google-search
I think Google is testing a new search interface. I don't like it. How can I get the old Google search interface back? I've heard stories about setting cookies to enable certain unreleased features; can I do the the same to disable this one?
The new search interface replaces the search results sidebar menu with one on top and also increases the results' font size:
I can get the old interface back by browsing in private mode or using a different browser (clearing cookies does not work.):
Actually, the pages previews you dislike so much are your ticket to the cached page version – the link to the cached page has been moved into the preview area:
As to the preview itself, there is no way to completely disable it I am aware of. However, if you close a preview by clicking the small closing cross in its right upper corner, previews should only pop up when you hover over the >> area to the right of the search results.
It turned out that AVG had hijacked my Chrome search engine (odd, because I'm sure I installed chrome long after AVG). The inconsistency I saw is presumably that I use a different anti-virus on my other computers.
Best Answer
Google are currently releasing the new layout, so soon there will be no avoiding it. According to their blog:
So for the moment you could use another region like http://www.google.co.uk but probably not for long. Since others will no doubt dislike it there will probably be some Greasemonkey or similar script to send it back to the old look eventually.