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Two Column Google

Places Google search results into two columns, making use of wasted space on large monitors.

Wraps the lower half of every Google search result page onto a second column on the right-hand side of the screen. On large monitors, normal Google results leave half of the screen blank and wasted.

It does this by adding a two-column table to the page, and then splitting the Google search results equally into the two columns. The results read like newspaper columns (vertically first, then horizontally).




Jun 17, 2008
pacascos User

for greasemonkey version 0.8.20080609.0 I had to change the name of the variable "parent"

var p;
for(var i = 0; i < links.snapshotLength; i++) {
link = links.snapshotItem(i);

p = link.parentNode;

if(i < half)
left.appendChild(link);
else
right.appendChild(link);
}

p.appendChild(table);

 
Mar 20, 2008
pseudoplacebo User

If you're curious about what it looks like, here's a screenshot:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pseudoplacebo/2347...

 
Aug 12, 2007
colore User

anyone here????

 
Jul 12, 2007
colore User

thanks for the marvelous script!

can you make this script not to flash annoyingly while trying to sort the results?

thanks

 
Jun 4, 2007
Jnd User

looks like?

 
May 16, 2007
a2brute User

I also use the Google Auto Pager Greasemonkey script. These two scripts play well together, except that the two-column format is shown only on the first "page" of the autopager.

http://lifehacker.com/software/google/download-...

 
Apr 13, 2007
mungushume Scriptwright

Ok guys i had a moment of clarity and modded the script to work as requested. Hats of to you Jeff for a great idea http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/8477

 
Mar 19, 2007
.ßrito User

I think it could work better if you used the CSS3 attributes for multiple columns, assuming the FX version being used supports it.

 
Mar 15, 2007
Daniel Hunt User

I use the extension Google Preview which adds a thumbnail image of the webpage next to each search result. I really love this extension but with this script I only get a preview image for half of the search results.
Is there anyway to add to this script so I can have previews for all search results?
If this script and the google preview coould work together that would be great!

 
Mar 13, 2007
GhostlyGhost User

For those dying for it, a quick row-wise sort:

// if(i < half)
if(!(i % 2))

But then, the "sub-links" aren't nested and the rows aren't level if the items aren't all of the same height (which they never are). I suppose that's why the author went for the columns...

 
Mar 12, 2007
Klm User

Two feature requests, if I may:
- row-wise sorting
- ability to show two Google search pages on one page (of course, still in two columns) for those with bigger resolutions.

 
Mar 12, 2007
deeps User

Nice script buddy, but I feel the UI would be much better and more easier if the results were sorted row-wise instead of column i.e.,

result1 result2
result3 result4
.
..
...

This way, you will not need to scroll down and then scroll all the way up to see the next set of results.

 
Mar 12, 2007
Joe Simmons Scriptwright

joethegreek, the file still exists but is not installed. you need to find the location of the greasemonkey scripts and go to the folder and delete it. do this by going to manage user scripts, click any script, and edit.
im using vista and mine is in C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\ou55aw30.default\gm_scripts\

 
Mar 11, 2007
Junk Blocker Scriptwright

Thank you. Can you please add

*blackboxsearch.com/*search*

as as include by default too? http://blackboxsearch .com is an anonymizing front end to google and works by just rewriting the links so most google scripts like this work.

 
Mar 6, 2007
joethegreek User

For some reason, i get an error saying this userscript is already installed, however when i check greasemonkey, it is not listed, so I can't uninstall it and reinstall the userscript. Am I just gonna have to deal or is there a way I can overwrite that?

 
Mar 5, 2007
IchBins Scriptwright

Very nice! Thanks!

 
Mar 5, 2007
Logan Koester Scriptwright

Wow, thanks! Huge improvement on my 1440x900 (17" widescreen).

 
Mar 3, 2007
Jeffrey Sharkey Script's author

Dan, thanks for the tip, I just updated it. :)

 
Mar 1, 2007
Dan Bailey User

Great script, cheers.

Can I make a suggestion? If you change it to http://www.google.*/search* then it'll also work for other Google sites like google.co.uk, google.ca etc.

 
Mar 1, 2007
knowseek User

nice - Thanks

 
Mar 1, 2007
Latrans User

Dude.... sweet!!!

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