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gazzae

10-06-2010 09:07

What have google done?

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I was happpy with the white screen... I don't need to see trees or wooden structures when searching

oopps title should say what have google done.

Maggy

10-06-2010 09:11

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I doubt that it is permanent.

---------- Post added at 08:11 ---------- Previous post was at 08:09 ----------

Actually upon investigation it turns out you can change the background picture and supply one of your own choosing..;)

gazzae

10-06-2010 09:15

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Originally Posted by Maggy J (Post 35038159)

So you can. It needs a google account of course. I've changed mine to white, but the links look horrible now if you ask me.

Maggy

10-06-2010 09:18

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Actually that looks very stylish,very minimalist. Nice.

Damien

10-06-2010 10:19

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It's only temporary to show off the feature, it will go back to normal tomorrow.

martyh

10-06-2010 10:19

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very arty i'll kepp mine as is for now and see if it gets on my nerves :)

moaningmags

10-06-2010 12:02

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I'm finding it very distracting and annoying. Give me back my clean white page!!

moaningmags

10-06-2010 12:13

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I'm using Chrome and IE getting it in both

v0id	10-06-2010 12:32

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I just switched to google.com instead of .co.uk and have the plain white page back

Druchii

10-06-2010 12:48

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And for those that enter google.com, and get google.co.uk, try: www.google.com/ncr
NCR stands for No Country Redirect as far as i can gather :)

Pog66

10-06-2010 12:52

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Mmm Google emulating the background used in bing.com - surely Google are not following Microsoft's lead ;)

v0id	10-06-2010 13:44

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Originally Posted by Pog66 (Post 35038260)

Mmm Google emulating the background used in bing.com - surely Google are not following Microsoft's lead ;)

like they didn't do with that useless sidebar

Tarantella

10-06-2010 17:18

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I use

https://www.google.com/

still plain there.

joglynne

10-06-2010 18:44

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I don't understand the ins and outs of how it works but I use Google . co .uk as my Firefox Home page and it comes up as normal. If I go to that address manually I get a background image.

dave6x

10-06-2010 19:12

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The best thing about Google used to be speed and simplicity of presentation.

I hate the new "improved" Google front screen, it's a mess!!! When I do a simple search I don't want to have to login to get special settings, I want the old speed and simplicity back.

Personally I think they have scored an "own goal" with regard to the search engine part of their business!

Hom3r

10-06-2010 20:00

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Bing do it.

http://www.bing.com/

They have some excellent pictures on there, its a shame that they aren't full screen.

In the bottom left of the picture they have a arrow that you can see the previous 7 days worth.

v0id	10-06-2010 20:44

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Originally Posted by Hom3r (Post 35038530)

bing do it ....BETTER ;)

dave6x

10-06-2010 20:52

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Originally Posted by v0id (Post 35038559)

bing do it ....BETTER ;)

Bing may do pictures better, but it's an appalling search engine!!!!

AntiSilence

10-06-2010 20:54

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Originally Posted by Pog66 (Post 35038260)

Mmm Google emulating the background used in bing.com - surely Google are not following Microsoft's lead ;)

Bing does it better.

martyh

15-06-2010 21:11

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using google .co.uk since the background pictures have been introduced has anyone else noticed that when you type in the search box it is so slow also when i click on the suggested search list that appears when you are typing it just goes to a home tab with no results .Is this a fault with my browser (i.e 8)or google

Stuart

15-06-2010 21:14

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One easy way to remove the Google pictures. Don't ever sign in to Google.

martyh

15-06-2010 21:20

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Originally Posted by Stuart C (Post 35041478)

One easy way to remove the Google pictures. Don't ever sign in to Google.

i don't ,i even tried google .com and still get the pictures and slow typing but the search drop down works :shrug:

Stuart

15-06-2010 21:23

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Well, I don't get the pictures on IE, Safari or Opera, and I never sign in to Google.

martyh

15-06-2010 21:38

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Originally Posted by Stuart C (Post 35041486)

Well, I don't get the pictures on IE, Safari or Opera, and I never sign in to Google.

aaahh ,didn't realise i was signed in i never do but once signed in it must remain signed in untill i sign out regardles of restarting the browser

bw41101

15-06-2010 21:59

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Originally Posted by gazzae (Post 35038158)

I was happpy with the white screen... I don't need to see trees or wooden structures when searching

oopps title should say what have google done.

Absolutely and there's nothing like a very busy background picture to force your graphics card into working unnecessary overtime.

Si thee :Sprint:

iFrankie

15-06-2010 23:11

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Whats this SSL Beta?!

why was the pic deleted?

Raistlin

15-06-2010 23:14

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Originally Posted by iFrankie (Post 35041597)

why was the pic deleted?

I took the liberty of removing your screenshot, I'm sure you didn't really want to share your gmail address with the world :D

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Originally Posted by iFrankie (Post 35041597)

Whats this SSL Beta?!

At present any search terms you send via Google travel across the Internet and your local network unencrypted. Google are trialling a fully SSL (actually TLS) encrypted session between their servers and the end user, meaning that any search terms you send off and any results you get back are encrypted in transit between the servers and you.

iFrankie

15-06-2010 23:18

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Originally Posted by Rob M (Post 35041599)

I took the liberty of removing your screenshot, I'm sure you didn't really want to share your gmail address with the world :D

At present any search terms you send via Google travel across the Internet and your local network unencrypted. Google are trialling a fully SSL (actually TLS) encrypted session between their servers and the end user, meaning that any search terms you send off and any results you get back are encrypted in transit between the servers and you.

Totally forgot i had it showing haha.

Thanks for telling me what it ment :)

Raistlin

15-06-2010 23:19

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Originally Posted by iFrankie (Post 35041601)

Totally forgot i had it showing haha.

Easily done :)

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Originally Posted by iFrankie (Post 35041601)

Thanks for telling me what it ment :)

You're quite welcome :)

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