{"id":1984,"date":"2010-08-09T00:01:39","date_gmt":"2010-08-09T08:01:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/?p=1984"},"modified":"2010-08-07T18:31:11","modified_gmt":"2010-08-08T02:31:11","slug":"removing-annoying-toolbars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/?p=1984","title":{"rendered":"Removing Annoying Toolbars"},"content":{"rendered":"

Take a look at your web browser, especially if it’s Internet Explorer. Do you see something extra on the screen? Is the browser window getting inexplicably small? Then you probably have toolbar bloat.
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\nOne of the stupid things about computers is that it’s so easy to customize things. I supposed the developers do that to keep things flexible and let you make your computer work best for you.<\/p>\n

Problem: Most people don’t care.<\/p>\n

Customization, modification, personalization \u2014 it’s all lost on most users.<\/p>\n

In fact, most of the time, a typical user stumbles into a customization option. Then they’re either panicked or frustrated that they can’t get things back to the way they were.<\/p>\n

So much for flexible.<\/p>\n

Figure 1 illustrates an Internet Explorer window with three add-on toolbars displayed. Top-to-bottom they are Google, Windows Live, and Yahoo. Ugh.<\/p>\n

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Figure 1. IE in Toolbar Hell.<\/p><\/div>\n

Removing the toolbars isn’t hell, however. It’s simple:<\/p>\n

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  1. Right-click on the left end of the toolbar.<\/li>\n
  2. Choose the toolbar name from the pop-up menu.<\/li>\n
  3. If you’re prompted to disable the add-on, click the Disable button.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    If there are other options to check in Step 3, then check them all. I’m serious. Disable everything. That could make your system run faster.<\/p>\n

    When you right-click the Google toolbar you may see a custom pop-up menu. If so, choose the option to disable the toolbar. Or you can click on the X close button, in which case you may be prompted to disable the toolbar.<\/p>\n

    Here’s a tip for customizing any program window: Use the View menu.<\/p>\n

    On the View menu you’ll usually find options for hiding and displaying various options. Sometimes where is a Toolbars submenu found on the main View menu.<\/p>\n

    If you don’t see a View menu, press the F10 key. In many Windows programs, pressing that key displays a hidden menu bar, from which you can choose the View menu.<\/p>\n

    In some programs, the options for showing and hiding toolbars might be found in the Windows menu.<\/p>\n

    Where do the toolbars go when you banish them? Why, they go straight back to Toolbar Hell.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Take a look at your web browser, especially if it’s Internet Explorer. Do you see something extra on the screen? Is the browser window getting inexplicably small? Then you probably have toolbar bloat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1984","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-main"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1984","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1984"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1984\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2005,"href":"https:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1984\/revisions\/2005"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1984"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1984"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1984"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}