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If it's because of the Google toolbar, what features does it have that can't be replicated with Firefox plugins? Why do people insist on installing the Google t
by apgwoz 19y ago
If it's because of the Google toolbar, what features does it have that can't be replicated with Firefox plugins? Why do people insist on installing the Google toolbar, or any other toolbar for that matter? Browsers are slow enough!
- jraines 19y agoThe StumbleUpon toolbar is pretty sweet . . . just rate sites as you go along and then your Stumbles will be like opening presents.
- marcus 19y agoDidn't know they used collaborative filtering, I thought they just used it to rank sites. If you are right they might be worth investigating.
- jraines 19y agoI'm pretty sure they do. Here's the post that convinced me to try it out: http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/12/28/12-filtering-tips-for-better-information-in-half-the-time-rss-delicious-and-stumbleupon/ http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/12/28/12-filtering...
- jraines 19y agoWTF is wrong with StumbleUpon?
- pchristensen 19y agoGoogle (Yahoo, MSN, etc) ask people to and offer a benefit that is already provided by a decent browser (blocks popups! persistent search box!) and since many users simply take the defaults and do as they're told, voila! Millions of users!