Update Firefox’s search bar with new Google favicon
Have you noticed the new Google search favicon? I am not sure if Google intends to keep it forever but I like the refresh.
You can update the Firefox’s default Google search plugin to show the new Google search icon:
- Locate the searchplugins folder in your Firefox install folder. (typically C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\ on Windows).
- Open the google.xml file with a text editor.
- Locate a section that starts with <Image width=”16″ height=”16″>. You will see it is followed by a long series of characters (the encoded Google icon).
- Replace it with this equally unreadable code: the new encoded Google icon. Ensure the closing </Image> stays there.
- Save the file and restart Firefox.
Enjoy a fresh new Google search icon!
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Have you noticed the new Google search favicon? I am not sure if Google intends to keep it forever but I like the refresh. You can update the Firefox’s default Google search plugin to show the new Google search icon:…
Morbus
It’s really ugly, and even though it doesn’t bother me a bit (as I have ALL my search favicons customized a long time ago), it’s surprisingly dumb how google doesn’t work with alpha channels for transparencies on their favicons…
If anyone cares:
Edit: I’m replacing the posted data URI with a link to it: Google’s Blue capital G icon. Percy
gxg
Nice, I’ve been wanting to do this ever since I’ve saw the new favicon.
Thanks!
Jordan
if you’re running windows vista, make sure you launch your text editor in administrator mode.
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Fitch
Andrew: the instructions are wrong, it’s in C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\searchplugins\ on Windows
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Mycroft Project
You can also get most variants here:
http://mycroft.mozdev.org/google-search-plugins.html
Jim
Hi,
I am using
http://www.mobilefish.com/services/favicon/favicon.php to create my favicons. This site also contains other useful tools.
Jesse
I used this method to update the google favicon many times before, but today it just couldn’t work!
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SanderG
I believe there’s something wrong in the image encoding, halfway it changes from base64 to URL encoding.
Checker
Simply load the new version of the search plugin here http://mycroft.mozdev.org/search-engines.html?name=google
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