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ÆthelredÆthelred Registered User regular
edited February 2007 in Games and Technology
This is just a small topic I know, but Google appear to have modified their image search slightly. Now the results page has a mouseover effect that displays the image size and location - probably the most advanced html they've ever put on their search results layout. :wink: It's rather annoying though - I frequently look for large images through their search and now I have to hover over each one to find out the size. I know they have functions for this - searching by size - but frequently I want one that's, say, just a little below their 'large', but way above their 'small.' I wonder why they went for this now; people aren't struggling for screen real estate.

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  • AroducAroduc regular
    edited January 2007
    Wow, that really is irritating. My usability education bile is rising.

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  • Marty81Marty81 Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Do what I did and disable Javascript for google.com

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  • bruinbruin Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    I like it. It's slick.

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  • HandkorHandkor Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    I don't see the point, the space around the picture is still the same, why not show all the info.

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  • FreddyDFreddyD Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Handkor wrote:
    I don't see the point, the space around the picture is still the same, why not show all the info.
    Exactly. It is utterly pointless and uniuntuitive.

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  • Recoil42Recoil42 Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    It seems to me that they're working to try and clone Windows Live's much slicker image search...

    http://search.live.com/images/results.aspx?q=penny+arcade&mkt=en-us&FORM=LVSP&go.x=0&go.y=0&go=Search


    I don't like it either, and the worst part is, they totally missed the best part of Live's search -- the infinite page -- as you scroll down, more images just appear, there's no need to go to a "next page".

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  • Grizzly_AddamsGrizzly_Addams Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited January 2007
    I just checked it out now and that is pretty annoying. But that Windows Live infinite page thing is brilliant.

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  • FunkyWaltDoggFunkyWaltDogg Columbia, SCRegistered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Does anyone know how to contact Google to provide feedback? I can't find anything.

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  • CouscousCouscous Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    It is annoying but probably not worth complaining about.

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  • BigDesBigDes Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    never knew about the Windows Live thing, it's pretty awesome.

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  • LewiePLewieP Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    I'm using mozilla atm, does it make sense that I see nothing new?

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  • DigDug2000DigDug2000 Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    LewieP wrote:
    I'm using mozilla atm, does it make sense that I see nothing new?
    It does some sort of browser sniffing. Works in FF2 but not in Minefield.

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  • LewiePLewieP Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    DigDug2000 wrote:
    LewieP wrote:
    I'm using mozilla atm, does it make sense that I see nothing new?
    It does some sort of browser sniffing. Works in FF2 but not in Minefield.
    Mozilla, as in Mozilla 5.0. For some reason my university deems firefox unacceptable.

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  • QuintileQuintile Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    titmouse wrote:
    It is annoying but probably not worth complaining about.

    It's worth complaining about for me... I use google image search mainly to find album artwork, and I need images that are at least 200x200, so before the page would load and I'd easily be able to tell which I can use and which I can't, and now I have to mouse over each one to find the highest resolution image.

    They took away ease of use in exchange for trying to look cool.

    Very much not worth it, and quite the opposite of what google as always been about.

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  • VoroVoro Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Man, this fucking blows. I hope someone's going to make an extension to disable this stupid shit. :|

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  • fragglefartfragglefart Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Aroduc wrote:
    Wow, that really is irritating. My usability education bile is rising.
    Ditto.

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  • BigDesBigDes Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Quintile wrote:
    titmouse wrote:
    It is annoying but probably not worth complaining about.

    It's worth complaining about for me... I use google image search mainly to find album artwork, and I need images that are at least 200x200, so before the page would load and I'd easily be able to tell which I can use and which I can't, and now I have to mouse over each one to find the highest resolution image.

    They took away ease of use in exchange for trying to look cool.

    Very much not worth it, and quite the opposite of what google as always been about.
    I always found that Amazon.co.uk helpful for album artwork.

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  • LewiePLewieP Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    BigDes wrote:
    Quintile wrote:
    titmouse wrote:
    It is annoying but probably not worth complaining about.

    It's worth complaining about for me... I use google image search mainly to find album artwork, and I need images that are at least 200x200, so before the page would load and I'd easily be able to tell which I can use and which I can't, and now I have to mouse over each one to find the highest resolution image.

    They took away ease of use in exchange for trying to look cool.

    Very much not worth it, and quite the opposite of what google as always been about.
    I always found that Amazon.co.uk helpful for album artwork.
    wikipedia's quite good too.

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  • GoombaGoomba __BANNED USERS regular
    edited January 2007
    Voro wrote:
    Man, this fucking blows. I hope someone's going to make an extension to disable this stupid shit. :|
    ...it's that big of a deal. Also, NoScript or Adblock already let you disable it.

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  • ÆthelredÆthelred Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Recoil42 wrote:
    It seems to me that they're working to try and clone Windows Live's much slicker image search...

    http://search.live.com/images/results.aspx?q=penny+arcade&mkt=en-us&FORM=LVSP&go.x=0&go.y=0&go=Search


    I don't like it either, and the worst part is, they totally missed the best part of Live's search -- the infinite page -- as you scroll down, more images just appear, there's no need to go to a "next page".
    Definitely very cool, but Live's search utterly fails in usability too - the rollover is even more obnoxious as the image pops bigger (for no apparent reason other than to jar) before you can see the image dimensions and location. Both sites appear to be trying to make their result page look like an awesome gallery. Users don't want a visually appealing gallery of images, they want to find what they want and get on with it. Quintile is very much right that it's surely a step away from Google's design philosophy.

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  • QuintileQuintile Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    LewieP wrote:
    BigDes wrote:
    Quintile wrote:
    titmouse wrote:
    It is annoying but probably not worth complaining about.

    It's worth complaining about for me... I use google image search mainly to find album artwork, and I need images that are at least 200x200, so before the page would load and I'd easily be able to tell which I can use and which I can't, and now I have to mouse over each one to find the highest resolution image.

    They took away ease of use in exchange for trying to look cool.

    Very much not worth it, and quite the opposite of what google as always been about.
    I always found that Amazon.co.uk helpful for album artwork.
    wikipedia's quite good too.

    Yeah, I use Wikipedia first, then Amazon.com if it's missing from Wikipedia, and then Google if it's not at Amazon.

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  • ÆthelredÆthelred Registered User regular
    edited February 2007
    An almighty thread resurrection, but this 'feature' now appears to be utterly gone from GIS. How strange. Did they hear the cry of the internet?

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  • JJJJ DailyStormer Registered User regular
    edited February 2007
    I'm not noticing anything different at all.

    It still says that size and dimensions under the thumbnail.

    My noscript is allowing google so I have no idea what anyone is talking about.

    Edit: oh, nevermind.

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  • VariableVariable Mouth Congress Stroke Me Lady FameRegistered User regular
    edited February 2007
    yeah I see no difference and I haven't gone out of my way to change any settings.

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  • ÆthelredÆthelred Registered User regular
    edited February 2007
    That would be because I posted this a month ago and now it's gone, as I think JJ just twigged.

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