The AOL
ToolbarIn a graphical user interface on a computer monitor a toolbar is a GUI widget on which onscreen buttons, icons, menus or other input or output elements are placed....
is a browser toolbar. It is made by
AOLAmerica Online, LLC is an American global Internet services and media company operated by Time Warner. It is headquartered at 770 Broadway in Midtown Manhattan, New York City...
for and can be used on
Internet ExplorerWindows Internet Explorer , is a series of graphical web browsers developed by Microsoft and included as part of the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems starting in 1995...
,
FirefoxMozilla Firefox is a free and open source web browser descended from the Mozilla Application Suite and managed by Mozilla Corporation. Firefox has 23.75% of the recorded usage share of web browsers , making it the second most popular browser in terms of current use worldwide after Microsoft's...
, and Flock. It has a few default buttons like Mail, Weather, and Radio, but it also allows you to add lots of sites to the Toolbar from the Button Gallery (you can also add any site if you drag and drop a site's favicon.
It allows you to search, view widgets from many sites, read RSS feeds, and counts the number of pages you visit using a little odometer.
The AOL Toolbar was given 4 out of 5 stars by CNet.
There are also a lot of other Toolbars made by AOL, including AIM, MapQuest, AOL Radio, Winamp, and a bunch more.
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The AOL
ToolbarIn a graphical user interface on a computer monitor a toolbar is a GUI widget on which onscreen buttons, icons, menus or other input or output elements are placed....
is a browser toolbar. It is made by
AOLAmerica Online, LLC is an American global Internet services and media company operated by Time Warner. It is headquartered at 770 Broadway in Midtown Manhattan, New York City...
for and can be used on
Internet ExplorerWindows Internet Explorer , is a series of graphical web browsers developed by Microsoft and included as part of the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems starting in 1995...
,
FirefoxMozilla Firefox is a free and open source web browser descended from the Mozilla Application Suite and managed by Mozilla Corporation. Firefox has 23.75% of the recorded usage share of web browsers , making it the second most popular browser in terms of current use worldwide after Microsoft's...
, and Flock. It has a few default buttons like Mail, Weather, and Radio, but it also allows you to add lots of sites to the Toolbar from the Button Gallery (you can also add any site if you drag and drop a site's favicon.
It allows you to search, view widgets from many sites, read RSS feeds, and counts the number of pages you visit using a little odometer.
The AOL Toolbar was given 4 out of 5 stars by CNet.
There are also a lot of other Toolbars made by AOL, including AIM, MapQuest, AOL Radio, Winamp, and a bunch more. They are posted on http://toolbar.aol.com/all
System requirements
- Windows Users
- Windows 2000
Windows 2000 is a line of operating systems produced by Microsoft for use on business desktops, notebook computers, and servers. Released on February 17, 2000, it was the successor to Windows NT 4.0, and is the final release of Microsoft Windows to display the "Windows NT" designation...
, XPWindows XP is a line of operating systems produced by Microsoft for use on personal computers, including home and business desktops, laptops, and media centers. The name "XP" is short for "eXPerience"...
or VistaWindows Vista is a line of operating systems developed by Microsoft for use on personal computers, including home and business desktops, laptops, tablet PCs, and media center PCs...
- Browser requirements
- Internet Explorer
Windows Internet Explorer , is a series of graphical web browsers developed by Microsoft and included as part of the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems starting in 1995...
(version 5.5Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 is a graphical web browser released in March 1999 by Microsoft, primarily for Microsoft Windows, but initially with versions available for Apple Macintosh, Sun Solaris, and HP-UX. It was one of the main participants of the first Browser war...
or higher) or Flock
- Firefox (version 1.5 or higher)
Note:
OperaOpera is a web browser and internet suite developed by the Opera Software company. The browser handles common Internet-related tasks such as displaying websites, sending and receiving e-mail messages, managing contacts, IRC online chatting, downloading files via BitTorrent, and reading web feeds...
is currently not supported since Opera does not support any Toolbars
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