So I’ve never been one for toolbars in a web browser. Nothing has been compelling enough to make me install it, that and I’ve seen far too many spyware bull@#$$ bars get installed automagically that I’ve had to remove from far to many computers that I’ve had to fix.
That said, I just installed the Google toolbar for Firefox. The spellcheck and the autolink for google maps were compelling. The only drawback so far is the giant google search field. I search google from the address bar in Firefox, always have, probably always will, so for the moment, it’s just taking up space, as there isn’t a way to turn it off, as that’s probably the primary reason for a Google toolbar (even though there’s a search box option for the toolbar in FireFox that defaults to google, which I’ve also got turned off).
And now that I’ve tried it, I must say, the spell check feature is quite snazzy. There’s probably a spell check hidden in movable type somewhere, or offered as a plugin, but I’ve never sought it out, so I’m sure there’s some very questionable spelling going on in my older posts, but hopefully, not anymore.