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Google Adds A Background Image To Its Homepage
- noonespecial 16y agoI just encountered this. It was giant pastel pigs. I said out loud, "Awe damn, there's bing in my google."
- vault_ 16y agoFirst thought: having it fade in like that is rather distracting and annoying. Second thought: so I'll be able to turn this off tomorrow right?
- johnswamps 16y agoYes, it will be returned to normal tomorrow
- davidmurphy 16y agoLet's keep the discussion centralized in one post. Another post has more comments as of yet, so let's use it instead: here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1419135 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1419135
- bartl 16y agoIt doesn't do it by default, it's plain white as usual. You have to be logged in into Google to have a "different background", thus, any background at all.
- mbrubeck 16y agoI'm seeing it while logged out (and using private browsing, so I don't even have any cookies from previous sessions). Only for 24 hours, apparently: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/06/art-of-homepage.html http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/06/art-of-homepage.html
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- nreece 16y agoIf you don't want a background image then simply access Google via http://www.google.com http://www.google.com
- joe_the_user 16y agoI just typed that into my browser and up came that ugly horror... I'm mostly using firefox search these day but boy, this thing is awful...
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- waterlesscloud 16y agoThe public gallery has a pic credited to Peter Norvig.
- skinnymuch 16y agoBeing the anti-Google guy I am...I have to wonder what kind of reception this would've received if the roles of Bing and Google were reversed.
- silversmith 16y agoThanks, but no thanks.
- ilcesco 16y agoEven if this 'bingoogle' thing is lasting one day only, not having the chance to turn it off is quite annoying, actually.
- bmelton 16y agoIf you 'Change' the background image, there's one with just a white background, which effectively takes it back to what you're used to. It isn't exactly 'turning it off' per se, but it's probably what you want, regardless.
- ComputerGuru 16y agoCan I complain that I posted about this almost 2 weeks ago? http://neosmart.net/blog/2010/google-adds-support-for-customizing-homepage-background/ http://neosmart.net/blog/2010/google-adds-support-for-custom... Even submitted it to HN, but I guess since it's TechCrunch it makes the cut :) (link: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1384608 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1384608)
- apmee 16y agoTo be fair, the difference is that it's now displaying images by default, and this will simply have caught a lot more people's attention
- ZeroGravitas 16y agoIt's interesting to contrast the response between geeks and grandmothers when Google adds Pac-Man (with sound) to the hompage, and a nice picture of some pigs.
- JoachimSchipper 16y agoWait, Google has a homepage?
- sherl0ck 16y agoI don't like it :(
- axod 16y agoThis is depressing on so many levels. If Google continue down this path, we'll need a new search engine startup that does what Google did 10 years ago.
- jgrahamc 16y agoSounds like a start-up opportunity
- apgwoz 16y agohttp://duckduckgo.com http://duckduckgo.com
- axod 16y agoFor me, personally, I want a slimmed down duckduckgo. I just want results. That is all. Listed in a table. I don't want zero click info, don't want oddly formatted extra stuff. Don't want an infinite scroll bar wizard. Just want results. In a list. Formatted exactly the same every time. When I do a search on duckduckgo, I get SIX results on the first page. Which isn't good use of screen real-estate (IMHO). I want to see 20 or so results.
- evancaine 16y agoFor anyone in the UK, going to google.com gives you 'original' google without the background. A redirect sends you back to the UK version but if you set your homepage to google.com/ncr it should stick
- megamark16 16y agoSo I set Duck Duck Go as my primary search engine a long time ago but I have this bad habit of just typing "go" into my url field and Chrome autofills "google.com" for me and I hit enter. This will break me of that habit, I can just as easily type "du" and go right to http://duckduckgo.com http://duckduckgo.com. Thanks Google, I needed that.
- ganley 16y agoThankfully, I hardly ever see the Google homepage. I initiate all of my searches from Chrome/Chromium's address bar.