Messaging Pipeline | Browsers | Yahoo Adds Features To Firefox Toolbar
Free Newsletter GlossaryContact UsAbout Us
One To One Collaboration Servers & Security Business

February 09, 2006

Yahoo Adds Features To Firefox Toolbar



Courtesy of

Yahoo Inc. on Thursday said it has added features to its for the latest version of the Firefox Web browser.

The Sunnyvale, Calif., portal said on its that by using the right mouse button, toolbar users will be able to access Yahoo Search, Web mail, instant messaging or Yahoo's social networking site 360 degrees.

In addition, toolbar subscribers can use their mouse to save whatever page they're on to Yahoo's My Web personal portal or to Yahoo Bookmarks service.

Yahoo is available now for Mozilla Corp.'s Firefox 1.5.

On Wednesday, Yahoo for its My Web 2.0 personal portal, which is in beta. The homepage, for example, has been upgraded to provide immediate access to a person's three most recently saved Web pages, and the ability to search pages saved by everyone on the network.

In addition, Yahoo has added tools for inserting recently saved pages in blogs, and for placing a button on a page so others can save it directly into My Web.

E-mail This Story
Print This Story





Get the latest Messaging news, product info, and trends every week.


Related Content

  Right-click and choose Copy to extract RSS Feed URL  Messaging Pipeline's Main RSS Feed
  Right-click and choose Copy to extract RSS Feed URL  Messaging Pipeline's Blog RSS Feed




Editorial and vendor perspectives






Editor's Picks
The Six Flavors Of Windows Vista
Microsoft plans to release a full six-pack of Vista versions, one for every taste. Which Vista will be right for you?

Hope is Not Enough When It Comes To Compliance

Three Ways To Authenticate E-Mail And Stop Spam

Wikis In The Workplace

Review: Google Desktop 3

Vendors are now talking about how collaboration can be improved by integrating video with messaging applications. They're even talking about adding live TV to mobile phones. How far do you go before it becomes a bandwidth and business productivity drain?
Video is a great idea
    13%
Video is fine but there needs to be size limits
    25%
It's never used for anything really productive
    38%
I draw the line at live TV
    25%


In search of messaging products? Check out our brand new Product Finder for a directory of groupware and collaboration tools, security products, archiving solutions, and more.



MESSAGING PIPELINE MARKETPLACE (sponsored links)

Digital Warehouse buys, sells, & rents used Cisco networking hardware such as routers & switches, as well as Juniper, Extreme & Foundry at 50-80% off list price. One year warrantee and fast delivery.


Stop spam on your terms with CanIt-PRO, the most flexible and customizable anti-spam solution available for the mail server. Offers per-user or per-group controls and is available as software or hardware appliance.


Use your Intranet to manage Software Licenses, plan for Windows XP/2000 upgrades, do Security Audits and more. Click to try and ask for our white paper - PC Management for the Internet Age.


Analysts at the Tolly Group put a leading Branch Office IT services solution to the test, measuring performance, security and data reliability. Download the results, detailed in this free report, now.


Whether you need temporary or permanent access to remote PCs, LogMeIn has your solution: LogMeIn IT Reach for automatic maintenance of remote and mobile systems, and LogMeIn Rescue for instant, web-based remote access without pre-installing software.






Sponsored Links:      
 |   |   |   |   |   | 
 |   |   |   | 
 |   |   |   |   | 
Messaging Pipeline  |   |   |   | 
 |   |   |   |   | 
© 2006 | MESSAGING PIPELINE All rights reserved. | |