Google tests some new design enhancements in the personalized homepage:* rounded corners for tabs* no search box (you can enable by clicking on the “Search” link at the top)* no @gmail.com in your username* “Add stuff” at the top.Here’s how it looks by default:… and after clicking on the “Search” link (that nobody will notice):{ Thank you, James. }

In case you want to tweak the width of IGoogle’s columns, this Greasemonkey script is pretty good. It’s easy to adjust the width of the columns in each tab, but the settings are only saved locally. That means you’ll see the customized columns only if you use the same browser on the same computer. Maybe a column resizing gadget would be a better idea.To install it, you need Greasemonkey for Firefox.Note: If you use a localized version of Google, a

There’s an easter egg related to the new themes added in Google Personalized Homepage. If you chose any theme other than Bus Stop and Classic, visit the homepage at 3:14 AM (your local time)*. In the Beach theme there’s Nessie, the Loch Ness monster: And the “Sweet dreams” theme has a nice Pi:Tea house:Seasonal scape:City scape:For a way to see these easter eggs, check Ben’s comment. You’ll have to select a theme and inject the content from the C

Google Personalized Homepage becomes a little bit more “customizable”. Now you can select between the default theme and six other childish themes. Themes change the background, text colors, icons, Google’s logo, button sizes and more.The theme is actually an XML that contains a list of CSS files. Google says that the “theme will dynamically change to match your time of day, including local sunrise and sunset times”, so you have to enter your loca

Google has just launched a gadget for Google Talk. It works similarly to the version embedded into Gmail, but it’s created in Flash, so it has a richer interface. Each conversation has its own tab, so the gadget doesn’t occupy too much space. It’s also easier to search your contacts and to invite other people.Some extra features:* paste a link to a video from YouTube or Google Video and you’ll see the title of the video and a thumbnail. If you cl

Remember I told you yesterday that Google started to reveal the number of feed subscribers for Google Reader and Google Personalized Homepage? Well, I was shocked to see the numbers when I visited Feedburner this morning. You’ll say these stats are skewed because this is a blog about Google, so it’s normal that the readers are more likely to use Google tools