Google has released a new version of Google Toolbar which is available for download for Internet Explorer only. The new version (Google Toolbar 6) is not yet available for Firefox users. Although this is a sad news for firefox users, there is one good news too!

Google has integrated a desktop search application along with this toolbar. No it’s not like the previous desktop search provided by Google instead, the new toolbar places a ‘Google’ button just besides your XP or Vista start menu and clicking it will open a box as shown on the left hand side. You can type in your queries in that box and upon clicking enter it will show you the results in your default browser. This box can be opened using the shortcut key Ctrl + Space. This shortcut key can also be changed as per your requirements. What’s more is, you can also get suggestions in the dialog box just like the normal Google search engine. I really find it convenient and already a fan of it. The best thing, if you are firefox user is that, you can install Google toolbar 6 for IE and still use this new feature. You don’t have to worry about installaling it for Firefox too! It will still however, open Firefox, if that’s your default browser. Also, the layout of the Google Toolbar has changed and now looks like as shown in the picture below. I however didn’t find any big changes in this one apart from the GUI changes.

New Layout