How can I use the Google toolbar inside the lotus notes web browser?

How do I get my IBM Thinkpad Internet navigation buttons (down by the
arrow key) to work inside Lotus Notes web browser?

Unfortunately, you can't.  Lotus Notes uses an embedded Internet
Explorer component to handle it's Web Browsing, which doesn't allow
any of the niceties that the external browsers do.

You can however, configure Lotus Notes to use any other web browser on
your system, and I would highly recommend it.

Inside Lotus Notes, go to File, Preferences, Location Preferences,
Internet Browser.  Then change the preference to Microsoft Internet
Explorer.  Now when you click on a link, it will open up in Internet
Explorer rather than inside notes, and you'll get all your Google
Toolbar and navigation button goodness.

Hope this helps!

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Request for Answer Clarification by wscottindian-ga on 28 Oct 2003 09:25 PST

Thanks.  Understand.  Lotus could be so powerful - like an Apple in PC
skin, but it isn't.


Do you know about the IBM thinkpad buttons that navigate a web
browser?  How can you program them to work with Notes.  I would think
that an IBM laptop should work well with IBM software.

Walter

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Clarification of Answer by aardvark-ga on 28 Oct 2003 09:54 PST

Unfortunately, I'm not familiar with IBM's hardware buttons.  If you
can map the buttons to keystrokes, then it might be possible to get
them to work inside Notes.  Look in the Control Panel and see if you
can see any driver for those buttons.  IBM might also include a
utility that lets you configure them.

Notes has only recently (in terms of Notes lifespan) become an IBM
product.  That doesn't really address your comment, but I'm guess the
hardware guys and the software guys don't talk much at a place that
big anyway.

Fast response.  Solid, clear explanation. Knowledgeable. I will use
Google Answers again.