Google adds backgound - Page 2

mousepod · 06-10-2010, 08:57 AM

It's working for me. I'm not bothered by it - I can change the backgrounds easily. I'm also not particularly impressed.

Ghoulish Delight · 06-10-2010, 09:13 AM

I first saw blackle over the shoulder of a coworker. Knowing him, I assumed for a while that it was some soft of dumb racial thing, like it translated all the links into ebonics or something.

scaeagles · 06-10-2010, 09:28 AM

It actually led to me changing my home page at the office. I telecommute regularly, and the VPN is pretty slow when it comes to images, so every time I need to bring up the internet for something it was taking about 10 time longer to render the page.

Uh, no.

Alex · 06-10-2010, 10:07 AM

Well crap. I had clicked over to Classic to see the image and then went back to iGoogle. Now whenever I go to Google it is defaulting me to classic view for some reason and I have to manually switch. Now I really hate the background image.

innerSpaceman · 06-10-2010, 10:34 AM

I'm gonna try this:

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Originally Posted by Google blog

If you headed to Google.com today and found the Bing-like background image enabled by default, don't freak out—it's relatively easy to rid yourself of.

The background image is apparently a 24-hour introduction of the feature, with backgrounds rotating on a random basis. If Google.com's a regular part of your day, and you find the background distracting, do what commenter Cathoo recommends: hit the "Change Background Image" link in the lower-left, head to the "Editor's Picks" section, then scroll to the bottom to find the familiar, entirely white "theme." Or just wait until Google's background experiment reverts to its mostly-blank default.

oh ... except now I have a handy Remove option instead of Change option. Nice.

Moonliner · 06-10-2010, 10:44 AM

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Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

oh ... except now I have a handy Remove option instead of Change option. Nice.

Umm... Don't. If you do you'll be right back where you started.

Also, I'd bet that the "Editors pick" is still a large image file and not the sevlte homepage we know and love.

innerSpaceman · 06-10-2010, 10:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Moonliner

Umm... Don't. If you do you'll be right back where you started.

Nope. Removed the image. Exited, went back, still good old blank slate white Google. Cool. or is that Coolgle?

Moonliner · 06-10-2010, 11:07 AM

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Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

Nope. Removed the image. Exited, went back, still good old blank slate white Google. Cool. or is that Coolgle?

Ahh, not really. They have now removed the image for everyone.

Cadaverous Pallor · 06-10-2010, 12:55 PM

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Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

Cool. or is that Coolgle?

You're making me crave a noodle casserole.

Not Afraid · 06-10-2010, 10:44 AM

I have Firefox default to open to a blank page. I google in the tool bar, so I never see the Google home page. I had to Google Google yesterday to see it.

06-10-2010, 08:57 AM	#1
mousepod You broke your Ramadar! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,635	It's working for me. I'm not bothered by it - I can change the backgrounds easily. I'm also not particularly impressed. __________________ "Give the public everything you can give them, keep the place as clean as you can keep it, keep it friendly" - Walt Disney
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Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	I first saw blackle over the shoulder of a coworker. Knowing him, I assumed for a while that it was some soft of dumb racial thing, like it translated all the links into ebonics or something. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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scaeagles I LIKE! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,819	It actually led to me changing my home page at the office. I telecommute regularly, and the VPN is pretty slow when it comes to images, so every time I need to bring up the internet for something it was taking about 10 time longer to render the page. Uh, no.
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06-10-2010, 10:07 AM	#4
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Well crap. I had clicked over to Classic to see the image and then went back to iGoogle. Now whenever I go to Google it is defaulting me to classic view for some reason and I have to manually switch. Now I really hate the background image.
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Not Afraid HI! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 17,108	I have Firefox default to open to a blank page. I google in the tool bar, so I never see the Google home page. I had to Google Google yesterday to see it.
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