Popular Browser Enhancement Software replaces email as delivery channel for content between Users and Websites.
EDMONTON, Canada (PRWEB) July 1, 2003 – ToolButton Inc. today released version 1.2 of ToolButton. ToolButton is an Internet Explorer browser enhancement that provides Users with a delivery channel to obtain content from their favorite websites without the worry and bother of spam. Users install the ToolButton toolbar in their browser and add ToolButtons”. These are pipelines to dynamic and static content from websites the User chooses. A websites ToolButton can include news content, dynamic feeds, blogs, .RSS content and menus of important URLs - all available to the User at the click of a button.
"ToolButton is the culmination of a major effort which had the dual objectives of providing Users with control over content sent to them while providing Web Masters with tools for drawing visitors back to their website", said Dale Janssen, Chief Idea Creator and President of ToolButton Inc. "The result is an elegant, spam-free browser environment for individual, corporate and government users worldwide."
ToolButton has a host of advanced features for Users including a Search Bar for most any search engine including Google, AltaVista, Yahoo and FAST. Users can enter search terms within the Search Bar just as if they had browsed to the search engine. The same search term could be just as easily sent to any other search engine by clicking an icon in the Search Bar. Custom search engines can be included to provide results from medical libraries, dictionary sites, stock quotes, software downloads or virtually any other searchable site on the Internet. The Users personalized ToolButton environment can roam the Internet and be automatically available on any computer with an IE 5.0+ browser when the User signs into the toolbar. ToolButton is free for Users.
ToolButton is the base platform for a series of plug-ins” – optional applications that provide additional functionality like sharing your Favorites between home and office, a pop-up killer, a weather button and disposable email address application.
ToolButton boasts some significant advances for web masters including a message delivery system that does not rely on email or SMTP. Electronic newsletters, ezines, product announcements or other messages can be sent to users of the websites ToolButton without the problems of email filtering, spam or corporate firewalls. Web Masters can create their own distributable ToolButton that reflects their web site objectives. Menus can be created mirroring the navigation of the web site or emphasizing important pages within the website. One or more dynamic feeds can publish website content that is constantly changing including articles, news stories, class attendance lists, community discussion board threads, traffic patterns, sales specials or newly released products. The persistent presence in the Users browser of a ToolButton logo creates brand awareness and customer loyalty.
ToolButton can provide an additional revenue source for premium websites. Users of the ToolButton software have the option of subscribing to the InfoButton. An InfoButton message is similar to a double opt-in email whereby Users control what categories of commercial messages they are interested in receiving through the InfoButton. Third parties can send commercial messages under strict conditions and the website earns a substantial portion of this revenue.
Availability
Users and Web Masters wishing to install the ToolButton software may freely download the software at http://www.toolbutton.com. The software includes the ToolButton toolbar and a series of default ToolButtons to demonstrate the flexibility of the software. Users can install ToolButton on computers at home and the office and have their personalized toolbar available by creating a User account once.
About ToolButton Inc.
ToolButton Inc. (formerly DotComVest Ltd - http://www.dotcomvest.com) is the publisher and holding company of Information Technology orientated web sites including:
• ToolButton (http://www.toolbutton.com),
• FreeTechMail.org (http://www.freetechmail.org),
• Program Files (http://www.programfiles.com), and
• IT Reading Room (http://www.itreadingroom.com).
Contact:
Deb Alloway
Business Development Manager
ToolButton Inc.
Suite 505, College Plaza
8215 – 112 Street
Edmonton, Alberta Canada
T6G 2C8
780.702.1416 x101
bizdev@toolbutton.com
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