Get StumbleUpon Toolbar in Any Browser, No Installation Needed
Were big fans of Stumbleupon as it is a fantastic way to randomly explore some of the best websites, photos and videos on the Internet. Stumbleupon shows you websites you are likely to enjoy via recommendation from like minded people.
How does Stumbleupon do this? First, you download and install the Stumbleupon Toolbar, after set-up you check off topics you like in the preferences section of your assigned page. That’s how Stumbleupon knows what you like.
On the toolbar is a button labeled Stumble and next to that are two icons of a thumbs up and a thumbs down. You click the Stumble button to send you to a website based off the preferences you checked off on your account, if you like the page you click the thumbs up icon and it is recommended to another like person. Same applies for the thumbs down icon, except you are saying you don’t like it.
Virtual Stumbleupon Toolbar using Opera
It’s a super fantastic method to discover websites you otherwise would have never found. The only problem is the toolbar is currently for Internet Explorer and Firefox only. There’s no official support for Opera and Apple Safari.
There is however a quick fix so you can continue to seek out great websites with StumbleUpon without downloading the toolbar. The Digital Inspiration blog points us to a “virtual toolbar” offered by the site, and it works on most up to date browsers to include the iPhone/iPod Touch version of Safari. So you Opera and Safari diehards can now have the stumbleupon experience without using another browser.
Stumbleupon Virtual Toolbar using Safari
Simply click the link below, and a you will see a Stumbleupon virtual toolbar over the web page with separate buttons for stumbling websites, blogs, photos and videos.
Click any of these buttons and enjoy as you are transported to great websites recommended by the StumbleUpon community. Click the stumble button again to see another site and so on. No installation required and a perfect way to cure boredom.
Hope you enjoy this great toolbar, one of a few we recommend.
Though this is a great alternative, there is one downside. Once you have hit the Stumble button, you can’t go back to any of the previous pages you have stumbled to
So, if you are like me and get a little over-excited with the stumble button (especially if a page takes too long to load) you end up seeing something really cool on one page just after you hit the stumble button to go to the next page
This is cool, I can now use this with my Chrome Browser. Shhh now I will stumble again
I also have Chrome browser and it is working fine. But what I really like is it works on my Safari browser too. My Safari browser is much faster than Firefox and IE, I can speed stumble now, hehe Why didn’t they do this from the start
I ‘m using it now with my Chrome Browser. This is great, no more Firefox for me. I also dragged your link to my browser so it there anytime I need. I love it. Thanks