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Al Vallario · 15 Apr 2006 at 14:48

dmpoole said:
Pasting that script with the spaces taken out into the Address Bar doesn't work for me in Firefox, Opera and IE. It also doesn't work for a lot of other people. However if you paste that script into the Google Search Engine it works.

Funny that, because I just loaded up Internet Explorer and Opera (I already had it working in Firefox through the address bar) to test this theory out. Banging it into the search field and pressing enter, I get a friendly message telling me that my search didn't match any documents. This happens in both Internet Explorer and Opera. Throwing it into the address bar, however, I get a prompt, press OK and the changes take effect once I refresh the page.

I'm using the following string (Without any spaces or line breaks):

Code:

javascript:alert(document.cookie="PREF=ID=fb7740f107311e46:TM=1142683332:LM=1142683332:S=fNSw6ljXTzvL3dWu;path=/;domain=.google.co.uk")

Bracco · 15 Apr 2006 at 14:59

I don't see that it's all that different, to be honest. The bar would be better placed on the right though, as that wastes less space.

G-MAN2004 · 15 Apr 2006 at 15:10

So how long do we get to keep this new layout for? Untl you delete cookies?

Roduga · 15 Apr 2006 at 15:11

G-MAN2004 said:
So how long do we get to keep this new layout for? Untl you delete cookies?

My cookie expired after 12 hours (roughly).

me227 · 15 Apr 2006 at 16:05

Finally got it working now.

I tried as Dmpoole did as well by putting it into the IE address bar at the very top with only an error message and google was then exactly the same.

But then after reading the confusion typed it into the Google Search box and it said no documents found then done another search after it and now get the new layout.

benjo plz. · 15 Apr 2006 at 16:09

Roduga said:
My cookie expired after 12 hours (roughly).

You can probably set the cookie to last longer. FF says it's set to expire at the end of the session.

Roduga · 15 Apr 2006 at 16:25

Phnom_Penh said:
You can probably set the cookie to last longer. FF says it's set to expire at the end of the session.

Why would I want it to last longer?

Al Vallario · 15 Apr 2006 at 16:26

Roduga said:
Why would I want it to last longer?

Unfortunately mine seems to be set permanantly in Firefox; it might have something to do with being logged in to a Google account. Nonetheless, I've been stuck with the new interface for three weeks now

Camalot · 15 Apr 2006 at 16:28

me227 said:
Finally got it working now.

I tried as Dmpoole did as well by putting it into the IE address bar at the very top with only an error message and google was then exactly the same.

But then after reading the confusion typed it into the Google Search box and it said no documents found then done another search after it and now get the new layout.

Ive typed it into google search box, without the space, i press enter and it says not found. I do another search but nothing is different :confused:

benjo plz. · 15 Apr 2006 at 16:30

Roduga said:
Why would I want it to last longer?

who knows, but you probably won't have a choice in a couple of months.

Camalot · 15 Apr 2006 at 16:32

ok done it....you dont type it in the google search box :/

Typed it in the IE address bar and its now worked

Al Vallario · 15 Apr 2006 at 16:34

Camalot said:
Ive typed it into google search box, without the space, i press enter and it says not found. I do another search but nothing is different

Ignore the evil people trying to mislead you. You do not enter the string into the Google search box; it will not have any effect. Just enter the string into your address bar (where you type "http://www.google.co.uk") and press enter. You will get a prompt with the string you've just entered. Click "OK", refresh the page and try a new search

Edit: Seems I was a little late

I'll leave the above there for others to take note of

SexyGreyFox · 15 Apr 2006 at 17:23

Al Vallario said:
Ignore the evil people trying to mislead you. You do not enter the string into the Google search box; it will not have any effect. Just enter the string into your address bar (where you type "http://www.google.co.uk") and press enter. You will get a prompt with the string you've just entered. Click "OK", refresh the page and try a new search

Heres the proof first in the address bar with errors and then in the Google search engine with a result.
Its obvious to everybody but you that its working for some people and not for others - why? - I don't know.
Now stop being an arse.

Augmented · 15 Apr 2006 at 17:40

dmpoole said:
Heres the proof first in the address bar with errors and then in the Google search engine with a result.

The first image is not an error. It's an alert box telling you that the cookie for Google has been set. This stores the preference so that the next time you run a Google search, the new layout with be presented to you.

So, for the second image, you could have typed anything into the Google search box to see the new layout, including the code you entered.

It's not possible - due to the nature of the way HTTP and cookies work - for you to enter the code into google and for it to immediately show you the new layout on the proceeding results page. You would have to do another search afterwards. So this method has to be enabled via the address bar.

syke · 15 Apr 2006 at 18:00

Anyway to get rid of it now?

Sp!ke · 15 Apr 2006 at 18:49

Bracco said:
I don't see that it's all that different, to be honest. The bar would be better placed on the right though, as that wastes less space.

I prefer it my way tbh.

Dynamic rewriting of pages

Strokes proximitron

SexyGreyFox · 15 Apr 2006 at 20:16

Augmented said:
So, for the second image, you could have typed anything into the Google search box to see the new layout, including the code you entered.

1 - Placed the script in the address bar (minus the gaps)
2 - hit ENTER
3 - Error Message
4 - Typed "anything" into Google Search engine
5 - No fancy new Google comes up

benjo plz. · 15 Apr 2006 at 20:18

dmpoole said:
1 - Placed the script in the address bar (minus the gaps)
2 - hit ENTER
3 - Error Message
4 - Typed "anything" into Google Search engine
5 - No fancy new Google comes up

What browser where you using...

Al Vallario · 15 Apr 2006 at 20:30

dmpoole said:
3 - Error Message

It's not an error message; it's a message to let you know that the cookie (ie. your preferences) has been registered.

dmpoole said:
4 - Typed "anything" into Google Search engine
5 - No fancy new Google comes up

Cookies and caches are strange things, I guess. Regardless, I can assure you 125% that entering the string into the Google search bar didn't bring about the changes. Even if entering javascript into the search bar did work (which it doesn't), the effects wouldn't be noticed immediately as the cookie has to be set, then the page has to be reloaded.

dmpoole said:
Its obvious to everybody but you that its working for some people and not for others - why? - I don't know.

I'm willing to bet that the other people who claim entering the string into the search bar worked did the same as you; somewhere along the line they entered it into the address bar.

Not looking to start a fight here, just setting the facts straight. I apologise if my persistence and use of the rolleyes emoticon has irritated you

benjo plz. · 15 Apr 2006 at 20:33

Al Vallario said:
It's not an error message; it's a message to let you know that the cookie (ie. your preferences) has been registered.

Hmm, DMP's got the code wrong, FF is giving him the wrong error message.
Should be this

Google

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