A toolbar you actually want to use (No download, no registration)
http://www.dashler.com/toolbar/ Dashler Toolbar is a bookmarklet that opens up a toolbar of shortcuts to various webpages, and allows for super easy bookmarking. You can open the toolbar, highlight content, then open up a floating window of the results on any of (currently) dozens of websites, like Wikipedia, IMDb, various dictionaries, translate, etc. Some shortcuts use the URL or Domain of the page you are at. For example, you can jump to Quantcast/Alexa results for the page you're viewing, shorten the URL, or search within the site with Google and ilk. [Advanced: For shortcuts that use a…
A toolbar you actually want to use (No download, no registration) launched on October 12, 2010 with 14 votes, #14 of 55 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches.
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Dashler Toolbar is a bookmarklet that provides quick access to shortcuts for dozens of websites including Wikipedia, IMDb, dictionaries, and translation services. Users can highlight content on any webpage and instantly search or look it up across these platforms. The toolbar also enables easy bookmarking and offers shortcuts tied to the current page's URL or domain, such as checking site analytics or shortening links. The toolbar is fully customizable through drag-and-drop organization and requires no download or registration.
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http://www.dashler.com/toolbar/ Dashler Toolbar is a bookmarklet that opens up a toolbar of shortcuts to various webpages, and allows for super easy bookmarking. You can open the toolbar, highlight content, then open up a floating window of the results on any of (currently) dozens of websites, like Wikipedia, IMDb…
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