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Google redesign as Greasemonkey script (Firefox users!)

Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 7:37 pm
by Roja

Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 7:46 pm
by m3mn0n
WOW

Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 7:46 pm
by feyd
pretty nice.

Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 8:04 pm
by nickman013
Thats nice!

Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 9:39 pm
by AKA Panama Jack
BTW, this is NOT a Firefox only script as the poster indicated. :) It can work on Opera as well. :)

Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 10:27 pm
by Roja
AKA Panama Jack wrote:BTW, this is NOT a Firefox only script as the poster indicated. :) It can work on Opera as well. :)
I didn't indicate it was firefox only.

I did indicate that Firefox users could use it.

Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 1:57 am
by Benjamin
What Google does not do well is apply design appropriately to its search engine interface.
http://andyrutledge.com/google-redux.php 2nd Paragraph first sentence.

That comment is one of many in that article which in my mind is subjective. Google works fine for me. I don't need a toy to dress it up. Flame away :lol:
Roja wrote:http://buckymatters.com/googleredux/

Totally HOT.
Umm... Yeah, more like totally a TOY!

Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 2:44 am
by Maugrim_The_Reaper
Keep in mind it only works on Google.com - not the internationalised address like Google.ie.

I hate it when you try to access a .com address and they force a redirect... PHP does the same thing and its irritating, if I wanting to visit the .ie version I would have typed that into the location field...;)

Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 5:45 am
by patrikG
Very nice indeed. :)

Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 6:07 am
by JayBird
agtlewis wrote:That comment is one of many in that article which in my mind is subjective. Google works fine for me. I don't need a toy to dress it up. Flame away :lol:
i'll go a along with that

Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 6:27 am
by Grim...
Anyone else get an error when trying to install the script?

:(

Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 6:30 am
by Roja
agtlewis wrote:That comment is one of many in that article which in my mind is subjective. Google works fine for me. I don't need a toy to dress it up. Flame away :lol:
If you are of that opinion, its not for you. For many others, who share the opinion that Google could use substantial improvements in design, its quite a nice improvement.

Just saying its subjective doesn't make it less true. Everyone's opinion is subjective. The comments and opinions in the article were backed up with reasoning, which I note you didn't refute.

Further, its not a 'toy' to dress it up. Its a replacement interface for google that is more usable, and more accessible.

But as I said, if you don't think there is a need to improve, it wasn't meant for you. No one is forcing you to install it!

Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 6:31 am
by Roja
Grim... wrote:Anyone else get an error when trying to install the script?

:(
No. It installed fine for me. What error?

Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 10:33 am
by John Cartwright
What GM version if you using FF (and what FF version)?

Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 10:35 am
by patrikG
0.6.4