google sidebar

Now whenever I use Google I get this lefthand sidebar with various crap next to the results. Maybe I accidently turned it on or something, but I can't for the life of me work out how to turn it off. Any ideas?

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/05/spring-metamorphosis-googles-new-look.html

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Yeah, well, I don't like it. Is it possible to switch back?

*shrugs*

i fucking hate it.

i mean seriously - LEFT nav? what is this, 1997? content should be the first thing your eye hits on the left. end of story. all blogs know this.

looks like google is going to be "left" behind

I didn't actually read the link ksh posted but I saw they wrote that message on 05/05 and I've had that new design for at least... um for at least more than since yesterday. What gives?
Also, don't really care about new design, i'm pretty sure everybody'll whine and in a week or two will adopt it as being great because that's what always happens when something changes on a website right?

first buzz, now this.

I had it, now it's gone again. MAKE YR MINDS UP!

yup, hate it too

makes google look cheap

i fucking hate it.

― Tracer Hand, Thursday, May 6, 2010 11:56 AM (37 minutes ago) Bookmark

They took my sidebar away just when I'd gotten used to seeing it! And now i find the old design cheap!

Depends on the server your search goes through, right? Which is why it keeps switching between old and new?

There is an add-on:
http://www.seotools.com/hide-google-options/index.htm

But I found a Greasemonkey script that seemed to be better, it's at home. I'll find it later.

Here it is.

// ==UserScript==
// @name Google Search Right Navigation menu
// @namespace tag:dan✧✧✧@roas✧✧✧.fakem✧✧✧.i✧,2010-05-05:GoogleRightNav
// @include http://www.google.*/search*
// ==/UserScript==\
function AddStyle(Style) {
var style = document.createElement('style');
style.type = "text/css";
style.innerHTML = Style;
document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(style);
};

AddStyle("#leftnav {display:none}");
AddStyle("#center_col {margin-left:0}");

Oh, hm. probably the creator's email address doesn't matter.

that graphical "wonder wheel" search tool is some futuristic shit. I started out searching for cows, and 30 mouse clicks later I've finally arrived at "black velvet cone bra." HOW DID THEY KNOW?