TechCrunch has the dibs on a new Google Friend connect “toolbar” that lets webmasters easily expose friend connect features on their sites. For the technical sticklers out there, it’s not a toolbar that installs in the browser, but rather a frame sits at the top of the site, providing easy access to social features.
From the TC article:
Google is now making it easier for Websites to surface Friend Connect features with what it is calling the Social Bar. This is a toolbar that Websites can add to their homepage or any other page they wish, and then they can add links for drop-down gadgets that lets site visitors do things such as sign in via Friend Connect, see who else has signed in recently, check out comments, or site members, all from Social Bar. Here is an example.
via Google Raises The Social Bar With New Friend Connect Feature.