Those who use Internet Explorer cannot install extensions (at least not like those of Google Chrome or Firefox) and, always, had the opportunity to enrich the functions of the browser and integrate it with favorite sites through the toolbar. I am absolutely not one who likes toolbars, they are bulky and often do not give any use, forcing the user to navigate as imposed by the bar. Unfortunately then many sites and software have abused these toolbars forcing unsuspecting users to install bars for Internet Explorer that did nothing but steal users' browsing data by transmitting them externally (see how to delete the toolbar from Internet Explorer)
The only toolbar I used was that of Google, because it allowed me to search on the search engine directly from the bar field.
However, since I abandoned Internet Explorer and with the evolution of browsers, the Google Toolbar has also become superfluous since you can search the internet directly from the address bar.
UPDATE: The Bing Toolbar no longer exists, replaced by the Bing extension for Chrome, completely useless.
The new Bing Bar for Internet Explorer is probably the one and only toolbar in history that you might want to install and that I feel I can recommend dispassionately. Microsoft's Bing bar has been designed to give you quick access to everything you do online and works great from the launch pad built into Internet Explorer . The new toolbar is very light from a resource point of view, it fits perfectly at the top of the IE page, and is visually pleasing, unlike traditional toolbars. It doesn't seem like something "added" but just a piece of the browser.
But its usefulness is not in graphics but what can be done by clicking the buttons on the bar.
The control panel allows you to:
1) Search the internet using Bing with automatic suggestions.
2) Translate the web pages into Italian from English or other languages.
3) Look at the maps and the map of Bing without changing the web page, opening a small window in superimposition.
4) Always watch the weather and the weather forecast by popup.
5) Access the email of Gmail, Yahoo and Hotmail ;
6) Log in to Facebook .
7) Chat on Facebook with online contacts
Pressing the Facebook button opens the connection window where you can authorize the Bing Bar to access your account.
Once logged in you can read the news of your Facebook home, read private messages, watch new photos added by friends and watch notifications. By clicking on "options" you will see that the option to display alerts on Internet Explorer for each new notification, message or friend request is active by default.
With the Bing Bar you can use Facebook without going to the Facebook site in a much better way than the defunct official Facebook Toolbar.
You can also chat and, this novelty, has been introduced in the latest version, with a dedicated box where you can communicate with friends in real time while browsing online.
The same thing happens for Email services because, if you use Gmail, Hotmail or Yahoo Mail, you can receive alerts every time a new email arrives . From the Bing bar you can see the headers or titles of the latest emails received which can be opened in a new tab. On the right of the popup there is the button to compose a new message.
The search on Bing has automatic suggestion and stores the search history. This history setting can be disabled from the settings. To access the options, press the button on the right and, from the configuration panel, you can choose which applications to use on the bar and which notifications to receive.
