Microsoft Disables Google and Yahoo toolbars for IE 7

By: The Founder [privmsg] On 28th Jul 2005 In
- Rumours & Scandal

Source Title:
Microsoft Disables Google and Yahoo Toolbars on IE 7

Source Url:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/07/28/ie7_nukes_rival_search/

Story Text:
Microsoft's Internet Explorer 7 went on a limited beta release this week and contains a nasty surprise for some users.
Users with search toolbars from Yahoo! and Google have discovered that these vanish. Other third-party toolbars designed to block pop-ups or aid with form filling appear to be working normally, according to reports from Reg readers.
Founders Note:
Does Microsoft have no shame? This is freaking Amazing.. I know IE 7 is all about search.. MSN search that is.. but this is below low..

- Y! MyWeb

MS Says...

According to Scoble

Quote:

I just talked with Dean Hachamovitch, the guy who runs the IE team, and he says that they tested with the Google and Yahoo toolbar and it was running on their machines (he just sent me screen captures of his personal machine running IE 7 with both the Google and Yahoo toolbar installed) and they in no way are trying to block the Google toolbar from working. He says that he commits to everyone to getting the toolbar to work and if there's something that isn't working the IE team wants to know about it so they can fix it.

By Nick W at Jul 29 2005 - 06:50

comments

make sure you read the comments on Scoble's post, hillarious stuff, particularly from Scoble's dog.

By duncanriley at Jul 29 2005 - 08:11

Register post an update

Quote:

Irony corner: One user who saw their toolbar vanish in IE7 was none other than Microsoft PR punchbag Robert Scoble. But he later denied having seen any problems, in a fascinating comment thread you can peruse here.
Later in the evening, Scoble told us via email that he'd handed the problem over to the PR professionals.

By cornwall at Jul 29 2005 - 08:40

>>particularly from Scoble's

>particularly from Scoble's dog.

I don't see that one, must have gone walkies...

By Nick W at Jul 29 2005 - 08:57

dog

Apparently, the commenter "Otto Z. Stern" runs the scoble dogblog

Look, I've got a 32-processor HP Superdome running 89 different toolbars and only 43 of them are working. I can't even see the browser page I have so many damn toolbars. I'm not about to list all this out. You guys get paid to test software. I get paid to fix your problems.
Link to comments

By claus at Jul 29 2005 - 09:45

If MS actually did disable

If Microsoft actually did disable third-party toolbars from running on IE7, especially from direct rival companies, then would Microsoft really be in the wrong for that? Do Google and Yahoo! offer free properietary search software that Microsoft can use and build a business model on?

By Brian_Turner at Jul 29 2005 - 09:52

Users with search toolbars from Yahoo! and Google have discovere

>Users with search toolbars from Yahoo! and Google have discovered that these vanish

My google toolbar is still there and working with IE7, didn't have the Y! one so cannot comment on that.

By mcavill at Jul 29 2005 - 09:56