Fixing Google’s Annoying Freaking iGoogle Homepage Bug
Yeah I am a Google nut, but once in a while the company that’s out to do the shite for the “Greater Good” screws the pooch. Those of you who use iGoogle homepage know what I am talking about – if you use www.google.com/ig as your landing page with all the groovy customized news, clever quotes of the day, stocks, games, weather and other assorted time wasting stuff you probably noticed the freaking annoying HOME tab on the left side of your screen. This HOME tab sucks up space by creating a gnarly white column of freaking NOTHING. To learn the simple fix… read the super easy details after the break.
To fix it all you have to do is change your landing page from www.google.com/ig to http://www.google.com/ig?gl=all . Get it? Got it? Good!
June 5th, 2009 at 7:43 am
Early June igoogle made some changes. The new code to fix this issue is http://www.google.com/ig?hl=all
June 5th, 2009 at 9:28 am
Why the hell does Google screw with this stuff
The cod fix you list cuts off most of the functional tabs like Shopping. Any way to keep that?
June 7th, 2009 at 6:06 pm
You deserve a medal or two for finding this fix. I came across it after spending 5-6 hours searching.
Many thanks.
June 29th, 2009 at 10:31 pm
Thank you so much Rob S!
November 17th, 2009 at 7:10 pm
This fix no longer works. Something on iGoogle has changed in the last 24 hours. Any ideas?
November 17th, 2009 at 9:29 pm
If you are using FireFox just download the addon “iGoogle Tab Remover” works perfect. If you are not using Firefox either switch or hang tight there will be a solution in a day or two.
November 26th, 2009 at 7:42 am
To Rob 5: When and if you find a fix to the iGoogle Home tab problem could you pop an email off to me @ irvberman@gmail.com
December 3rd, 2009 at 11:41 am
Hi, I am the author of the iGoogle Tab Remover Addon for Firefox. I am glad you like it. I thought you might want to know that I just uploaded a beta version of the addon for Chrome here:
http://www.chromeextensions.org/appearance-functioning/igoogle-tab-remover-for-chrome-beta/
Enjoy!