Re: the opening post about "additional information" on anything you highlight.

Attempting to repair a "malfunciton of unknown origin" a "fix" by Microsoft disabled my Google toolbar. Since repair and reconstruction of what was left after the help from Mickey, I find that on any web page, whenever I highlight anything, a little blue square appears that floats around near the selection.

I finally got curious enough to click a couple, and find that it gives "instant definitions" on anything that's so obvious that Chongo wouldn't need help, but on "more complex" things that might not be understood by someone with at least his level of intelligence it offers to "find more on Google" and apparently offers choices for kinds of searches based on the applets on my (rebuilt) Google toolbar.

The system demonstrated by Max seems more appropriate here, since it gives "localized" information. The Google thing isn't particularly intrusive, and might be helpful (or at least interesting) for some. Either is a lot better than the sites that automatically pop up crap just because your cursor "passed over" a Java hotspot (immmensely annoying).

Since Microsoft demonstrated that the Google toolbar is easily removed, and reinstallation isn't all that much bother, those who haven't tried it out probably don't need to be too fearful about the experiment.

Note though that I don't know what they call the particular "feature" in question, or what options might have turned it on. It might be something from IE9 that just shows Google because it's set as my primary search engine. It does offer other engines if I click for "more applets" when it offers to search.

Has anyone else noticed the little blue box when you highlight something?

John