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Besttoolbars Offers an Exhaustive List of Available Features
The options for your custom toolbars are unlimited
Besttoolbars offers the features and functionality your business needs to create a custom toolbar your customers will use over and over again. You can select from a multitude of already-developed features or ask Besttoolbars or one of our partners to create a feature for you.
Besttoolbars features include:
- Advanced Search Features
Extensive search capabilities with flexible search options will make this the search method your users prefer over all others
- Dynamic Programming and Access Features
Add or change features whenever you want - all users' toolbars will be automatically updated to reflect your changes
- Email at your Fingertips
Automated email creation, message notification, and one-button account access simplify email communications for your users
- Simple Client-side Installation
Toolbars are easy to download and can be installed silently from the web page
- Live Events and Content Management
Keep your users' interest and keep them informed with news, alerts, weather, and dynamic menu content
- Monetize your toolbar
Incorporate 3rd party feeds to generate revenue with your toolbar
- Superb Visual and Branding Elements
Create a custom look for your toolbar with advanced graphic elements and branding tools
- Protect the Security and Privacy of Your Users
Filters and blockers give your users control over their web experience
- Helpful Navigation Aids
Make it easier for your users to navigate the web with tools and information
- ToolbarStudio Development Tools
Easily design and launch your custom toolbar with our design wizard and other features
>Multiple Plug-ins Available
Customize your toolbar with already-developed, popular plug-ins. Our plug-in interface provides a menu of plug-ins; just choose a plug-in from the ToolbarStudio menu and add it to your Toolbar!
- Unlimited Extensibility and Features By Request
We offer a wide selection of existing plug-ins, and our Software Development Kit (SDK) allows you to create your own plug-ins to make your toolbar truly unique; with Features By Request, the development team at Besttoolbars or one of our partners will create features especially for you.
Advanced, non-proprietary search features
| Google-style search with autosuggest |
One-click search box with drop-down "search history" |
| Last search |
A personalized search history saved for each user; "last search" takes you back to the results of the last search performed |
| Combined search |
One-click search menu provides options for advanced searching |
| Clear search history |
Clear all recent searches from the toolbar memory |
| Highlight and search |
Highlight a word or phrase from a web page and right-click the highlighted area to select search options |
| Word find feature |
Locate search terms with keyword search buttons that highlight the word on the page. |
| Search word highlighting |
Highlight all search terms on the results page with distinct colors. |
| Auto-suggest search (new!) |
When a user begins to type a search term, the toolbar will automatically suggest frequent searches captured from other search engines. |
| Rival search |
This plug-in displays alternative search results produced by other engines |
| Tabbed search |
This plug-in inserts unlimited tabs with different, one-click search options: search for music, images, video and etc. based on the main search term |
| Context search |
Users can perform search on a word or phrase within any web page simply by highlighting it and right-clicking to select desired "Search" options from the pop-up menu. |
Dynamic Programming and Access Features
| Dynamic update |
You can edit the toolbar file on your server, and all downloaded toolbars will automatically update without any user action required |
| Completely Dynamic Toolbar |
You can dynamically change toolbar content (add extra menus, buttons, etc.) either from your server or from within a visited webpage. |
| Webpage modification |
The Toolbar has an interface for webpage access, allowing you to alter HTML code of web pages being visited (i.e., injecting layers, highlighting)
This feature greatly increases toolbar abilities, providing an almost unlimited set of possible actions with web-pages. |
| Toolbar Scripting |
Script the toolbar using JavaScript to implement keyword matching, content analysis, or ranking mechanisms into your toolbar. |
Email at your Fingertips
| Email checker |
Check and access all of your email accounts automatically; E-mail checker notifies you when you have new mail |
| Tell-a-friend |
Using the "mailto" command, you can create an e-mail with predefined captions and text |
Simple Client-side Installation
| Automatic toolbar upgrade |
All currently installed versions of your toolbar will be automatically updated from your website when a new version is released |
| Automatic installation |
Once downloaded by the user, the toolbar is automatically installed and integrated into the browser |
| Uninstall feature |
The advanced package has an "uninstall" feature that allows users to uninstall the toolbar simply by clicking a link in the menu |
| Distribute additional files |
You can distribute static HTML pages, music, Flash and even executable programs (.EXE) with your toolbar |
Live Events and Content Management
| News ticker |
Achieve higher interaction levels and keep your users informed with a scrolling news ticker or flashing news notifications on the toolbar |
| Dynamic menu content |
Add and change special menus for your toolbar such as "Top 10 items", "Hot list", and etc. which will be automatically updated for all users |
| Alerts |
The alert plug-in allows you to easily send instant messages to all of your toolbar users at once |
| Weather |
The feature shows local weather in real-time mode and includes graphic images |
| RSS reader |
The RSS Reader plug-in allows easy implementation of an RSS formatted news line on the toolbar |
Make Money with Your Toolbar
| Earn money feature |
You can add paid feeds into your toolbar. Many our partners are offering their feeds for you to use as a revenue generating option. |
Superb Visual and Branding Elements
| Branding |
Brand your custom toolbar with your own logo. Let your customers know that you are just one click away! |
| Buttons, images and banners |
You can have unlimited number of .jpg, .png, .gif and Flash animated buttons/banners on your toolbar |
| Easy customization |
All customization is made directly from the editor using a wizard-based or WYSIWYG development platform |
| XP look and feel |
Our toolbar supports XP themes, so it has complete XP look and feel when installed on an XP machine |
| Custom Buttons |
The Custom Buttons plug-in allows users to create their own bookmarks, launch programs on their PC, and do other custom actions |
| Custom toolbar skin |
You can set a custom or IE skin (background) for your toolbar or choose any graphic for your toolbar's skin |
| Multilingual support |
You can easily add different languages from the configuration file; users will be able to select the desired language from a menu on the toolbar |
| Multiple configurations |
Several configuration files can be used for the toolbar; this allows you to create several different appearances for your users or have several versions of the toolbar in different languages |
| Client-side customization |
Each user can set their own personal preferences for their toolbar from the Options page:
- Buttons they wish to have on the toolbar
- Auto Complete
- Keep a search history in a drop-down list under the search box
- Run search drag automatically
- Update toolbar automatically, etc. |
| Hot icons / rollover effect |
You can add animated icons to buttons to catch and retain the user's attention |
| Additional visual elements |
With the ToolbarStudio you can add select-style combo boxes to your toolbar, add static texts and buttons with custom graphics and colors |
Security and Privacy
| Pop-up blocker |
Add this feature to your toolbar and your users will never see annoying pop-ups while surfing the web |
| Web filter |
Advanced filtering blocks sites that disguise their true identity; this allows users to adult and other content by setting/changing a password |
| Panic button |
Allows users to hide all IE windows with one-click or by using a hotkey that can be configured to individual settings |
| Anti-ads plug in |
Anti-ads plug-in will block banners, ad-links, ad-images, etc. |
| Pop-up blocker manager |
You can decide to allow certain sites (such as your own) to override the pop-up blocker |
Navigation Aids
| Watch URL |
The Watch URL feature can prompt a messenger alert, open the left panel, or launch a pop-up window when a specific URL is visited |
| Site ranking |
Displays the ranking of the page you're viewing |
| Site info |
Enable users to learn about web sites they are visiting, including traffic, contact information, and more |
| Related links |
Helps your users surf more efficiently by providing related links for each page |
| Catcher DNS error |
You can configure the toolbar so that if a user mistypes an URL they will be redirected to YOUR page instead of the standard error page |
| Set user homepage |
You may set the default homepage of the toolbar user |
| Site activation |
This plug-in makes sure that your toolbar will be shown when visiting predetermined sites (such as your own), if even a user has hidden it |
ToolbarStudio Development Tools
| ToolbarStudio visual interface |
ToolbarStudio has a simple and logical interface and context help is always visible in the bottom-right corner |
| ToolbarStudio wizard |
Use the wizard to create a basic toolbar in six easy steps; the wizard guides you to build a complete toolbar that is ready for installation |
| EXE installer |
Create an .exe installer for your toolbar; ToolbarStudio removes all the installed files and the cached files and also cleans the registry |
| Cab web / ActiveX installer |
Once you are ready to publish your toolbar, create an .exe installer or web ActiveX installer; these two options are available in the "Tools" menu. |
| Automatic updates publishing |
Toolbar updates are installed automatically, so your users will always have the latest and the greatest version of their toolbar. |
Multiple Plug-ins Available
| Plug-in interface |
The plug-in interface is a menu of already available plug-ins. You do not need to do any programming or scripting to implement these popular advanced features, just choose a plug-in from the ToolbarStudio menu and add it to your Toolbar! |
| Radio (new) |
Allows users to listen to streaming radio over the Internet via mp3/wav and other music files |
| Gadgets (new) |
Easily insert any custom gadget into the toolbar |
| Checkboxes and radio buttons |
You can add checkboxes and radio buttons to your toolbar if you want to enable your users to toggle some options |
| Mini web page |
You can use this feature to add a mini web page, notifications, banners, animations and sounds to your toolbar |
| Zoom in / Zoom out |
By making this feature a part of the toolbar, your users will be able to adjust the size of the pages they are browsing |
| External application launch |
Run an external application, system command, or open Notepad to edit a file, and etc. You can even distribute and launch .EXE applications. |
| Password boxes |
Include password boxes on your toolbar |
| Clear cookies / clear history |
Maintain user privacy by clearing cookies and history with one button or menu-item selection |
| Domain name check |
Easily check for domain name availability |
| Screenshot / web save |
Save web pages as images in .jpg format or as a web archive |
| Clear auto-fill information |
Clears browser auto-fill information for HTML forms and all passwords. |
| URL shortcuts |
Users can easily create shortcuts to their favorite websites |
| WHOIS service |
Access WHOIS information about an IP address, hostname or domain including location, network provider, and contact information |
| Auto-fill |
Enter and securely store your information on your own computer; clicking the auto-fill button will automatically complete forms on webpages. |
| Ping |
This feature allows users to ping any host or current domain |
| Clock |
This plug-in adds a nice-looking clock to your toolbar |
| W3C CSS / Markup Validation |
This feature checks HTML and XHTML on websites and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) in (X)HTML for conformance to W3C recommendations and other standards. |
| Up one level |
Allows to redirect to Upper level of the web-page currently visited. |
| Word Translator |
When you hover the mouse over an English word on a web page, Word Translator gives you the translation in your preferred language |
| MP3 player |
Add an MP3 player to your toolbar that can play songs saved to the toolbar locally or from your website by remote |
| Login manager |
Save your login information (for e-mail, sites, forums, etc.) in one list and enter your sites automatically with one click |
Unlimited Extensibility and Features
| Software Development Kit (SDK) |
Allows for easy creation of plug-ins for a truly unique toolbar |
| Javascript API |
Javascript API allows you to extend toolbar functionality via scripting. API can be used for customizing toolbar look and behavior,
altering HTML code of web pages being visited, processing offline data, building Mashups
that can enhance web pages by integrating with other APIs, external services query via REST and SOAP.
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| Other plug-ins available |
Do you need a feature you don't see listed here? Contact us at sales@besttoolbars.net |
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