

"I thought I'd drop you a note to give a heads up on something Google will be releasing next week: a version of our Internet Explorer toolbar for Firefox," the e-mail reads.

However, an e-mail to GoogleBar developers sent under the name of Google engineer Fritz Schneider and dated 1 July refers to the proposed Firefox toolbar. Users of open source alternatives have until now used the GoogleBar - an independent project which emulates most of the Google toolbar features. Google is poised to release a version of its toolbar for the Firefox browser, according to information sent to developers of an open source toolbar alternative.Īlthough Google's toolbar - which provides users with easy access to advanced functionality such as spellchecking and translation - has been available for Internet Explorer for more than four years, this is the first version to appear for users of the Firefox browser, developed by the Mozilla foundation.
