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January 24, 2007

Google Images Undergoes Redesign

It appears Google Images has changed their design and some of the usability of the pages. Now if you do a search at Google Images, such as on pineapple, you no longer see the image source details, including url source, and size of image in kb and height and width off the bat. The only way to see these details is to mouse over the images, and then Google will show it to you. Here is a screen shot of my mouse over the middle image:

google-images-redesign.jpg

For a before and after, check out Google Blogoscoped.

As you can image, some folks are not happy about Google removing these details from initial display. I personally like how it is cleaner...

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posted rustybrick in Other Google Topics at January 24, 2007 7:37 AM Comments (8)

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Ye Gods! This is absolutely seductive. I think I might devote a chunk of my day trying to think of images that will look extra nifty when I hover on them.

 

Posted by Chris M at January 24, 2007 09:17

I think it is a step backwards in usability. I was literally using image search at the moment of the change yesterday, and instantly got annoyed by that lack of information.

 

Posted by Chris Beasley at January 24, 2007 10:04

I really like the cleaner look. I found myself focusing more on the images than the underlying text. I also like how the image gets accented when hovered over. Much more snazzy and hip. Cool change.

 

Posted by Henry C. at January 24, 2007 12:04

I dont like this change

 

Posted by Diseño de paginas web at January 24, 2007 13:35

Oh no...why???!!?!

 

Posted by Dave at January 24, 2007 20:26

Although the results page looks cleaner, the lost functionality of being able to use the size and location info to quickly sort the wheat from the chaff is greatly missed.

 

Posted by Jonathan P at January 25, 2007 02:36

AltaVista has had this layout for YEARS - they even have the Advanced Search Options on the default page...

Check it out!!

 

Posted by SearcH EngineS WeB at January 25, 2007 04:47

I was also using the image search when it changed. I was instantly annoyed as I always use the extra info and like to have it at a glance. It may look cleaner, but it totally useless. If they don't revert to how it was soon, I will have to find another search engine for image searches.

 

Posted by G.T. at January 26, 2007 13:19

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