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Remove the "Take Our Survey" Prompt from Google Experimental
Posted by Kevin Purdy at 11:32 PM on April 8, 2008
If you're using Google's experimental keyboard shortcuts, auto-complete functions or other interfaces, you might have noticed a little yellow survey primer that sometimes sticks around long after you've offered up your answers. The How-To Geek points to a DIY Stylish script for Firefox that always hides the yellow box. Head to your Google search page, click on the Stylish status bar icon, choose "Write style" and "For Google.com," then enter the following:
@namespace url(http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml);For detailed instructions and more Stylish work-arounds, head to the Geek's site.@-moz-document domain("google.com") {
#exp_msgs {display:none !important;}
}
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Bannana
Posted 12:12 AM 9/4/08
Is there anyway to do this with Grease monkey ? or do you have to use Stylish?
Bannana
holymogwai
Posted 12:04 AM 9/4/08
for giving away google apps for free, a survey here and there doesnt bother me at all.
holymogwai
mulletmandan
Posted 12:56 AM 9/4/08
Hmmm...I simply joined the Keyboard Shortcuts experiment (as opposed to using their "test search"), and no survey box comes up.
mulletmandan
The How-To Geek
Posted 12:47 AM 9/4/08
@holymogwai: I agree... the problem is that the survey box never seems to go away, even after I took it like 3 times.
@Bannana: It could probably be easily adapted to greasemonkey... I'll take a whack at it in a bit, unless somebody else does it first.
The How-To Geek
Protector one
Posted 5:58 AM 9/4/08
Gah, don't know why I didn't seize power earlier. A Stylish-less bookmarklet (convert to greasemonkey/IEpro script as you please):
javascript:o=document.getElementById('exp_msgs');o.parentNode.removeChild(o);document.close();
Protector one
Protector one
Posted 5:54 AM 9/4/08
I hate that yellow thing. I'm rolling a Google Suggest with keyboard shortcuts homepage, and. It. Bugs me. The Googlians should have set it to disappearing after you do the survey once.
Protector one