Introducing the WinCustomize Toolbar
Take WC with you wherever you surf
Tuesday, October 2, 2007 by Zoomba | Discussion: WinCustomize News
Today we're kicking off a little experiment on WinCustomize. We are exploring products and services that will allow you to take the site with you, so to speak. While we want you to spend as much time as possible browsing the site, sometimes you do the unthinkable and click a link to some other site, and leave us here, wondering when you'll come back. We miss you. We made cookies but you weren't here. I think I even saw Jafo with a tear in his eye. Don't do that to Jafo, he's a sensitive guy and needs you.
But despite the cookies, and the tears of sadness, you still go off now and then. So we'd like to make it easier for you to come back. In the past, unless you had a page bookmarked, or URL memorized, you would have to go click through the site to get to the content you were looking for. You also weren't immediately aware when something exciting was going on in the community until you hit up the front page again. To help with this, we've partnered up with Conduit to build a browser toolbar specific to WinCustomize and its users.
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| toolbar powered by Conduit |
Here are a few features of the toolbar:
- Integrated Search
Search Google, Wikipedia, and even WinCustomize itself directly from the toolbar. Just pick your desired search engine and go. - Quick Links to Favorite Tools, Galleries, Community Sites & More
We've built in links to some of our most popular content, making it quick and easy to get to what you're looking for. - Get Important WinCustomize Announcements Delivered Straight to Your Browser
We can broadcast important announcements to all toolbar users. You won't be late to find out about important releases, contests or events ever again. - RSS feeds, Local Weather, Internet Radio, Email Notification & More
- Never Update The Toolbar
As we continue to improve and expand the toolbar, you won't have to worry about downloading and update. Changes are automatically distributed to toolbar users whenever they restart their browser.
The toolbar is 100% free to all users, and completely safe to use. It contains no spyware, malware and does not collect or transmit personal information. This is also the first version of the toolbar, so we're very interested in hearing what you think of it and what you'd like to see us add to it. Please leave your feedback and comments below.
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Reply #3 Tuesday, October 2, 2007 9:43 AM
Thank you
Reply #4 Tuesday, October 2, 2007 9:43 AM
JAFO!!!!
Reply #5 Tuesday, October 2, 2007 9:56 AM
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Reply #8 Tuesday, October 2, 2007 10:18 AM
....stop already, you're making me misty... sniff, sniff
I promise I'll always come back and I'll install your toolbar.
Reply #9 Tuesday, October 2, 2007 10:24 AM
Zoomba adds "guilt" to list of useful traffic building tools 
I'm glad everyone's liking the toolbar so far. All the suggestions and feedback on this thread will be gathered up. What can be changed quickly, will, and we can't we'll look at for periodic major updates. So keep 'em coming!
Reply #11 Tuesday, October 2, 2007 10:35 AM
Enough to do to uncheck the other toolbars in other installs all the time...
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Reply #15 Tuesday, October 2, 2007 11:12 AM
Bloated. If it's a wincustomize toolbar, then make the content relate only to wincustomize.
Email checking, popup blocking, radio? Not necessary.
Overall a nice idea, but ultimately overkill I think. Plus, I know how my "Back" button works, so don't tend to get lost
Reply #16 Tuesday, October 2, 2007 11:16 AM
I think that a LOT of people have TRIED to get you to GO.. but not happened.. LOL (BFF)
Reply #17 Tuesday, October 2, 2007 11:21 AM
I agree with some here, im not a huge fan of toolbars, have plenty (google) it does what i need it to do, search, and allow me to move to the next search result.
I think there could be a cool Icon Tray gadget that could popup to show private messages, or updates to skins, etc. Things that we "should" be getting emails on (i dont get most of the update emails anymore, no idea why). Have it read a special RSS that could be updated to show "special bulletins" or something. Just another idea.
Reply #18 Tuesday, October 2, 2007 11:22 AM
Email checking, popup blocking, radio?
Reply #19 Tuesday, October 2, 2007 11:28 AM
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Reply #1 Tuesday, October 2, 2007 9:38 AM