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November 22, 2008
12:34 am PST
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SearchUnWiki

SearchWiki was launched today, letting you edit your search results on Google. Here’s a quick overview:

I found the buttons to be a bit distracting, so I wrote a Greasemonkey script to hide the buttons. If you have greasemonkey installed and want to hide the buttons, try my script. You can show and hide the buttons by pressing ‘W’ on the keyboard.

I like SearchWiki, but I think this change makes it a bit better for me. Let me know if you find it useful!

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1 Data, design and risk &#8212 Matt’s Waste of Your Time { 03.20.09 at 8:40 pm }

[...] and there’s almost always a user backlash. People acclimate to changes, though. For example, I found Google SearchWiki distracting at first, so I wrote a script to hide the UI elements. I still don’t love the design, but it [...]

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