Tuesday, January 31, 2006

score threshold added, google toolbar adds an alien

You asked for it... some of you may have noticed a new preference "don't show me sites with a score less than [#]" that should clean up your screen a bit.

We also got a pleasant surprise from the folks at Google, who just released a new Google Toolbar feature: custom buttons. The cool part was that they made us a reddit button to release to you all (thanks, Othman!). You'll need to snag the beta version of the Google Toolbar here (unfortunately, it's only working on IE right now) and download reddit.com.xml.

To install, just save reddit.com.xml to the following directory on your computer: C:\Documents and Settings\[username]\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Custom Buttons (you may need to turn on "show hidden files & folders" in your folder settings to make these visible -- feel free to email if you need help)

Steve should have a real update for you soon, but in the meantime, this slick button may be a good enough reason to dust off Internet Explorer... well, maybe not (don't worry, the Firefox version will be out sooner or later).
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