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gut
03-14-2010, 10:05 AM
more stupid by the day?

Dudley
03-14-2010, 10:17 AM
Dunno, i never go on the homepage, the search engine is integrated to safari.

Al-Khwarizmi
03-14-2010, 12:13 PM
It probably depends on the country. What I see now is this:

http://www.google.es/logos/delafuente10-hp.gif

because it's the birthday of Felix Rodriguez de la Fuente, a well-known Spanish popular naturalist (something like David Attenborough).

What do you see?

nathrakh
03-14-2010, 12:26 PM
http://www.google.fi/logos/piday10-hp.gif


o_O

_Ln_
03-14-2010, 03:22 PM
Have you tried clicking on the picture?

I did and now I know 14th of March is the day of pi :)

gut
03-14-2010, 10:25 PM
I know they have reasons for the designs
they post. I just think this one LOOKS
stupid. Interesting to find out that they
use different ones for different countries
though.

gut
04-01-2010, 08:41 AM
Now it reads: Topeka.

Jeez. Why does this annoy me so much?

Ahhh. I suppose fools abound this time of year.

gut
04-02-2010, 09:21 AM
Now I see yarn. Yes, yarn.

How expensive/illegal would it be to hire a malicious hacker
with the skills to teach these people a lesson?

Sadface
04-02-2010, 05:20 PM
It's more than yarn; it's the 205th birthday of Hans Christian Andersen,
writer of several very famous childrens' stories, like The Ugly Duckling,
Thumbelina and The Little Mermaid. I assume most of the things pictured
in it today relate to his stories in some way.

Sidrick
04-02-2010, 11:06 PM
Now it reads: Topeka.

Well, it read Topeka in honor of the city re-naming itself to Google for a month or some such (I think) .

gut
04-03-2010, 09:37 AM
That was an April Fool's Day prank.
The fact that huge corperations are now annoying me
with April Fool's day nonsense is unbearable.

I see myself logging on to the net one April, maybe
10 years from now (maybe 5...) and reading a caption
like 'Scientists have found the cure for cancer! More on
page 2.

...

April Fools!.

I have reached the age/state-of-mind now where I
find myself wanting to tell the world to grow up.

da1edwin
04-05-2010, 10:22 PM
Oh come on, it's a website picture! Let them have their fun.

gut
04-06-2010, 07:13 AM
It's. My. Homepage.

Don't mess with a man's homepage, or else it soon won't be.

Grey
04-06-2010, 07:18 AM
Use a blank homepage - much less offensive.

gut
04-06-2010, 09:11 AM
I think my complaining has worked. It seems the
research staff at google does regularly read the
'general discussion' section here at adom.de, and
they have called off their foolishness, for now.

If this happens again though, I will not be happy.

da1edwin
04-06-2010, 03:48 PM
Haha this is the first time I've seen it normal in a long time.

gut
04-22-2010, 03:47 PM
...and now I see trees. I'm sure it's in honor
of something really interesting. Anyway, I'm
switching my homepage to here.

Soirana
04-22-2010, 05:32 PM
It is Earth day you asphalt born freak:)

gut
04-22-2010, 07:33 PM
I'm a country boy!

Al-Khwarizmi
04-23-2010, 02:30 PM
You can create a custom homepage with your own logo and a search field redirecting its input to Google.

gut
06-10-2010, 07:15 AM
...and now trees. Not just a logo full of trees, the whole
page is trees. I don't blame left-handers, dog haters, or
even Grey. I blame the general human mentality of trying
to dumb everything in the world down to the stupidest
common denominator. They will probably double their
user base now...

moomoo
06-10-2010, 08:20 AM
...and now trees. Not just a logo full of trees, the whole
page is trees. I don't blame left-handers, dog haters, or
even Grey. I blame the general human mentality of trying
to dumb everything in the world down to the stupidest
common denominator. They will probably double their
user base now...

Yeah, todays google page made me go a little wtf too. Looks like some modern art museum or something. I'd prefer a blank page too.

E: and its not just the logo, the whole page is filled with that 'building'

Soirana
06-10-2010, 10:50 AM
I recommend switching that thing off. Otherwise it will most likely stick forever:)

gut
06-10-2010, 11:29 AM
That's the problem. I just did a google search for 'how to turn
off this stupid background shit' to find out that dozens of people
have already searched for that exact phrase. Everyone is pissed
that google's retards tell us 'to disable the image, just click the
link in the lower left corner of your screen', but clicking that
stupid link only lets you add MORE stupid shit. I suppose
that is my fault for starting to use them as my homepage again.
Switching for the last time now.

Soirana
06-10-2010, 12:03 PM
That's the problem. I just did a google search for 'how to turn
off this stupid background shit' to find out that dozens of people
have already searched for that exact phrase. Everyone is pissed
that google's retards tell us 'to disable the image, just click the
link in the lower left corner of your screen', but clicking that
stupid link only lets you add MORE stupid shit. I suppose
that is my fault for starting to use them as my homepage again.
Switching for the last time now.

left side thing can help:)

just create blank picture of perfect white and set this as your "picture".

Either this or have another page marked as home and google as option in toolbar. Luckily they do not color search pages yet.

vogonpoet
06-10-2010, 12:55 PM
I am confused, what the hell are you guys talking about?
My google from earlier today:

gut
06-10-2010, 02:39 PM
http://i48.tinypic.com/f4kbbs.jpg

bing is already homepage

Soirana
06-10-2010, 02:42 PM
bing is already homepage

You monster don not like cute little pictures?

BlkDucky
06-10-2010, 03:55 PM
http://productideas.appspot.com/#15/e=127061&t=119d7e

Just look at the number of suggestions for a remove option.

BlkDucky
06-10-2010, 03:57 PM
bing is already homepage

Why would you prefer that atrocity?

gut
06-10-2010, 04:07 PM
never used it before, just saw it as an option that
some posters mentioned. first impression is that it
looks clean and add free.

http://i46.tinypic.com/2z7jrli.jpg

BlkDucky
06-10-2010, 04:41 PM
never used it before, just saw it as an option that
some posters mentioned. first impression is that it
looks clean and add free.

http://i46.tinypic.com/2z7jrli.jpg

It has a background image for me. :confused:
A Great Grey Ghost (owl), apparently.

gut
06-10-2010, 07:11 PM
An owl? Ha :D
Why in the world do these companies do this?

Silfir
06-10-2010, 07:11 PM
Google is perfectly silky white on my end... Also, gut, using Bing and Internet Explorer wreaks havoc with your geek cred :)

moomoo
06-10-2010, 07:38 PM
I am now trying this one out. We'll see how it goes.

http://blackle.com/

Simple, black and energy-saving: oh noes ;)

BlkDucky
06-10-2010, 07:43 PM
It's gone back to white. :D

But I can still change background. Google listen, hurrah!

fazisi
06-10-2010, 08:39 PM
I go to www.google.ca and don't get ugly images near as often as google.com but it is still pretty bad. However, I don't spend time looking at images... I don't even look at my screen.

To do a google search I do the following:
Think hey, I need to do a search
Press Alt+d
type google
press Ctrl+Return
type keywords
press Return

Then I finally look at my screen. Using keyboard shortcuts has minimized the amount of time I actually spend looking at retarded displays.

Evil Knievel
06-10-2010, 09:47 PM
I go to www.google.ca and don't get ugly images near as often as google.com but it is still pretty bad. However, I don't spend time looking at images... I don't even look at my screen.

To do a google search I do the following:
Think hey, I need to do a search
Press Alt+d
type google
press Ctrl+Return
type keywords
press Return

Then I finally look at my screen. Using keyboard shortcuts has minimized the amount of time I actually spend looking at retarded displays.

I agree, keyboard shortcuts make life nicer. On the firefox: F6, then tab, (then (if not default google or your choice) CTRL+Arrows choose search engine), then keywords, then return.

BlkDucky
06-10-2010, 10:17 PM
I agree, keyboard shortcuts make life nicer. On the firefox: F6, then tab, (then (if not default google or your choice) CTRL+Arrows choose search engine), then keywords, then return.

On Chrome:

Ctrl+T (new tab)
Type search criteria
Enter

...

BlkDucky
06-11-2010, 01:15 AM
Google is perfectly silky white on my end... Also, gut, using Bing and Internet Explorer wreaks havoc with your geek cred :)

Also this. Time for an upgrade ~5 years ago, gut. ;)

vogonpoet
06-11-2010, 07:49 AM
Using keyboard shortcuts has minimized the amount of time I actually spend looking at retarded displays.

This is the weirdest sentence I have seen on an internet forum for some time :)
Congratulations.

Using keyboard shortcuts has minimized the amount of time I actually spend looking at the keyboard, so I can look at the retarded displays constantly. The ADOM typing school is a tough one, but its effective in the long term.

I suspect the reason I only see white whenever I go to the google home page (which is basically never, as I always use the search bar in the top right of my firefox window) is somehow related to noscript - only basic functions on my internet, unless I really want to do something fancy.

gut
06-11-2010, 09:46 AM
OK, bing isn't working out for me. It just isn't as good as google.
I'm trying blackle for my homepage, and using the searchbar in
my browser for regular stuff. Like vogon says, it seems to cut out
the nonsense. Thanks much!

Regular google page has stupid swimmer logo now...

> Time for an upgrade ~5 years ago, gut.

I've bought 2 new computers within the last year :D

Soirana
06-11-2010, 11:41 AM
OK, bing isn't working out for me. It just isn't as good as google.
I'm trying blackle for my homepage, and using the searchbar in
my browser for regular stuff. Like vogon says, it seems to cut out
the nonsense. Thanks much!

Regular google page has stupid swimmer logo now...

> Time for an upgrade ~5 years ago, gut.

I've bought 2 new computers within the last year :D

Gut they already added full white color as option in pictures [something like ditors pictures section i believe].

just do that and it will white and nice again.

gut
06-11-2010, 02:16 PM
logo would still be daily screwed though

fazisi
06-11-2010, 11:03 PM
I don't look at either my monitor or my keyboard while typing. I watch TV.

vogonpoet
06-12-2010, 07:12 AM
And that's not a retarded display?

/jk

Adom
06-12-2010, 06:18 PM
I used to get excited when google had a special logo. Now I get excited when it doesn't.