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The Yahoo! Toolbar Is Annoying

I tried the Yahoo! Toolbar. It allows tab browsing with Internet Explorer 5.5 and 6.0. The tab feature is a nice idea but the tab is very restrictive. “The new tab navigates to Yahoo! Search; from there you can navigate using your IE Favorites/bookmarks.” The tab can only open in Yahoo! Search.

Link: Ask Yahoo! Toolbar Help

There is no option to exercise your preferences. For example, I cannot open a new tab that shows my home page.

I uninstalled the Yahoo! Toolbar.

Catherine Forsythe

[tags]yahoo, toolbar, preferences, home page, tab browsing[/tags]

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