I was having a problem on the /ig page. The query field starts out with focus, so for some reason the code to disable autocomplete doesn't work right away (until you blur and refocus).

To fix it, I added:
f.q.blur();
f.q.focus();
after:
f.q.setAttribute("autocomplete", "off");

Anyone know a better way?

Is anyone else getting crashes from this? It was working for me for a while, but it recently stopped.

The error that I get in Firebug is:
window.google has no properties
onreadystatechange() ac.js (line 26)
1000;break;case 302:case 500:case 502:case 503:I++;break;case 200:var b=q.respon...

Ken, I suspect that the problem was the missing @include for www.digg.com. (I was always visiting http://digg.com, so I never noticed.) I've updated the script, so you might want to give it another try.

I finally got around to fixing the bug (and found and fixed another one in the process). It works slightly differently now, but has the same effect.

Something changed and now this script isn't working for me. I'll try to find some time to fix it.

Here's my script that hides the buried comments:
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/8431

I haven't checked yet, but hopefully our scripts are compatible.

I noticed the new iGoogle branding and did a quick test. It appears that, at least for me, the bug has been fixed and this fix is no longer needed. Thanks Google.

Great idea! Thanks.

Yeah, great idea. I'll probably add it by the profanity filter and sort drop-down list.