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Google Timer is gone (again)
- mdrzn 4y agoLast time it was gone was 3 months ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32295674 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32295674 And it took about 20 days for it to come back: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32555895 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32555895 Here's two screenshots of my view: [0] https://i.imgur.com/vcMf3am.png https://i.imgur.com/vcMf3am.png [1] https://i.imgur.com/JeKuE9R.png https://i.imgur.com/JeKuE9R.png
- tdrgabi 4y agosearching for "3m timer" works maybe they changed the string
- mdrzn 4y agoDoesn't work even with different strings, different words, or different minutes amount.
- stjohnswarts 4y agoWorks fine here. Only thing I can think of that I have set different than most is I have the "use my activity to help train google search" or whatever that setting is turned off. Basically I have everything I could ever find turned off for google searches to make it as generic as possible.
- neophyt3 4y agoits there.. search for 'timer'
- pgrote 4y agoWorks for me, but it is hidden under the Videos results below the fold on the page. Looks like they switched positioning. It was in the normal position yesterday. https://i.imgur.com/zSiVYBM.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/zSiVYBM.jpeg
- 8jy89hui 4y agoThat is very interesting. I wonder if it only shows up for some people. You posted your comment two minutes ago, and yet when I go to the page, the timer does not show up anywhere. Useful information: I am not signed into Google and am running Firefox 105.0.3
- pgrote 4y agoI am signed into google using chrome 107.0.5304.63 Brave Version 1.45.113 Chromium: 107.0.5304.62 not signed in and it is below the fold. Firefox 106.0.2 (64-bit) not logged in and it is below the fold. term to start the timer was "timer 1 hour".
- jfk13 4y agoCurious - works for me (in several different browsers). (Note for any Googlers who happen to be watching: the full-screen timer display fails rather badly on my MacBook if the time is >= 10 minutes: the time wraps onto two lines and the second is halfway off-screen.)
- jaapenstaarrt 4y agohttps://www.google.com/search?q=1+minute+timer https://www.google.com/search?q=1+minute+timer https://www.google.com/search?q=2+minute+timer https://www.google.com/search?q=2+minute+timer https://www.google.com/search?q=3+minute+timer https://www.google.com/search?q=3+minute+timer https://www.google.com/search?q=4+minute+timer https://www.google.com/search?q=4+minute+timer https://www.google.com/search?q=5+minute+timer https://www.google.com/search?q=5+minute+timer Only the 3 minute time doesn't show
- mdrzn 4y agoNone of these shows for me.
- i13e 4y ago5 minute timer shows up for me but in a different section of the page
- HPsquared 4y ago"Fuzzy logic" strikes again.
- Kibae 4y agoThe 1 and 5 minute timers show for me, but they appear after video recommendations. For my display, this is just under my viewport.
- lathiat 4y ago
- Crosseye_Jack 4y ago"3 minute timer" Doesn't work for me. BUT "180 second timer" does. 2 minute / 4 minute also works. So might be bugged on just that one search term.
- jjbinx007 4y agoI just went to Bing and searched for "timer". Nothing. It's bizarre, if Microsoft wanted to make people use their search engine by choice (rather than force/trick them to set it as default) then why don't they hire the right people to tweak it to make it more appealing?
- tyingq 4y agoOften making a YouTube video made to be a timer the top choice. Where it probably shows you an ad before you can use the timer. Ugh.
- cabirum 4y agoWhy would anyone rely on an undocumented easter egg in a product that has nothing to do with timers?
- millzlane 4y agoI've been using DDG since the first outage. Works almost the same.
- tushar-r 4y agoWorks for me with "timer", "5 minute timer" and "10 minute timer" "3 minute timer" doesn't work; just shows a link to a video for it.
- pmanu 4y agoIt works for me. I always use "set timer x minutes"
- theflyingelvis 4y agoWorks for me