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| ID: | 1260 |
| Title: | Google Operating System |
| URL: | http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/ |
| Category: | Internet |
| Description: | A blog about a company that started as a search engine and will become an online operating system, that stores and processes our documents, memories and desires. |
| Google Tests a New Version of the Black Bar - 2012-02-04 15:23:00 |
| While Google hasn't abandonedthe navigation bar launched last year, both the old and the new interface are used today. If you load google.com in Chrome's incognito mode, the old interface shows up more often than the new UI. The simplified interface made navigation more complicated, even if it looks better than the black bar. Google even testsa slightly updated version of the old bar that uses the services from the new UI, more spacing and a different color scheme.   Here's how you can try the latest Google experiment. If you use Chrome, Firefox, Safari or Internet Explorer 8+, opengoogle.comin a new tab, load: * Chrome's JavaScript console (Ctrl+Shift+J) * Firefox's Web Console (Ctrl+Shift+K) * Safari's Web Inspector (how to do that?) or * IE's Developer Tools (press F12 and select the "console" tab) and paste the following code: document.cookie="PREF=ID=381502750b6e9119:U=aaee74aefea7315a:FF=0:LD=en:CR=2:TM=1328391998:LM=1328392000:S=yPtlCgLbEnezu5b4; path=/; domain=.google.com";window.location.reload();Then press Enter and close the console. If you're not in the US and you're using a different Google domain, replace ".google.com" with your domain in the code (for example: ".google.co.uk" in the UK). If you'd like to go back to the old interface and reset the Google PREF cookie, repeat the same steps, but use the following code: document.cookie="PREF=; path=/; domain=.google.com";window.location.reload(); |
| Google Instant, Disabled For Slow Computers - 2012-02-04 11:34:00 |
| Google Instant is supposed to make searching faster, but you need a pretty good Internet connection, a modern browser and a decent computer. Google Instant is not available if you use IE6 or other outdated browsers and it's automatically disabled if you have a slow Internet connection. Now Google also disables Instant if you have a slow computer. "If Instant gets automatically disabled, we continue to check your computer speed and will re-enable Instant if your performance improves,"informs Google. If you don't like this change, you can disable it from thesearch preferences page. Just select "always show Instant results" in the "Google Instant predictions" section.  I've tested this feature on an old laptop and Google's implementation isn't great. Google Instant continues to be enabled for the initial query even if it's slow, then it's suddenly disabled when you visit Google Search again. Google doesn't show a message next to the search box to explain why Instant is disabled and not many people will visit the search preferences page, which both an explanation and a fix.  This is just one of the17 updatesfrom last month that improved Google Search.  |
| Google Groups Themes - 2012-02-04 10:46:00 |
Just in case you don't like theGoogle Groupsinterface and want to customize it, there's a new light gray theme you can try. Just click the settings button, click "Themes" and select the "soft gray" theme. This only works in the new Google Groups interface.  A similar themeis also available for Gmail and it will be interesting to see if Google Groups will add support for the other Gmail themes. Maybe apps like Google+, Google Docs, Google Reader and even services like Google Search will support Gmail's color themes. { Thanks , Herin. }  |