Finally Switched to FF

Well, in case you some how came into this blog post without reading the title, I have decided to make the switch from IE to FF. I've been piddling around with it finding like a billion add ons. (and by a billion I mean 17 in use and more that I don't care about.) I haven't used it too much so I can't say rather or not I notice it being faster, maybe a little. There's a few differences I need to get used to and I have to move over some favorites links but besides that it's pretty cool. There are two BIG miffs I have with it though...

1. No Google toolbar. I tried to force install it once and it almost killed FF. It crashed and when I tried to reopen it I got an error message. Luckily I knew hot to open it in safe mode. (You learn so much about computers if you had a crappy one full of viruses as a kid.) So yea, I'm just going to have to wait until they get it fixed. (I know there's an add on that works like it but I want it to be on the same toolbar as my file / edit / view / etc. thing.)

2. The address bar isn't transparent...... Yea, that's a problem IMO. As some of you may have her me brag about, my desktop changes every 5 mins. I have it linked to a folder full of manga pics. (no not THAT kind of manga.>.> It's totally clean.) Anyways, whenever it changes I like to minimize the window and see which one it changes too. My browser takes up the whole screen though, so the only way to tell when it changes is the transparent bars at the top and bottom of the screen. The one at the top used to be much bigger thanks to the address bar also being transparent, but now it isn't. It's not that big of a deal, but it's easier to see when it changes and I always like to see what the next one is. (although, sometimes it's a 3D Giygas thing and seeing that when you think it's going to be something cute is always a mind ****)

So a few questions. First, how will I know when the Google bar will work with FF? And I know this version is a beta, when the official one comes out will I lose all the stuff I did / edit in here? Cuz if so then I'm just going to stick with IE until it's really out.

Added: Just like to add that I found an add on that fixed the Address bar thing. Now all I need is the google toolbar (the real one.) and then I'm happy. (although the speed dial thing kind of replaced some of the stuff I used with that.)