so I don't have to hit Ctrl-F to invoke it) AND more importantly, if I could move it to the top of the browser, it would be just as good as it was in Google Toobar 4.0. I don't know understand why user interface designers ever put controls on the bottom of the screen (like the default position for the Windows Start/Task bar) when all the menus, window controls, and most toolbars are at the top. Why make the user move their mouse repeatedly between the top and bottom of the screen? Putting all the controls at the top doesn't use any more screen real-estate and it makes the user interface easier to use.

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