There has been quite a furor in the blogging world. (Source: Steve Rubel)

Apparently, Google, rather, their new updated toolbar, is the latest in the news after its controversial Autofill feature for supposed world domination.

After this dies down, Google might give in, it might not. But what do the masses (read: technologically challenged) care? Millions will download and install the toolbar and most probably think it’s ‘really neat’ the way Google renders maps and all that. (See my earlier post). Most won’t even know that they have been manipulated.

And supposing if they do change the feature, this won’t stop others from creating similar features in their own toolbars.

Frankly, even I don’t care. I don’t like toolbars and I don’t like any clutter on my already sparse desktop real estate. Installing any of Google Tools, or for that matter, any of the utility tools that run incessantly in the background is a strain on the CPU and memory. Already, the antivirus software eats up most of the processor and I won’t want any additional drain.

So until they come up with a tool that is truly useful, I won’t install it. I would rather spend some extra time doing the things I want in the traditional way.

Genuinely, what is it that you can’t do without these gimmicks?