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GooglePreviewIE Toolbar for Windows

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Key Details of GooglePreviewIE Toolbar

  • View thumbnails of Web sites on Google and Yahoo search results pages.
  • Last updated on 5/3/2009
  • There have been 6 updates
  • Virus scan status:

    Clean (it's extremely likely that this software program is clean)

Editors' Review

Download.com staff

This Internet Explorer add-on shows a thumbnail preview of each Web site found in Google searches, but it doesn't extend these privileges to other search engines. GooglePreviewIE Toolbar displays the image of your Web searches next to each description, using the Google Image tool. The program also reveals search results from eBay, YouTube, Wikipedia and Dictionary.com, but it doesn't show thumbnail previews with those listings.

This plug-in lacks the extensive customization options other toolbars offer and doesn't let you select any of the other searchable sites as the chief page to display. You can limit the maximum number of returned thumbnail images, from 5 to 100.

In our tests, GooglePreview gave accurate results and didn't slow down our searches. A tool for magnifying thumbnails without having to visit the site might be an improvement for future releases. GooglePreview isn't essential, but it's free and could come in handy when determining useful search results.

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Full Specifications

GENERAL
Release
May 3, 2009
Latest update
May 3, 2009
Version
1.6
OPERATING SYSTEMS
Platform
Windows
Operating System
Windows 7, Windows 10, Windows XP, Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows Vista, Windows 2000
Additional Requirements
None
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Total Downloads
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Developer's Description

By Edward Ackroyd
View thumbnails of Web sites on Google and Yahoo search results pages.

An Internet Explorer (IE) toolbar that inserts preview images (thumbnails) of Web sites into the Google and Yahoo search results pages. Similar to the Firefox GooglePreview extension. GooglePreview is not affiliated with Google Inc.

Version 1.6 now supports IE8 (Internet Explorer 8).