Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
Is anyone else starting to get a little tired of Google "jazzing up" the google.com home page One of the reasons I and I think many others started using it was that nice, simple, CLEAN page that had a search bar and that's it.
Then they starting getting cute w/the "Google" word on holidays. OK, just a few times a year, no big.
Then they started adding more "minor" holidays. Then it was celebrating various historical people's birthdays. etc etc etc, more and more.
Now today is the worst yet IMO - some odd Christmas-looking thing (in June?) is there and far as I can tell doesn't even have a reason. ??
If some like the cutesy video game effects, fine, but couldn't they at least have a link for "Google classic" for those of us who liked the clean, professional, business-like interface that didn't look like it was designed by high school kids?
EDIT: I just went back and the Christmas thing is gone. Now it's a mountain sunset. sigh
They are about to lose me if I can't figure out a why to block that stupid image from loading. I feel bad for people who are on dial up still, Google would take a long time just to load the home page.
Thanks for the link, Bowie but not finding the Editor's Pick section when I click on the "change background image" button. Oh well, luckily I am the stoic type. haha.
Now Google has apparently decided that imposing a background image on users wasn’t such a good idea after all, and they’ve turned off their experiment around ten hours early according to a tweet from Marrisa Mayer, Google’s Vice President of Search Product and User Experience. Users that visit the Google homepage are now shown the normal design, along with a link that says “Curious about today’s homepage? Add your own background image now”.
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.
Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
One of the reasons I and I think many others started using it was that nice, simple, CLEAN page that had a search bar and that's it. 
