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There's been a lot of blog hype about Google testing out a new, minimal homepage. It's true, some users have been seeing a Google.com main page with just the logo, the search box, and two buttons. If you're not one of them, but you want to try it out, here's how you can make it happen: Go to Google.com and put this little bit of Javascript into your address bar:
javascript:void(document.cookie="PREF=ID=abac7a90f5a3784b:LD=en:NR=10:TM=1254990196:LM=1254990236:S=uB6F4jDnMP_DuxtT;path=/; domain=.google.com");
Then hit enter, and then reload the page. The top bar, language tools link, and all other extraneous text should be gone, but it'll fade back in if you run your mouse over the top part of the browser window. This really isn't that big a deal, now that practically every browser has a search box built in, but it's a neat little trick if you're someone who still uses Google.com often.
[via Google Blogoscoped]
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Subscribe to commentsJordanOct 8th 2009 7:48PM
Or you could just bing it
SimonOct 8th 2009 8:22PM
I wonder why it's news every time Google makes some minor change to the UI of their homepage. First a bigger search box and now this?
Man, you can't buy that kind of publicity. I know no one would raise an eyebrow if Yahoo made their margins bigger or something.
SteveOct 8th 2009 10:00PM
I dont have two buttons!
http://www.imgshack.info/images/r4tv4ls1fl3rxulw6.png
kojo87Oct 8th 2009 11:39PM
don't you still want at least one button?
SteveOct 9th 2009 12:42AM
Who needs a button.
Thats what the enter key is for.
kojo87Oct 9th 2009 12:48AM
i know but it just looks so... naked
j35t3rOct 9th 2009 12:01AM
Its a mouseover thing in Firefox.... when i go to google.com, all i see is the Goog logo and the searchbar on the page untill i move my mouse. No biggie, but IMO it looks pretty clean without all the extra stuff. Its almost like a splash screen lol.
Kevin S.Oct 9th 2009 8:49PM
So what's the point of this? A search box is built into every browser these days, so the only reason to go to Google's page is to use things like the image search or language tools. Hiding those things is just annoying. It's cool as an option, but making it the default seems like a bad idea.
ankit hahOct 9th 2009 7:34AM
not happening on google.co.in :( and my browser is redirecting me to google.co.in even though i type google.com
help me...i want to view this change and google ROCKS.....
rcarmOct 10th 2009 10:04AM
Click on the link that says "Google.com in English"
ankit hahOct 12th 2009 1:15AM
not hapning still redirecting me :(
smv_342Oct 12th 2009 11:18AM
http://www.google.com/ncr
KoanOct 9th 2009 9:01AM
At first I thought it would be handy for Google to save bandwidth if they could get the rest of the page to load only if the user is looking for it. Since that's not what's happening (all of the content is already in the source code), it seems to me like this is kind of a waste of bandwidth for Google, with the added JavaScript and such.