GoogolBar Deskbar v1.0.9 - released December 19, 2011

Developer information:

     Created by April Russo of App's Apps
     http://appsapps.info
     appsapps.info@gmail.com

Copyright information:

     Copyright 2011 April Russo. All rights reserved.

Distribution:

     Distribution or redistribution without permission of the developer is forbidden. If you are not sure 
     if what you want to do is allowed, email the developer and ask for permission.

     Absolutely no bundling of this software with other applications, installers, or adware will be permitted. 
     This applies to bundling with "download managers", as well. 
     Don't even bother to ask for permission. You will not get it.

Disclaimer:

     THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS 
     "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED 
     TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR 
     PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR 
     CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, 
     OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF 
     SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS 
     INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN 
     CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING 
     IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY 
     OF SUCH DAMAGE.

     There are no claims made that it will work, not cause your pc problems, etc etc.

     Your mileage may vary, parental guidance is advised, call before you dig,
     consult your doctor, action figures sold separately, see a qualified tax
     professional, mind the gap, may contain peanuts, no user serviceable parts inside,
     etc etc etc.

     If this program causes your PC to explode, which in turn sets your house on fire,
     killing your neighbor's dog, you assume all responsibility for such and not me.
     Use at your own risk!

     Google, Youtube, Scroogle and other trademarks are property of their respective owners. Use of 
     trademarked names does not imply affiliation or endorsement by any of the trademark owners.

System Requirements:

     GoogolBar should work on Windows 98/ME/2K/XP/Vista/Win7 with IE 5 or newer.

     It will work with both horizontal and vertical taskbars.

Privacy and Security:

     GoogolBar will not store a search history, not phone home, not report statistics, no 
     automatic installation of updates without the user's knowledge or consent, no tracking of 
     personally identifiable surfing activities of the end user, no tracking of "anonymous" statistics, 
     no changes to your default search engine, no changes to your default "new tab" page, no 
     changes to any web page you view, no collection and storage of personally identifiable 
     information, no loading of dynamic content from the web, no advertising, no 3rd party bundled 
     software, no BS.

     All GoogolBar does is form urls and open them in your default browser when you choose to 
     perform a search using the toolbar. 

     Some Google services may require you to log in with your username and password. GoogolBar 
     will not collect or store this information for you.

     I can not change Google itself. Once you hit their site, you are at their mercy and they 
     may track you or do any number of the above things that this toolbar does not do. But while you 
     are typing on your computer and surfing the web, you won't be at the mercy of a privacy invading 
     toolbar that tracks your every move across the internet. 
     
     I am giving you the convenience without the garbage that other toolbar makers pack into their software. 

     If you really don't like the weird stuff that Google does, use the Scroogle option to perform your searches.

Installing:
     
     Just run the GoogolBarSetup.msi file by double clicking it.

     After installing, right click your taskbar and on the menu, under Toolbars, 
     select "GoogolBar". If you do not see it listed there, wait a few seconds 
     and check again.

     You can also add this to your Explorer windows by selecting it from the 
     View > Toolbars menu in Explorer.

Using:

     Just type in one or more search terms into the box, select the type of search you 
     want to perform from the drop down list, and click the Search button. Your search 
     will be opened in your default browser.

Donate Button:

     This application is freeware/donationware and contains a donate button to help support 
     the project. If you would prefer a version without a donate button, anyone that donates 
     may request by email from the developer, a version without this button.

     
Configuring:

     It can also be dragged off the taskbar and placed on the desktop.

     On XP and older, GoogolBar can also be docked on any free edge of your screen. You can 
     also set the docked toolbar to always stay on top and even autohide. You will have to 
     minimize open windows in order to drag it off the taskbar.You can take up the extra empty 
     space on the toolbar by resizing it and/or adding the Address bar or making a new toolbar 
     from a folder of shortcuts.

Uninstalling:
     
     Close the GoogolBar deskbar first by right clicking the toolbar and selecting "Close toolbar". Then restart 
     your computer. Failure to do this may cause uninstallation to fail.

     It can then be removed from Add/Remove programs by finding and uninstalling the entry
     called "GoogolBar". 

Upgrading:
     
     Close the GoogolBar deskbar first by right clicking the toolbar and selecting "Close toolbar". Then restart 
     your computer. Failure to do this may cause upgrading to fail.

     You can then proceed to upgrade by running the installer of the latest version of GoogolBar.

Known issues:

     Internet Explorer:

          This isn't meant to be an Internet Explorer toolbar, even though it does appear 
          on the Internet Explorer toolbars menu. 

          I had to add it to that menu to get it to show up in the Explorer toolbars menu.

          You can use it with Internet Explorer, but it will not open searches and pages 
          in the open instance of Internet Explorer. It will open them in a new instance 
          of your default browser, which in some cases might be a different browser than 
          Internet Explorer.

     Themes:
          
          It doesn't fully support Themes. It is still showing the wrong background color with 
          some themes. (I am still working on full theme support)

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Change Log

     v1.0.9 - Initial release - December 19, 2011