Many people have wanted to have an MSIE toolbar, rather than a deskbar. I have found what I need to do it, and have a pre-alpha version ready. It needs lots of tweaking, plus I need to look into some legal issues.
Anyhow, screenshots below have both the toolbar and the deskbar open:
http://www.metairc.org/searchirc/temp/ss1.jpg
http://www.metairc.org/searchirc/temp/ss2.jpg.
