October 12, 2004

Yahoo Toolbar for Firefox

Yahoo appear to be making a toolbar for Firefox. Obviously trying to stay ahead of the competition...

Posted by gerv at October 12, 2004 12:03 AM
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Actually, I think that's just about the unoffical project: http://companion.mozdev.org

David Viner has been actively working on this project.

Now, what significance his @yahoo-inc.com address has, I don't know. He's never mentioned, to my knowledge, anything official regarding Yahoo and the extension.

Posted by: Stephen Duncan Jr at October 12, 2004 3:10 AM

Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2004 10:55:27 -0700
From: "Yahoo!Companion" companion-feedback@yahoo-inc.com

Hello,

Thank you for writing to Yahoo! Companion.

We have received several requests for a Mozila version of Yahoo! Companion. Please know that our Production team is looking into this enhancement, but is currently unable to predict when such a program will be ready. In the meantime, please visit the Yahoo! Companion home page for the latest updates and info:

http://companion.yahoo.com

Thank you again for contacting Yahoo! Customer Care.

Regards,

Helen

Yahoo! Customer Care

Posted by: Adel at October 12, 2004 5:00 AM

The other data point is that Brendan reports that, at the Web 2.0 conference, the Yahoo executive said that they were working on one.

Posted by: Gerv at October 12, 2004 8:24 AM

Why would you want another toolbar to clutter your browser? That is the whole reason i switched to Mozilla Firefox in the first place. I didnt want some extra toolbars getting in my browser when other people used my computer.

*sigh* when will it all end?

Posted by: thereisonlyoneforme at October 13, 2004 9:23 PM

Re: Why would you want another toolbar to clutter your browser?

Because I use Yahoo! Bookmarks, which I can manage on a website, and access from any computer that has Yahoo! Toolbar installed on. With Yahoo! Bookmarks, I can access all of my bookmarks wherever I am.

Posted by: Alex Porter at October 26, 2004 5:35 PM

Yahoo bookmarks not as effective as del.icio.us and what happens when you get to a computer that doesn't have the toolbar? Download the toolbar on someone elses computer?


Posted by: Mike t at October 27, 2004 1:14 PM