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Change Google Search results display with Firefox and Javascript

Nov 9, 2007 16:42 GMT  ·  By
The Custom Google Search Results Display
   The Custom Google Search Results Display

If you are not satisfied by the results outputted by the default or custom Google searches, Mozilla Firefox with the help of a Javascript could help you in this sense. First, you must download and install a Firefox extension called Greasemonkey, that permits you to change the webpage's look and functionalities through various Javascripts.

You can learn to create or customize Javascripts ("user script") for usage with Greasemonkey extension by following the programming rules specified in the free book "Dive Into Greasemonkey". There are also thousands of free user scripts ready to install at the web site http://userscripts.org.

Concerning the customization of Google searches results display, at this web site there is a user script that will change the look and add new functionalities to Google search. It is called Google Search Results Ultimate Makeover and it will install automatically after you will click the appropriate link from within Mozzila Firefox browser.

Google Search Results Ultimate Makeover script can be easily customized even by the users that do not know Javascript, by selecting from the Firefox main menu Tools - Greasemonkey - Manage User Scripts - Edit. The comments marked with double slashes will indicate the variables that could be modified without risking to implement errors in script. As a consequence, you will be able to change the Google logo by adding a custom one, open links in new tab and more.

With the default user script configuration, Google search results will be displayed with a new DHTML blue skin. Every result will have also: the site favorite icon, Snap Shots, Google page rank after each link, Site Advisor result scan and more. If the search result has video content, it will be embedded directly on the search page.

There are many other features available in this script that could be turned on or off in order to suit your needs, such as Safe Search. After you study the programming rules for user scripts, you will be able to add more functionalities to this script or to create others that will improve your browsing experience.