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Google’s Firefox Toolbar Gets Chrome’s New Tab Feature

via Mashable! by Jennifer Van Grove on 1/30/09

So Google's Web browser Chrome has plenty of early fans, but if you're like me and you're on a Mac, or you haven't sipped the Chrome kool-aid just yet, then today's Google Toolbar for Firefox news should come as a pleasant addition to your browsing experience.

With the second beta release, Google has added a personalized new tab feature to their Firefox toolbar. Thus, everytime you open a new tab you'll get a thumbnail view of your favorite sites, recent bookmarks, and recently closed tabs - just like you get in Google Chrome.

Even though you could essentially accomplish the same task via alternative Firefox add-ons, we find the new feature refreshing and handy, especially given the fact that you get standard Google Toolbar goodies like page rank info, plus you can now instantly access your favorite sites, customize the thumbnails (just click edit at the bottom of the page), and the data remains locally on your computer — that info isn't sent back to Google.

Download the upgrade, give it a spin, and let us know what you think in the comments.

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