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author | luxagraf <sng@luxagraf.net> | 2020-04-28 10:24:02 -0400 |
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committer | luxagraf <sng@luxagraf.net> | 2020-04-28 10:24:02 -0400 |
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diff --git a/wired/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/05.14.07/Wed/twocolgoogle.txt b/wired/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/05.14.07/Wed/twocolgoogle.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..673a195 --- /dev/null +++ b/wired/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/05.14.07/Wed/twocolgoogle.txt @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +Google's simplistic search results page is arguably one of the reasons the search giant succeeded in what was, at the time, a crowded search market. But if you have a large monitor the Google search results page is a waste of screen real estate, forcing you to scroll down a whitespace-heavy page. + +If this situation annoys you, and you use Firefox, you can change Google to display two columns thanks to the [Two Column Google][1] Greasemonkey script (screenshots after the jump). + +The Two Column Google script displays Google results in rows rather than one long column. However, rather than the results being sorted into two columns (like a newspaper), this script organizes the results into a table that reads left to right. + +I would probably prefer two columns like a newspaper, but this is still better than the default Google search results page. If you've got a really big monitor and know your way around some Javascript you could change the number of columns to suit your needs. + +Naturally Two Column Google requires Firefox with the [Greasemonkey extension][3] installed. + +[via [Google Operating System][2]] + +[1]: http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/8477 "Greasemonkey: Two Column Google (row-wise)" +[2]: http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2007/05/google-search-results-displayed-in.html "Google Search Results, Displayed in Columns" +[3]: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/748 "Greasemonkey"
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