TRC Toolbar

Lots of stuff going on in the cycling world. Not enough time to visit the website? Would you like to have a link directly to the calendar or the news page? How about a quick reminder ticker? Well, it is all possible and more if you install the TRC community Toolbar.

It is a simple add on in either Firefox or IE and has lots of features you can modify for yourself. The first downarrow after the logo on the left has lots of options including an internet radio. You can select your own channels. It’s not slacker.com but it’s also real radio.

Two of my favorite gadgets are the calendar. Click on the Date icon to the right of the blue ticker. This calendar can be dragged anywhere on your screen.

The second gadget I like is the windows calculator. Unless you’ve already put it on your desktop, this tool could be very useful. Try it by going back to the options menu under the TRC logo and selecting the windows calculator from the many “useful components.” While you’re there try using the Microsoft office menu. If you use the office suite, these will find your programs and load them for you.

A chat module and a message module are among the other features I can add if we decide we want them.

I’ve been using this for about a month and find it pretty useful if I want to go somewhere on our page without waiting for everything to load on the front page. Hey, you can even read In the Spin from here.

Give it a try and let me know what you think.–Corrie