Really, you guys have showed me how to run Gmail and other Google stuff right inside iGoogle, and now I'm able to hide all the evidence that I'm even using iGoogle. This is like Gmail without Gmail :)

Nabeel Ahmed

This rocks.

jkrell

For some reason I'm still seeing an old version of iGoogle when I log in.

bnosach

Now I just need something that toggles that sidebar. I want to be able to hide it like in Google Reader

zmnatz

Why not just add the 'toggle google' widget to your igoogle page? Doesn't require greasemonkey and so it runs on all browsers (including safari). [code.google.com]

ronbrinkmann

@bnosach: You have to edit the webpage in Greasemonkey or add "http://www.google.com/*" (without quotes of course).

brian7000

Sweet. This is great for savin real estate on my laptop

brian7000

@zmnatz: what sidebar? did you activate developer tools? if so you can deactivate it.

brian7000

Very nice. I always considered the search bar at top redundant as most browsers have built-in Google search right in the toolbar.

windmillninja

Meh. I use RIP (Remove It Permanently) to take out all the superfluous headers and footers, and a Quick Search keyword ('g') in the address bar to Google stuff.
If I want all the padding back, I switch off that particular RIP and hit F5.

longbourne

@ronbrinkmann: I just tried this module... Something is wonky w/it. My gmail module wouldn't ever "load" (just showed Loading in the module box) and it killed my Date/Time clock.

Is there a way around this?

CountSmackula

You can do the exact same thing by adding the iCustomize gadget to your homepage, not sure if it works with the new one.

TedHead

The Google Corner Bookmark is far superior! You can customize your links in the top left that are normally standardized by google.

[www.google.com]

alex.etc

im really curious what that sidebar in the screenshot is...

elislider

Very very nice. I hope they add this to Better Google.

y0himba

@ronbrinkmann:
@alex.etc:

I receive the following message from Google when trying to add these features:

"Module requires inlining. Inline modules can alter other parts of the page, and could give its author access to information including your Google cookies and preference settings for other modules. Click OK if you trust this module's author or delete to remove this module."

No thanks.

ryn05

I think that sidebar is some sort of "experimental" thing that Google has selected special people to try it.
I hate it. It basically moves all my content over to the right about an inch, and makes the left inch useless, with only that stupid tab thingy there.

Frankly, if I wanted doo-dads and gizmos, I can just use yahoo.

ThinkerTDM

@zmnatz: Try iGoogle Sidebar Collapse (another Greasemonkey script), which does the trick quite nicely. Google needs to add a "minimize" button to the sidebar.

jkrell

@TedHead: Thanks, I like how that works more that the GM script. In conjunction with the iGoogle Sidebar Collapse, it creates a quite nice iGoogle homepage!!

jkrell

First I tried the Toggle Google module but some other modules acted strangely. Then I tried iCustomize and it works perfectly. Bonus: I use Opera which rarely showed the correct number of items, but now with iCustomize they are all showing as they should.

NadaCyzicus

I believe I tried a stylish theme that attempted to do the same thing, but this is the first one that has worked for me. If only iGoogle could have full Google Reader integration. Is that in the works?

jkremer3

I wrote a quick Stylish style that does this and makes the top link bar black. Looks nice with a dark skin. I would post it, but userstyles.org is down right now.

Poppeseed