Google background images - WTF?
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Daniel Grunwald wrote:
There's a "Change background image" link in the bottom left corner. However, that requires you to log in to iGoogle.
Yeah, I saw that. At the bottom of the page is "Was this page useful?" I smashed the NO button and typed in a very pointed GET THE BACKGROUND IMAGE THE F*CK OFF MY GOOGLE SEARCH PAGE!!!! Marc
What happens if you type that in as a google search?
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All of a sudden I have background images on the google search page. I didn't turn this on. How the heck do I turn it off??? :mad: Marc
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All of a sudden I have background images on the google search page. I didn't turn this on. How the heck do I turn it off??? :mad: Marc
clickety[^] This is why I love lifehacker. They always have a solution :)
LifeHacker wrote:
If you headed to Google.com today and found the Bing-like background image enabled by default, don't freak out—it's 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 the background's 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.
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All of a sudden I have background images on the google search page. I didn't turn this on. How the heck do I turn it off??? :mad: Marc
Not only is it annoying, but the fade-in animation is even more distracting! :thumbsdown:
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All of a sudden I have background images on the google search page. I didn't turn this on. How the heck do I turn it off??? :mad: Marc
Hmmmm.... our corporate head office is located in Canada, so, my google.com becomes google.ca... with no background image! So... solution: use google.ca!
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All of a sudden I have background images on the google search page. I didn't turn this on. How the heck do I turn it off??? :mad: Marc
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AlphaMatrix wrote:
Apparently it's only there for the day to publicise their new background image feature.
Well, I'll be using some other search engine in the meantime. What a way to detract people from using Google. I wonder how many people will permanently switch over, mwahahahaa!!!! Marc
Marc Clifton wrote:
I wonder how many people will permanently switch over
I'm considering it. Not to bing, though... That's just as bad... Maybe yahoocares search... Anything without a giant bloody #(%*&@#()*%&#()*&Uing image every time I just want to find something.
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All of a sudden I have background images on the google search page. I didn't turn this on. How the heck do I turn it off??? :mad: Marc
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All of a sudden I have background images on the google search page. I didn't turn this on. How the heck do I turn it off??? :mad: Marc
If you go to https://www.google.com/[^], yoou will not get the background image.
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Someone in Google HQ must have thought that the troublesome little upstart (Bing) might have had a good idea with the backgrounds and decided to pull it into Google as a new and very unwanted feature. It could however be like one of the Google graphics things that are there for so long then vanish, but it appears to be missing a link if that is the case.