Windows Live Toolbar released

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As Microsoft continues to move many of it's MSN features to it's new Windows Live site, Windows Live Toolbar Beta has been released. The Windows Live Toolbar seems to be the new MSN toolbar - tabbed browsing, phishing filter, popup blocker - but with some new Windows Live features added in, like online favorites, auto-detection of RSS feeds, and feeding of those RSS feeds straight to your live.com homepage.

Download: Windows Live Toolbar Beta

This is BETA software!, please use caution when installing it on your system

Full list of features:

• Search from any Web page
• See a warning when a site may be trying to scam your personal info
• Cut down on unwanted pop-ups
• Collect, organize and share the info you find online
• Auto-detect a site's RSS feeds, and have them automatically sent to your personalized Live.com home page
• Effortlessly customize your toolbar with only the buttons you want
• Access your favorites from any PC
• Quickly switch between Web pages in the same window
• Fill in Web forms instantly

(1 reply) #1 The AcE on 08 May 2006 - 02:31

Does it works with FF?

#1.1 wildduck on 08 May 2006 - 02:58

sure it does :-)

#2 :No-Frost: on 08 May 2006 - 03:22

And what about Opera??

#3 Yochanan on 08 May 2006 - 03:55

Huh? I tried this two months ago from the Live site. How exactly was it just released? Same file size too, 818 KB.

(1 reply) #4 see-seA on 08 May 2006 - 07:10

Google toolbar is just fine for me thanks.

#4.1 shao on 08 May 2006 - 09:52

thanks for the update.

#5 Croquant on 08 May 2006 - 07:47

That's all we need: Another freeking toolbar.

#6 snuffy on 08 May 2006 - 09:10

does it work with 64bit?

#7 eminem213486 on 08 May 2006 - 14:15

wow, this is the first toolbar from ms i actually like, live is shaping up to become a nice standard in windows and the web. i like...

live favorites - take ur favs anywhere, hopefully better integration with hotmail, and hotmail needs better integration with messenger (ala gmail/gtalk)

#8 green_geeky_dude on 08 May 2006 - 18:52

Its a toolbar, few bells and whistles, nothing special, Bill Gates gets excited easily nowadays I see ;-)

#9 JoDaddy on 08 May 2006 - 21:05

Hmmm - this lets you choose another search provider. Nice.

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