Poor Google Images change
January 30th, 2007
I wasn’t originally going to write about this, however since I just praised Google I thought it would be unfair not to point out they certainly aren’t perfect. Recently, Google Images changed the way the present their image search.
The new interface hides the image details such as the URL, file size and image size - information that was originally displayed below each image. You are now required to hover your mouse over each image to see this information:
Why would you possibly want to make it harder to me to get information, Google? I thought your main mission was to easily provide me relevant information - not make it harder! Maybe I’m over the top and hovering a mouse over an image isn’t what you’d call “hard work” - however it is an annoyance, just that Google would let something like this go through when they are doing so much great stuff. I can only assume it was done for aesthetic reasons, although if you look at the screenshot the overlay can get messy too.
At least give us the option to turn it off, without having to fiddle with Javascript!
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I love the new lay-out, personally, I actually find that without the added info, it’s easier to scan images for those that interest me, and then I can hover on them if they do. I think that Google had general consumers in mind with this one–rather than particularly savvy users such as e-pros.
January 30th, 2007 at 4:55 pmHehe, I guess you can’t please all the people all the time! I would at least like the option though!
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