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Tiffanys:
Read about it: http://whitehatfirm.com/news/google-images-lighter-and-easier-navigation/3319.html




--- Quote ---Google introduced a redesigned version of its search engine Google images takes on a lighter and easier navigation.

An article on the official Google Blog showcases a real revolution in the image search engine of Google, at least in its American version.

Now the pictures come in the form of a vast mosaic, without information of the dimensions, the picture name and the site from which it originates. This information still exist, but to see it will pass the mouse cursor over an image. Fortunately, there is an option “show sizes” allows for print-on sizes above each image.

By cons nothing is expected to display the sources of images. But it is important information because the name of the site where the image can be an indicator of relevance and quality. This system will probably reduce the profile and visibility of websites, as the name brand or company will be virtually invisible.

Another big change, now all the images are grouped on one page, with a scroll system. The pictures load gradually as one moves down the page, is avoiding too long loading times.

For a surfer, it’s a pleasure to browse the images without having to change the page in the browser. Simply pressing the Page Up and Page Down can change the selection.Google has not forgotten the sponsored links which is a new format called Image Search Ads will soon allow advertisers to insert advertisements of their products with a photograph, and appear in Google Images.
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What do you think? Personally, I think it's the worst thing to ever happen to Google, and there's been a lot of shitty crap happening to Google lately.

edit: If it really pisses you off, you can use NoScript to disable Javascript for Google and it'll revert (mostly) to how it was before.

vicious796:
Since I'm impartial to it, I'll say I like it. I see no real problem with it and it's not so drastically different.

Tiffanys:
It's definitely drastically different, and there are lots of problems.

You can't go directly to images anymore (I ALWAYS used this), it takes you to a landing page. You can't look at the website an image is from without having to hover over it now (this was a VERY useful feature). And, the page feature was preferable to this new scrollable crap.

They didn't make it more minimalistic, they made it a new convoluted pile of crap. They need to stop stealing from the search engines nobody likes and calling it an improvement. People used Google because it was the way it was. If there was a search engine that didn't suck even worse than Google does now, everyone would switch.

blubart:
i like it. the only thing that imo is a bummer is that you can't browse the page the image is from while still having the google preview frame open anymore.

Sosseres:
Just allows you to scroll the first 8 pages prior to having to hit a next page link.

Hovering over an image just makes it a tiny bit larger with some info added and doesn't load the full image. :/

Over all I don't really care about the change. It wasn't good before, it isn't much worse or better now.

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