Google has been rolling out to a small subset of users that takes the search giant's obsession with minimalism to the extreme. The page features exactly two elements: Google's famous logo, and its search box. That is, until you move your mouse, when a nifty fade effect reveals with rest of Google�s standard navigation options.

This morning Google Blogoscoped posted a special snippit of code that you can copy and paste into your browser to enable the new minimalist design. But that version falls short of greatness: it includes the Google Search and I'm Feeling Lucky buttons. For those looking for the ultimate in austere, these buttons are little more than ugly blemishes marring an otherwise perfect design.

To set the cookie, do the following:

1. Head to google.com

2. Paste the following code into the address bar of your browser:

javascript:void(document.cookie='PREF=ID=2602f2ce49362929:U=7b6893b1882d5a94:TM=1239881060:LM=1254195610:L=0qXJlAA:GM=1:S=CwDGQD20E8U14zDg;path=/;

domain=.google.com');

3. Hit enter or �go� to run it (you have to be on google.com at the time). It will not give you any feedback, it will just run and set the cookie.

4. Refresh the page.

Thanks to Don MacAskill over at SmugMug for the tip.