Google looks different

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fillup

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http://www.ghacks.net/2009/11/20/google-ro...arch-interface/

Only certain users will see the new interface. I'm still on the old interface here.

Woohoo! I guess I'm one of the lucky ones. But how come I only get the new interface when I'm in Vista and not when I'm in Windows 7?!?

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In the past this has been enabled by setting a cookie, like

java script:alert(document.cookie="PREF=ID=fb7740f107311e46:TM=1142683332:LM=1142683332:S=fNSw6ljXTzvL3dWu;path=/;domain=.google.com")

I wonder if we can do the same with this?

Edit: just noticed Kirbeh said the same ;)

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Nice :cool: I really do love how Google are improving the interface constantly lately, from the fade-in to these excellent changes. The only thing I think they need to change on this is to make the blue links in search results a nicer light blue, like the blue in the buttons, other than that, I really hope they release this soon because I have always thought of Google as ugly - this is not ugly ;)

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Ok. So where does Firefox keep the cookies? If I copied the cookies from Firefox/Vista to Firefox/Windows 7 would that enable the new interface?

Right click > View Page Info > Security > View Cookies

If it works, would you be able to post them in here for others to try?

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Ok. So where does Firefox keep the cookies? If I copied the cookies from Firefox/Vista to Firefox/Windows 7 would that enable the new interface?

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could try this https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/ad.../10222?src=reco and compare it to a normal google.com cookie

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could try this https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/ad.../10222?src=reco and compare it to a normal google.com cookie

Thanks! I installed that add-on and was able to copy the NID and PREF entries from the google.com cookie in Firefox/Vista. I then changed the NID and PREF entries in Firefox/Windows 7 to match, and now I have the new interface in Windows 7 also.

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