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Google Dark Extended
An extension of the original Google Dark, found at http://www.07designs.com/gdark/
I’ve been using Google Dark for a while now, and while it’s nice to see a beautified Google, the sensation goes away as soon as you click the “Search” button, or move to a different area. Since there haven’t been any new releases or additions to Google Dark in a while, I decided to pick up the torch and spread this theme throughout the rest of Google.
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Unsafe and uses .com rather than current tld. |
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There are many images in the script which are externally linked - which also means that EVERY single link that goes to that external page carries in its header HTTP_REFERRER. This means his site receives the full address of the google page you're at, something which is not all that hard to log (along with all the other usefull data that could be used to track you). The script writer is almost certianly not doing this, but even so I wouldn't trust my even best friend with that capability. |
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*sigh*
Data URI - i.e. the entire image in text (likely base 64) which Firefox can read and interpret as a file Here is how you make a Data URI: http://software.hixie.ch/utilities/cgi/data/data
add this to the source of the dark extended script after the commented part: var darklogo;
and then replace all the
Upon looking at the actual source - CHRIST, it seems there was an effort made to make this script bloody dependent upon an external resource, I'm going to have to remake it with nothing but Data URI's sometime so that it will be entirely independent (i.e. not a single thing needs to be grabbed off the web, why make so many connections for no reason as well as waste that bandwidth again and again). The script itself will be somewhat larger in filesize to fit the pictures inside of it as text, but that's infinitely superior to external linking. I'll likely include this theme in the massive google customizer I'm making which combines at least 30-40 of the more popular Google scripts as well as a few of my own, but adds a configuration ability to tune it all to what you want and enable/disable features to your hearts desire. This will then be compiled into a .xui Firefox extension so it can have a custom options GUI like all the other Firefox settings, but that won't add anything really except a nicer way to config stuff and the ability to load it without even having GreaseMonkey installed. |
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CORRECTION: Instead of searching for 'Google logo'
search for http://userscripts.corhol.com/google-dark/logo.jpg and replace all instances with http://07designs.com/GDark/img/logo.jpg |
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He would fix it if his homepage wasn't down. the best way to fix it is to use the logo from the original script.. Just edit this script and search for 'Google logo'. Then find the line that says document.getElementsByTagName('img')[1].src = and change the url to http://07designs.com/GDark/img/logo.jpg |
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NIIIce, just the logo.....hope you can fix that..:) |
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Neat idea but needs some work... Google logo, for example, doesn't show up on the google.com homepage!?! |
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very slick looking! gonna use it for a while. cred to the original author too. thanks! |
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