tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post116966910016829482..comments2024-03-18T02:14:57.204-07:00Comments on Google Operating System: Getting the Old Google Image Search BackAlex Chituhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02618542750965508582noreply@blogger.comBlogger50125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-87812309332407508972008-09-17T17:54:00.000-07:002008-09-17T17:54:00.000-07:00i did the opera thing and its the same 0_oi did the opera thing and its the same 0_oAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-53016817499083327002008-07-22T13:57:00.000-07:002008-07-22T13:57:00.000-07:00i dont like new google.iwant the old onei dont like new google.iwant the old oneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-75472316712663892342007-03-04T13:22:00.000-08:002007-03-04T13:22:00.000-08:00Unfortunately this kills customizegoogle functiona...Unfortunately this kills customizegoogle functionality, which redirects the google thumbnail directly to the image file.<BR/>Simply removing the 3 lines from user.js does not bring back this functionality, you also have to search through the prefs.js, which can be found in the same folder, and remove the 3 lines from there.richthespoofhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12711081768412764484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-29166804749402848802007-02-23T11:38:00.000-08:002007-02-23T11:38:00.000-08:00Feb 20, 2007 update: The Old Google Image Search I...Feb 20, 2007 update: <A HREF="http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2007/02/old-google-image-search-is-back.html" REL="nofollow">The Old Google Image Search Is Back</A>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-32121564484822539042007-02-22T09:40:00.000-08:002007-02-22T09:40:00.000-08:00It looks like they've fixed it as of today or yest...It looks like they've fixed it as of today or yesterday. Thank God.Skaarj Kaaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13116364415199585827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-6185117811257513062007-02-15T09:55:00.000-08:002007-02-15T09:55:00.000-08:00OK, I just discovered this "new cleaner look" to G...OK, I just discovered this "new cleaner look" to Google Image search today. At first, I thought something about my system was messed up. Then I asked a friend to try it and his was the same way. After several hours of browsing through Google help pages and blogs I finally Googled a phrase about the change and found the Google Operating System blog and these posts about the Image search changes which were sprung on us without warning.<BR/><BR/>Echoing other comments, this new look is NOT cleaner. It just removes useful info. Yahoo! Image search still shows all the info, so I may end up using their engine more now.<BR/><BR/>I implemented this IE option change to add Google Image search as a restricted site and now it displays the old info. Fine. But then I went into preferences to change my image search count back to 10 instead of 20 results (I had changed it before just to see if it would make a difference) and I can't change preferences now. I assume I have to unrestrict the site, make preference changes, then re-restrict it to get the old look back. Sheesh!<BR/><BR/>Can't Google just add an option to preferences so folks can outright choose which look they want, classic or clean? That would be a MUCH BETTER SOLUTION! That and, oh, <I>telling</I> people about it!<BR/><BR/>I wasted 3 hours of online time chasing down this problem which turns out to be a "feature" in the eyes of the Google powers that be.<BR/><BR/>I like the old look because when I do use Google Image search it's often to find a usable pic to link to in my blog or on a forum. Part of finding a usable pic is knowing its size in pixels and what site it comes from. That info used to be right there in plain site for all pics and I could easily compare to find pics of interest to click on to check out. Now I have to waste more time flitting about (and scrolling) the screen hovering over each image and trying to remember how one image compares to one or more other versions. Simply annoying...Dimension Skipperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05392348422733549988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-9715665852432964652007-02-08T17:22:00.000-08:002007-02-08T17:22:00.000-08:00I couldn't believe Google would make such a dumb c...I couldn't believe Google would make such a dumb change to their image search. The first real major stumble from them, for me.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the tip to revert to the old, better, UI (I used the Greasemonkey script in Firefox).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-16001763890117102832007-02-04T01:39:00.000-08:002007-02-04T01:39:00.000-08:00How about just admit that the new design is ANNOYI...How about just admit that the new design is ANNOYING and revert to the old one. The new design does indeed SUCK and the userbase has indicated so - as such, time for a u-turn rather than coming up with whacky workarounds.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02918281184140029057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-91827106095275762892007-02-01T20:07:00.000-08:002007-02-01T20:07:00.000-08:00GOOGLE! *PLEASE* put back the old search results!
...GOOGLE! *PLEASE* put back the old search results!<br /><br />We All HATE The Hover Design!!! <<<Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-56320467855546414952007-01-31T18:07:00.000-08:002007-01-31T18:07:00.000-08:00Google is not Google anymore. Is sold out to big c...Google is not Google anymore. Is sold out to big capital. Their God now is money. I want to learn how to turn off more things to get way from Google, little by little. I hate important people now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-34181969351667147352007-01-30T05:57:00.000-08:002007-01-30T05:57:00.000-08:00You would think that the clever boys at Google cou...You would think that the clever boys at Google could make this something that could be set in an individual's Search Preferences on their site, at the very least. You know, like the Safe Search and Languages and all.domestikahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05746362935728677626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-10179552441316553502007-01-30T04:31:00.000-08:002007-01-30T04:31:00.000-08:00Yeah, liked the old search much better...Yeah, liked the old search much better...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-7633947082719113662007-01-29T13:25:00.000-08:002007-01-29T13:25:00.000-08:00I quote all! Bad politic :( turn back!I quote all! Bad politic :( turn back!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-35558029550210086432007-01-28T17:17:00.000-08:002007-01-28T17:17:00.000-08:00This is a surprisingly ham-handed move by Google. ...This is a surprisingly ham-handed move by Google. I've written only a smattering of software in my day, but there's one thing I've learned - optimize all you want, customize all you want, but never EVER EVER take anything AWAY. No matter how retarded you think a feature is, there's always someone out there who loves it and will miss it when it's optimized out of existence. <br /><br />Google should allow users to set a cookie to see the old way. Exhorting users to turn off javascript in Firefox - even just for one page - is LAME!<br /><br />BAD GOOGLE! <br /><br />There. I feel the same now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-39329756928501365952007-01-28T10:20:00.000-08:002007-01-28T10:20:00.000-08:00I just tried to write to mail-support@google.com, ...I just tried to write to mail-support@google.com, which have worked before, but now they are answering back this way:<br /><br />Hello,<br /><br />Thanks for contacting us. We aren't able to respond directly to inquiries submitted to this email address.<br /><br />Please visit our Help Center at http://mail.google.com/support/, or by clicking 'Help' at the top of any Gmail page within your account.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-50301022828422147622007-01-28T08:41:00.000-08:002007-01-28T08:41:00.000-08:00Great solution to yet to yet another big software ...<b>Great solution</b> to yet to yet another big software company removing functionality under the guise of progress"<br /><br />It's the ol' MS formula of give users "some pretty looking c***" with one hand "in the hope that you don't notice them taking away useful functionality" with the other. <br /><br />Come on Google you're better than that aren't you? Give us back the old version!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-57465199706872205102007-01-28T08:22:00.000-08:002007-01-28T08:22:00.000-08:00Is anyone starting a petition or looking for a way...Is anyone starting a petition or looking for a way to contact Google to let them know that this change is not one for the better?Brian Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11211403432599818043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-54285093161068973182007-01-28T07:59:00.000-08:002007-01-28T07:59:00.000-08:00Incredibly annoying move there Google! Apparently ...Incredibly annoying move there Google! Apparently to fit more on the screen without scrolling?! Whoop-di-do.<br /><br />Surely the lack of scrolling is outweighed by the <b>masses</b> of careful mouseovering you have to do to actually find the information you want!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-76033292511560976712007-01-28T07:11:00.000-08:002007-01-28T07:11:00.000-08:00Your IE7 fix works for me with IE6 — Thanks!
Also...Your IE7 fix works for me with IE6 — Thanks!<br /><br />Also posted negative feedback at:<br /><br /><a href="http://groups.google.com/group/Google_Web_Search_Help-Content/browse_frm/thread/2f99ab92c527f8ad/#">http://groups.google.com/group/Google_Web_Search_Help-Content/browse_frm/thread/2f99ab92c527f8ad/#</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-83266802798874811542007-01-28T03:50:00.000-08:002007-01-28T03:50:00.000-08:00The instruction for I.E. works fine with me.
At t...The instruction for I.E. works fine with me.<br /><br />At this thread, an employee at Google (Jamie/Google Guide) would love to hear what we think about the changes:<br />http://groups.google.com/group/Google_Web_Search_Help-Content/browse_thread/thread/2f99ab92c527f8ad<br /><br />Please give them the feed back they deserve....Jesperfecthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03541748032511962485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-9566080258778515062007-01-27T00:36:00.000-08:002007-01-27T00:36:00.000-08:00While I'm no stranger to programming/scripting, I ...While I'm no stranger to programming/scripting, I shouldn't have to "hack" my browser configs just to see the data I have requested and that they already send to my browser. It's nothing at all to add a little link/button on the results page to toggle the display states.<br /><br />Now for my other bone of contention... why have the thumbnail regions occupy the same amount of visible real estate in both event states??? I could understand if they hid the details in order to fit more results on the page (placing thumbnails closer together), but that is not the case. Just LAME!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-71577548562894055232007-01-26T19:50:00.000-08:002007-01-26T19:50:00.000-08:00Very poor decision on Googles part. Should be able...Very poor decision on Googles part. Should be able to easily revert back to original view which showed all information. I plan to remove Google completely.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-1169789106982461502007-01-25T21:25:00.000-08:002007-01-25T21:25:00.000-08:00Thanks for the fixes.This was a terrible change. I...Thanks for the fixes.<BR/><BR/>This was a terrible change. I don't know what Google was thinking.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-1169763258761692882007-01-25T14:14:00.000-08:002007-01-25T14:14:00.000-08:00Currently Opera 9 has the easiest way to enable or...Currently Opera 9 has the easiest way to enable or disable javascript (edit site prefs).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-1169759715416552522007-01-25T13:15:00.000-08:002007-01-25T13:15:00.000-08:00I don't know if there's an easy to do that in Inte...I don't know if there's an easy to do that in Internet Explorer. I got a portable version of IE 5.5 and it worked fine without that silly warning.<BR/><BR/>All in all, Opera has the easiest way to disable JavaScript only for certain sites.Alex Chituhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02618542750965508582noreply@blogger.com