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Originally Posted by imaginemn
I just don't think ANY toolbar, whether it's Google, Yahoo, MSN, etc. should be able to manipulate content on any web site.
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My web developer toolbar modifies content. It goes so far as to let me modify anything on that page but the HTML itself. Adblock allows me to block any ads that appear from a given domain. Flashblock blocks all Flash content from playing in my browser until I tell it to play. JumpLink allows me to modify linked URLs to strip out garbage (about.com, hotmail.com.) Thumbs will take a page that I am on and display a page of thumbs of the first image on all pages linked to in that page.
If I choose to install those extensions, and I choose to use them, then that is my business. The web is built by webmasters for their viewers. The audience owns the web. Not the builders. The fact of the matter is the webmasters are a sliver of the browsing population and the masses will do whatever they want to do to make their experience better. If that means installing a toolbar manually, choosing to install a certain functionality in that toolbar, and then choosing to make use of it, then that is well within their rights.
Personally, I can't imagine using such a feature. But if I were to want to, who are we, the webmasters, to say that I can't use a feature that is available to me that I choose to use each and every time I use it. It's not like you turn it on and every page displays as such.