Digg Inc. launched a state-of-the-art and also their first Firefox 3.0. extension, named after themselves - the Digg Toolbar.

‘Dig The Blog‘ highlighted this extension’s primary functionalities, stating them as follows,

Notifications: No matter where you are on the web, you can discover popular Digg stories and stay up to date on what your friends are Digging, submitting and commenting. These notifications are fully customizable. Within your preferences you can track different categories and media types, and turn notifications on or off.

Digg Toolbar: Displays Digg counts & comments as you browse around the web. You can also Digg and submit stories directly from the toolbar, which is collapsible to save space. Note that the toolbar respects user privacy by passing only hashed URLs to Digg to check if they’ve already been submitted”.

Revewing this extension, Asa Dotzler, remarked, “The basic features of notifications and site-specific Digg status are right on and ‘just work’.I especially appreciate the easy on/off switches that pull the UI for those out of my way when I’m not using it. My only gripes so far are really just feature requests that most Digg users probably wouldn’t find terribly useful.”

Watch this video to get to grips with the real deal behind the Digg extension!