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Work on the Foboz Meta Search engine toolbar continues with the restructuring of Foboz into components. This should separate the user interface, the toolbar and the actual search engine, making it possible to make automatic downloads of updated components practical. Note that search engine definitions which are the core of Foboz operation are already automatically downloaded.

We would still hesitate to put a time scale on the release of the toolbar. Currently we have a set of compiling and linking components that contain most of the functionality we require. But integrating it all and getting it working is another leap upwards on the learning curve of activex and shell extensions.

Possibly the main issue with a toolbar is what should it do apart from searching, we are certainly considering using our Family Filter technology to scan incoming web pages, and it is tempting to incorporate popup blocking. But the latter is done very well by other products, and doing something second best is not our philosophy.