tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post608037837489135548..comments2024-03-18T02:14:57.204-07:00Comments on Google Operating System: Bring Back the Small Google Search BoxAlex Chituhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02618542750965508582noreply@blogger.comBlogger63125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-40107323335030385292011-05-28T13:25:41.175-07:002011-05-28T13:25:41.175-07:00For those who wish to have a fubar-free Google hom...For those who wish to have a fubar-free Google homepage, I present the following:<br /><br />http://www.freewebs.com/theesim/google.html<br /><br /><br />Many thanks to the person who made it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-27085227537300849262011-05-23T17:06:55.059-07:002011-05-23T17:06:55.059-07:00Put the google font back the way it was - it's...Put the google font back the way it was - it's extremely ANNOYING - HATE IT HATE IT HATE IT and for those of who aren't computer gekes, we don't know how to fix it so you could at least GIVE US A CHOICE - large bold font is just like yelling at someone!!!!!!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-85203675216513671062011-05-17T08:30:22.369-07:002011-05-17T08:30:22.369-07:00i think the smaller is cool .. thanksi think the smaller is cool .. thanksarge985http://jobsdaily4eng.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-31447302210203276092010-06-09T15:07:21.858-07:002010-06-09T15:07:21.858-07:00PS: Same commenter as mentioned the Greasemonkey s...PS: Same commenter as mentioned the Greasemonkey script is no longer working here. I just checked for some alternatives, and this Firefox add-on works pretty well at getting Google back to its old format: <br /><br />https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2592/ <br /><br />Ironically, it's actually designed for people who want to view the web in a larger font all the time without having to change their zoom level manually during each page visit. However, you can adjust the settings so that sites appear 100% -sized by default, but any changes to zoom level you impose for a given site (say google.co.uk) are stored permanently. I found that reducing Google's new settings by 20% gets you back to as near damnit the preferred old Google format.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-57199302273543393302010-06-09T14:50:51.693-07:002010-06-09T14:50:51.693-07:00The greasemonkey script doesn't appear to work...The greasemonkey script doesn't appear to work any more. Had been working for me for the past couple of months, now it has no effect. :(Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-59875068906481079302010-06-04T21:10:13.098-07:002010-06-04T21:10:13.098-07:00Google falls further and further from whence it ca...Google falls further and further from whence it came.Bauernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-28483952445684223972010-05-07T04:15:18.714-07:002010-05-07T04:15:18.714-07:00I agree with the comments above criticising the ne...I agree with the comments above criticising the new font (which just became active in the UK). I get the impression that Google designers live in some strange anti-feedback bubble, where how good an idea is perceived to be is a function of the number of hours they’ve spent working on the concept, multiplied by the number of words in the smug blog articles they write bragging about their 'innovation' and 'brilliance' (see here: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/09/now-s-u-p-e-r-sized.html). Someone really ought to tell them that self praise is no honour, and that customers whose wishes are ignored can and will leave for suppliers that listen to them more. First, Google imposed country-specific redirects on their users (meaning that people abroad found they suddenly couldn't use the language-specific version that was appropriate to them as individuals), then we had Gmail with its threaded conversations intended to reflect the way internet forums work, which completely corrupted the way most mail applications had been dealing with e-mail (you can’t download the same e-mail on multiple devices any more – reading it on one device renders a given message impossible to download on another device because of the way threading has been implemented), and now we have an imposed SEARCH ENGINE FOR THE BLIND, for all. If Google don't want to experience the same mass exodus of users that happened to Infoseek in the early nineties, and AskJeeves at the turn of the Millennium, I suggest they start listening to the feedback of *actual users*, and stop indulging the ridiculously-conceited whims of their egotistical and grossly deluded designers. Arrogance is not the same thing as innovation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-33850505343080532322009-11-19T06:48:32.651-08:002009-11-19T06:48:32.651-08:00The Firefox Google page is obnoxious.The Firefox Google page is obnoxious.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-88897732119448941212009-10-28T21:06:33.797-07:002009-10-28T21:06:33.797-07:00Just use http://www.google.com/firefox
It's a ...Just use http://www.google.com/firefox<br />It's a small search boxAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-91720788870381317192009-10-25T22:15:01.098-07:002009-10-25T22:15:01.098-07:00I don't like it. The script isn't good eno...I don't like it. The script isn't good enough, it flashes the "big" version right before the CSS alters it to what was and should still be "normal". Anyone have anything better?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-31417771070445672692009-10-11T07:06:25.395-07:002009-10-11T07:06:25.395-07:00Does anybody have a way that works to reduce the s...Does anybody have a way that works to reduce the super-sized search box for the vision impared in Safari?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-31879928107565728572009-10-06T23:55:31.548-07:002009-10-06T23:55:31.548-07:00Are Google really now going to leave us now with t...Are Google really now going to leave us now with this bigger search engine and not give as a choice to choose between the 'new bigger' and the much preferable smaller search engine most of the Google users prefer.For those Google users who can not see the smaller print,get a eye test or put on your specs.Smaller is best,just read the comments.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-88835189859697098472009-09-30T15:18:18.085-07:002009-09-30T15:18:18.085-07:00When Google alters the size of the search box and ...When Google alters the size of the search box and font, I laugh and circumvent the change with a script.<br /><br />When webmasters cry bloody murder about ad blocking, I laugh and continue blocking ads.<br /><br />I surf the web on MY terms, and within the conditions that best serve MY needs. <br /><br />If Corporate entities and webmasters want me to submit, then they will have to force me to my knees, because I'm not going down without a vicious fight.Last Bronxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-25831609881773968952009-09-30T10:03:36.150-07:002009-09-30T10:03:36.150-07:00It indeed looks hideous, hold your ctrl key and &q...It indeed looks hideous, hold your ctrl key and "scroll" down. FF should save your preferences.<br /><br />If that fails use msn or yahoo to find the greasemonkey unsupersize script.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-19620963090569223402009-09-29T13:54:02.825-07:002009-09-29T13:54:02.825-07:00Some older people at my office type everything big...Some older people at my office type everything big. It is hard to read, so I make it small. Why can't Google let us choose?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-28115562587040603902009-09-22T11:34:14.207-07:002009-09-22T11:34:14.207-07:00Alex Chitu - many thanks to you for providing the ...Alex Chitu - many thanks to you for providing the anti-Special Needs sized script for Internet Explorer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-52062829157188102472009-09-21T17:46:00.754-07:002009-09-21T17:46:00.754-07:00I don't see how anyone could find a way to com...I don't see how anyone could find a way to complain about this: the text is larger, therefore it's easier to read. Period. I love it.<br /><br />Yet the Luddites still complain.Thomas Edwardshttp://google.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-50331094281633055252009-09-19T11:28:12.943-07:002009-09-19T11:28:12.943-07:00Very good question.I hope google read all this com...Very good question.I hope google read all this comments.The positive comments of this change(new face)of google is very scarce.I think,reading through all this comments,google must have surely notice it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-9800051008729392922009-09-17T19:54:34.249-07:002009-09-17T19:54:34.249-07:00Ok, this was a bad move in most people's eyes ...Ok, this was a bad move in most people's eyes from Google.<br />What they should have done, was change it, but have an option, in the upper right hand corner [or left etc] to "Classic Google"<br /><br />Was Google really this dumb, to have it be a one-way street?<br /><br />So here is my question...<br /><br /> Are they going to change it back, or at least allow us to?Jacknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-90639603053498684492009-09-17T18:58:08.759-07:002009-09-17T18:58:08.759-07:00I think I just realized why they pulled this boneh...I think I just realized why they pulled this bonehead move...<br /><br />Google is always trying to shove their browser "searchbar" addon down our throats. I don't know about you guys, I like my monitor real estate to go to what I want to read, not "addons". I'm guessing that Google knew that virtually everyone would hate the Fisher-Price searchbox and install the Google bar addon so that they don't have to put up with it.<br /><br />Very clever Google! But stupid!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-22728565438431327462009-09-17T14:26:12.895-07:002009-09-17T14:26:12.895-07:00Why should the search box text be bigger than the ...Why should the search box text be bigger than the search results? We have to read them all under the same conditions. If people found the search box text too small they could have just zoomed in a step with ctrl & mouse wheel, making everything a touch bigger.<br /><br />This was a really dumb decision.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-44297654800023489092009-09-17T12:39:16.834-07:002009-09-17T12:39:16.834-07:00Make it smaller PLEASE!!!Make it smaller PLEASE!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-22022857769761721012009-09-16T23:32:11.056-07:002009-09-16T23:32:11.056-07:00It was so distracting when the search box was HUGE...It was so distracting when the search box was HUGE! Anyway, thank you so much for changing it back! Love Google 'again' =]Christopher Rojanakithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15450402265785736767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-3809690202514335292009-09-16T16:19:51.807-07:002009-09-16T16:19:51.807-07:00Cant stand the new look - - bring back the origina...Cant stand the new look - - bring back the original sizing cos this is off putting!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-34641942621771813562009-09-16T13:57:56.176-07:002009-09-16T13:57:56.176-07:00Who ever thought that this big this was a good thi...Who ever thought that this big this was a good thing should be taken outside and slap six days from Sunday.<br /><br />For not giving the user the option to control interface - just hit them with a monkey wrench, until they promise not to do it again.<br /><br />Praise Greasemonkey script - it works :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com