bhan261
join:2001-02-12
New York, NY | Hm-m-m...
It appears that even the emperor Google has no clothes. |
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Mike
Premium,Mod
join:2000-09-17
Pittsburgh, PA
clubs:  
 ·Verizon FIOS
 ·Verizon Online DSL
Host:
Site Tools
W.O.W.
FairPoint
World of Warcraft
Alltel Axcess
| This made me boot into windows
My google toolbar is fine... oh... wait a minute |
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kabhal
Premium
join:2002-02-05
Oklahoma City, OK |  Strange...
Mine never changed at all? Maybe you have to have the page ranking system on or something..? |
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Hall
Premium,MVM
join:2000-04-28
Dayton, OH | Read the EULA !
said by news story:
better than the one 99% of people just scroll through, and punch 'I ACCEPT'.
Who's problem is that ?? |
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Corvus
Flaming Tards Since 2003
Premium,VIP
join:2003-11-26 | reply to kabhal
Re: Strange...
? Restart your computer. Mine just change yesterday at 10pm! I've see some black squares then after restarting IE I saw this thing. |
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mbernste
Boosted
Premium,MVM
join:2001-06-30
Piscataway, NJ
 ·Comcast
·Optimum Online
| Don't download toolbars
And this is why I do not download toolbars of any kind. All of these add-ons have the potential of auto-installing spyware, adware, or malware. I like Internet Explorer (deride me if you will) and I can live with the occasional pop-up of which 99% I close without looking at anyway.
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MEDIAN2k3
Where Ya Goin?
Premium
join:2002-12-04
Bronx, NY
clubs: |  google looks cute
looks cute to me, i could care less. |
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ssj4android
Redefining Reality
join:2002-04-14
Wyoming, MI | I uninstalled it a while ago
Not because of this, but because it was very flakey. It would be on some windows, but not others. Most of the windows that had it enabled didn't even show it since they didn't have any toolbars. |
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Flizesh
Premium
join:2003-08-16
Staten Island, NY
clubs: | i use firefox which has a search field on the toolbar already.. oh well. maybe they should have read the EULA  |
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SleepyTech
Just One More Post... Sssnnzz
Premium,VIP
join:2001-06-21
Godfrey, IL
| reply to ssj4android
heh It's just Some Hearts in the Search field.. Give me a break.... next thing you know folks will be complaining about the fact that the Google search page adds different funny Graphics to it's name..
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Mike
Premium,Mod
join:2000-09-17
Pittsburgh, PA
clubs:
1 edit | reply to Hall
Re: Read the EULA !
I dunno.
Hell, everything you do and load on your Microsoft ran computer Microsoft owns. I think they also have power of attorney and can seize your computer at any time for any reason.
EULAs rock for the business. |
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MoJeeper
The Stig in 2012
Premium
join:2000-10-20
Springfield, MO | reply to SleepyTech
Re: I uninstalled it a while ago
No change here  |
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IronChefMoto
Premium
join:2001-02-08
Alpharetta, GA
| reply to SleepyTech
said by SleepyTech  :
heh It's just Some Hearts in the Search field.. Give me a break.... next thing you know folks will be complaining about the fact that the Google search page adds different funny Graphics to it's name..
Amen. What a bunch of privacy fanatics. If that's the WORST that Google has done to its toolbar since its inception, then the sane amongst us are pretty sure that you'll live another day to get your panties in a wad about something REALLY scary.
Google has always been good about their toolbar being relatively safe. I'm sure they just tied it into the theme they had on their website for one of the bigger "holidays." No harm, no foul. Turn off PageRank, AutoFill, etc. and get on with your lives.
IronChefMorimoto
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digiblur
Got Sipura?
Premium
join:2002-06-03
Louisiana
| reply to MoJeeper
No change to my google toolbar |
said by MoJeeper :
No change here
No change here... oh wait. Nevermind. I canned IE for Firebird/fox a long time ago... hmmm...where did my IE icon on my desktop go? |
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Da22in
Buck Fush
join:2002-06-10
Charlotte, NC
clubs:
| reply to SleepyTech
I'll second that. Hey, why don't you (the paranoid) go get Mozilla?! Seems like the trendy thing to do, eh? Surprising that noone is bashing MS over this, another en vogue practice!  |
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kabhal
Premium
join:2002-02-05
Oklahoma City, OK
| reply to Corvus
Re: Strange...
I've restarted my computer 3 times today (installing a new modem) and it's still the same toolbar. No black squares, no hearts, no nothing. Just the same google toolbar.
Heyyy, maybe the Google Toolbar somehow figured out that I don't particularly care for valentines day and thus it didn't change it? [/conspiracy] |
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Vchat20
Landing is the REAL challenge
join:2003-09-16
Warren, OH
clubs:
| WTF? c
id like to know what everyones problem is. didnt bother me one single but. i could care less. i use the google toolbar for searching and popup blocking.
again, id like to know why everyone is getting so pissed off about the toolbar changing its theme. you are all acting like little babies. |
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Rygel
Learn How To Use Reply
Premium
join:2001-11-17
Malone, NY
clubs: | no change
Nothing has changed for me on my G. toolbar. I have page rank on. |
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koitsu
Premium
join:2002-07-16
Mountain View, CA
| Q: Features or Windows type?
I've three PCs all with the Toolbar. I did everything I could during the course of people freaking out over a heart background or a black background to see if I could get mine to do it -- nada.
The only thing that comes to mind are the following:
1) Are people with the hearts or black backgrounds using the "w/ Advanced Features" type of the Google Toolbar (i.e. the one that sends helpful usage information back to Google)? All of my systems use the non-Advanced installation mode, just because I didn't really see the point, and I don't agree with sending back usage information for such things.
2) Are people with the hearts or black backgrounds using the "XP Theme" or the "Classic Theme" on their XP machines? I use the Classic theme (heavily modified, including unchecking the "Folders have their own background images" option).
Just some ideas. Oh, and I've rebooted all of those PCs many times over the past 48 hours, so... *shrug*
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Sarick
It's Only Logical
Premium
join:2003-06-03
USA
·FrontierNet Intern..
1 edit | Must be have had something new added.
Must be my old version. |
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