Google looks different

[fillup]

I dual boot Vista & Windows 7. Today I booted into Vista and opened Firefox. Google looks different. The search results page has some new options on the left side that wasn't there before. This only happens in Firefox and only in Vista not Windows 7. Anyone know what's going on?

[lnmnky]

It seems to have a fade in also. If you put your mouse outside of the window, and then move in....

[Snowl]

Woah, that's sweet!

Have you clicked the "what's this?" buttons?

[fillup]

Woah, that's sweet!

Have you clicked the "what's this?" buttons?

The "What's This" button is from the Xmarks add-on. The Google options to the left side is what is new.

[cooky560 Veteran]

hasn't changed here :(

[+Xinok Subscriber²]

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.

[fillup]

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?!?

[Snowl]

Cookies. There is a certain string in your cookies that enables the new interface.

[andrew_f]

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 ;)

[SuperKid]

Anyone know how to trigger this new design? i like it :p

[fillup]

Cookies. There is a certain string in your cookies that enables the new interface.

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?

[Rappy Veteran]

quite a cool interface! :)

[Lee G. Veteran]

Looks good :D

Quite a change considering Google has only changed its interface in small increments over the last 9 years or so.

[Calum Veteran]

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 ;)

[andrew_f]

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?

[yxz]

looks retired

[Snowl]

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?

already answered

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

[Kondrath]

looks retired

:rofl:

Just waiting for an opportunity to use that one, huh?

I kinda like it. Hasn't updated for me, though.

[fillup]

Right click > View Page Info > Security > View Cookies

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

Ok. I did that and shows 28 google.com cookies. But I can't copy them, only delete them from there. Where on my hard drive are they stored?

[The_Decryptor Veteran]

They're stored in a database inside your user profile, copying that file to the other system would replace all of it's cookies with the other system's.

[fillup]

already answered

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.

[Snowl]

That's great! :)

Could you share it with us? : )

[Rigby]

Edit: Nevermind, outdated info.

[still1]

looks good... Hasn't updated for me..

[fillup]

That's great! :)

Could you share it with us? : )

PREF: ID=20b6e4c2f44943bb:U=4bf292d46faad806:TM=1249677602:LM=1257919388:S=odm0Ys-53ZueXfZG

Let me know if that works for you.