Tag: Google+

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I hate that they added added a gigantic Google Doodle search bar to my "recently visited" new tab page

From Google: "Why are we doing this? Lots of our users go to the New Tab Page, navigate to a search engine, and then type in the search. We wanted to take a step out of the process."

What idiocy. Someone should tell them (Google and those users) about the omnibar.

Anyway, I figured out how to get rid of the Google Doodle garbage.

1. Go to chrome://flags

2. Find:
Enable Instant Extended API Mac, Windows, Chrome OS
Enables the Instant Extended API which provides a deeper integration with your default search provider, including a renovated New Tab Page, extracting search query terms in the omnibox, a spruced-up omnibox dropdown and Instant previews of search results as you type in the omnibox.

3. Set it to 'Disabled'.

You'll sacrifice the other minor features (stuff I know I'll never miss) that came in alongside the updated Recently Viewed page, but in my opinion it's a small price to pay to not be punished because some blinkered Chrome users can't figure out how to use the frigging omnibar.

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This is really excellent

Originally shared by +Kevin Veale

I am delighted by this: my article about considering the community engagement surrounding My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic as an Alternate Reality Game is available at The Journal of Transformative Works and Cultures, who have been utterly fantastic to work with.

Capital, dialogue, and community engagement—My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic understood as an alternate reality game | Veale | Transformative Works and Cultures
Capital, dialogue, and community engagement— My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic understood as an alternate reality game