Or just paste this into your address bar while on any google page, hit enter to run the script and reload.

javascript:document.cookie="PREF=ID=fb7740f107311e46:TM=1142683332:LM=1142683332:S=fNSw6ljXTzvL3dWu;path=/;domain=.google.com"

This will set the cookie for this session only, but it can be modified to set the expiration for whenever you want.

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Firefox doesn't seem to like that one, but it works with this:

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

Also, I should mention that this script should work in any browser and does not require a plugin. Why must people make things so difficult?

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You can also view a screenshot of a possible drop-down menu that may be in the works, here: http://digg.com/design/New_Google_Interface:_Drop-down_Menu

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One more note, it looks like if you modify other preferences (for instance, by switching to personalized home) while this is active, it will make the preference stick so that it won't switch back automatically for over 30 years. If you want to get rid of if, you can run the script again and then close your browser immediately. This will make the cookie a session cookie again, so that closing the browser causes it to expire.

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this doesn't seem to work for me beyond the google homepage. once i view results the default google page is loaded.

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cool

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This hit digg and people started complaining that it didn't work for google in other countries (google.co.uk, for example), so here's a universal version:

javascript:alert(document.cookie="PREF=ID=fb7740f107311e46:TM=1142683332:LM=1142683332:S=fNSw6ljXTzvL3dWu;path=/;domain=."+location.href.split('/')[2].substr(location.href.split('/')[2].indexOf('google')));

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Heh, I've already been getting the new interface.

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Does it works with Opera Browser?

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The following worked perfectly in Safari, thanks!

javascript:document.cookie="PREF=ID=fb7740f107311e46:TM=1142683332:LM=1142683332:S=fNSw6ljXTzvL3dWu;path=/;domain=.google.com"

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http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rls=EGLC,EGLC:2006-05,EGLC:en&q=


this works in IE - just save it to the favorites

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I've seen that interface come up while doing regular searches. Every now and then I see that layout instead of the normal one. It's rather distracting. I hit my back button and rerun the search to get the normal layout.

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I use a notebook and a desktop and both firefox, but very intrestingly the one shown by you above only comes on the notebook and the normal google search on the desktop.
http://www.irintech.com/x1/

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The tip for the universal version works great. Can someone supply the necessary instructions for the cookie editor to make it permanent?

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None of this works. You guys are wrong. This is a hoax. Here is the error message I get when using any of the script lines via cut&paste:

"Javascript error: Unexpected end of line while searching for closing } of invalid rule set"

"Javascript error: Selector expected. Rulset ignored due to bad selector"

It does not work in IE, Firefox or Opera. Nice try but just a hoax. Those saying it works are just part of the hoax.

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What is so special about the new interface? All I see are some indicator lines next to names of the different google search engines.

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I can't make it work on Firefox:
"unterminated string lateral"

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I added :

javascript:alert(document.cookie="PREF=ID=fb7740f107311e46:TM=1142683332:LM=1142683332:S=fNSw6ljXTzvL3dWu;path=/;domain=."+location.href.split('/')[2].substr(location.href.split('/')[2].indexOf('google')));

as a new bookmark and that works fine. I just load it when on a google page and hit refresh.

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