New Google Navigation Bar is Part One of Redesign
If you were just getting used to the black Google services
navigation bar, the search company is already getting rid of it. Google
announced that it’s “ready for the next stage” of its redesign, part of which
is a new service navigation system nested under the Google logo.
Get Google’s New Search Bar Now:
A quick and simple hack can give you early access to the new
Google navigation bar that the company has been rolling out this week. The new
Google navigation bar promises a new drop-down menu of Google apps, better
integration of Google+, and a color change from black to white. While Google
promises the bar will roll out to most users by the end of the week, all you
have to do to get it right now is make a few tweaks to one of your cookies from
Google.
Editing cookies in Google.com
You’ll need to install a Chrome Extension called Edit This
Cookie, so unfortunately Firefox and IE users will have to sit this one out.
(Sorry guys. But hey, maybe this is a good time to try out Google’s browser.
Chrome just surpassed Firefox after all.) Then make your way over to Google.com
and right click anywhere on the page. Select "Edit Cookies." which
helpfully has a cookie next to it, and you should pull up a page that looks
like this:
Select the PREF cookie (the second one down), and you should
see a section there called "Value" that’s going to be filled with
some seemingly random code. That code is what tells Google if you have access
to the new navigation bar or not.
We’re going to change the text in “Value” so Google gives
you access. Just delete whatever you have in the value field and replace it
with:
ID=03fd476a699d6487:U=88e8716486ff1e5d:FF=0:LD=en:CR=2:TM=1322688084:LM=1322688085:
S=McEsyvcXKMiVfGds
Then click "Submit Cookie Changes" at the bottom
of the page. After reloading the Google homepage, you should have the new
Google bar that should make the site look something like this:
Google homepage with new Google Search bar
Then you can go forth and start lording it over your friends
because you have Google’s newest feature. We suggest using the new navigation
bar’s integration with Google+. We’d like to thank a Google+ user
ourselves--Maximilian Majewski--who originally posted this tip on his Google+
page.
The nav bar has three main regions – on the left, the Google
logo menu shows a list of links Google services when you hover over it and lets
you access additional Google sites by hovering over the ‘More’ link at the
bottom of the list. The central area has a search box and the right side has a
share box and Google+ notifications (visible from any Google page).
The new menu is displayed whether you are signed into your
Google account or not. When singed in, the right portion of the bar displays
the number of alerts on your Google+ account (viewable when you click on the
number in the red box) and you can share items to your circles from the same
menu, as long as you are on a Google property using the bar.
The (now) old-style black navigation bar was launched just
six months ago and is being ditched in favor of the new system. Google
Technical Lead Eddie Kessler said: “Making navigation and sharing super simple
for people is a key part of our efforts to transform the overall Google
experience, which is why we’re very excited about this redesign.”
Google is also culling a lot of its less popular services.
Earlier this month, the company said it will shut down Friend Connect, Knol,
Health, Bookmarks Lists, which lets people share bookmarks, and Search
Timeline. Earlier in September and October Google also axed Buzz, Jaiku,
Aardvark, Desktop and Fast Flip.
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