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HV Enthusiast
Thu Jun 10 2010, 12:20PM Print
HV Enthusiast Registered Member #15 Joined: Thu Feb 02 2006, 01:11PM
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Good Job GOOGLE! Thanks for ruining my internet search experience by adding a stupid background image to the search page which can't even be turned off.

Morons.

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Renesis
Thu Jun 10 2010, 12:31PM
Renesis Registered Member #2028 Joined: Mon Mar 16 2009, 08:13PM
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Features: Add a background image to your Google homepage

Make your Google homepage feel more like, well, home! Choose your own image or photo to appear as the background to your Google homepage. You can choose an image from your Picasa Web photos, your computer or a Google public gallery.

This feature is distinct from iGoogle, which allows you to further customize your Google homepage with personalized gadgets.

I think this is a pretty cool feature. And to "turn it off", just make a plain white image in paint and upload it.
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Steve Conner
Thu Jun 10 2010, 12:45PM
Steve Conner Registered Member #30 Joined: Fri Feb 03 2006, 10:52AM
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Everyone at work is complaining about it too.

It's only for a few days, they'll turn it off on Friday.
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dmg
Thu Jun 10 2010, 02:04PM
dmg Registered Member #2628 Joined: Fri Jan 15 2010, 12:23AM
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It seems they just changed it again to a different background, but I think It will continue to do this until it gets taken off.
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wylie
Thu Jun 10 2010, 02:24PM
wylie Registered Member #882 Joined: Sat Jul 07 2007, 04:32AM
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Or get NoScript for firefox. I don't even know what ya'll are talking about, and i've used google more than 10 times since the sun rose here (5hours ago).
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HV Enthusiast
Thu Jun 10 2010, 04:58PM
HV Enthusiast Registered Member #15 Joined: Thu Feb 02 2006, 01:11PM
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Well, apparently one of the more popular search engine terms for GOOGLE this morning is "how to turn off google background". So they'll probably get the hint.
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Myke
Thu Jun 10 2010, 09:23PM
Myke Registered Member #540 Joined: Mon Feb 19 2007, 07:49PM
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Is it really all that bad though? You won't be spending much time on the page anyways.
It used to show up for me but now it's back to the normal white background.
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Killa-X
Fri Jun 11 2010, 12:53AM
Killa-X Registered Member #1643 Joined: Mon Aug 18 2008, 06:10PM
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It was like that when I woke up today. After I came home from work and turn on my computer, google is now White as it always was...It just has a "Chance background image" link at the bottom left. So it hasn't bugged me :)
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