I hate the new Google Image Search.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

just BOOO.

it sucks like a black hole.

[merh]

1. Google image search: Black hole sucks

http://www.google.com/images?hl=en&source=imghp&biw=1024&bih=588&q=black+hole+sucks&btnG=Search+Images&gbv=2&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=

One of many results

BlackHoleSucksLight.jpg

[Tuesday Afternoon]

4. how did you do that?

post that pic, I mean.

[merh]

8. do you use Firefox?

If so, right click on the image and then scroll to "View Image info" - a screen will pop up that provides the link that you can post.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

9. no...but Hang on and let me try it anyway

http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQ4DBH7n_xOg_-EB1ZWf3ol-1_6a6h6IvW9ZoZAxa9tPiyjhRM&t=1&usg=__x0tVjOxyQvWKjusuwlAOdB5T21Q=

nope.

[merh]

12. bad image to work with - it is not meant to be linked to directly

View Image Info won't work on that one - here is a photobucket link if you like. It is often easier to upload to a photobucket account.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

13. I was afraid of that.

Is that the only way?

I have IE8 btw.

[merh]

19. Right click on the image and then scroll down to "Properties"

select properties and it should give you the image's link.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

21. I don't have properties. I don't know where it went. I used to have it

now I have Inspect Elements and that does not work.

[merh]

23. Sorry, I have no idea what you should do if Properties is missing.

Switch to Firefox would be my suggestion. :hi:

[pokerfan]

34. Another way

Right click and select "View Image." That will load the image as a page all by itself and the address will be in the address window which you can then copy/paste like any other url...

This is in Firefox but surely there must be something similar in IE. I haven't used IE in six years and don't even have it on this machine.

[Kali]

18. merhaba!

is your username from Turkish?

[merh]

20. I don't really know.

It was a typo - misspelling of something backwards - it stuck so I've just kept it.

[Kali]

24. ah

merhaba is the "hello" type greeting - sort of "good day"

seeing that made me think I had missed something until now
:think:

[csziggy]

27. I never knew what "Merhaba" meant!

One of my clients had a horse named that. She was boarded here for nearly twenty years and is buried here. Sweet horse - we all cried when she went.

[Kali]

29. well, that is Turkish

might mean something else in another language

was it an Arab type? The little Cappadoccian (spell) horses are really something. Rode out of a the town of Avanos a couple of times - first time started out as tourists with a full escort including runners and a motorcycle! More babysitters than the three riders that were being escorted. Then the horse owner figured out we knew what we were doing and the next time we didn't have to have all the extra escorts and his lame niece as a "guide" (we had obviously been around horses WAY more than she) and the second time he went with us as an actual guide and not a babysitter. After we got back he showed off his pride and joy - pretty, dark, stallion. I should dig out the pix and scan them.

[csziggy]

36. Yes, half Arabian, half just mixed breeds.

Cute horse and very sensible for the breed.

[Kali]

11. or

right click for menu, left click "copy image location"

then right click paste into message


preview, because sometimes you really have to save and stick it into photobucket or the like

[Tuesday Afternoon]

14. such a hassle. was not like that until they changed it.

ugh.

[soleiri]

2. I actually like it

But I think I'm the only one.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

3. why do you like it?

and how does one post pictures from it?

[woo me with science]

10. My reasons:

1. I often have to search for very specific or hard-to-find pictures. In the new format, I can scan one big page instead of clicking through 50 pages to find the one I am looking for.

2. I like the "mouse-over" function that enlarges the picture for detail without my having to click and open an entirely different page.

3. Mouse-over now gives all the information that is on the old version, including website, picture size, and links to similar photos. In addition, there's an option to retrieve the same pic. in different sizes.

4. I use the "Web of Trust" service to identify dangerous websites. The WOT rating is included on mouse-over in the new version.

5. They haven't gotten rid of the old version; there is a link at the bottom of the page that switches between formats. I still use the old search if I am looking for a picture I will find relatively easily. The format is cleaner, and it doesn't take as long for the page to load.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

16. thanks for #5, I did not know that

[woo me with science]

26. No problem.

Options are good. :)

[woo me with science]

15. As for posting pictures...

As far as I can tell, Google is preventing direct links from their search page in either format.

Unless I am missing something, you have to go to the website hosting the picture and link from there if you want to steal bandwidth. :hi:

[Tuesday Afternoon]

17. got it, thanks

:hi:

[Kali]

22. huh?

I have been stealing from it here and there?


oh yeah you have to click the popup image once

[woo me with science]

25. Not sure I understand what you're saying here

in either sentence. Maybe I am just sleepy.

I tend to be more careful about (try harder to avoid) direct linking when the hosting website is small and someone is paying for limited bandwidth.

Did you mean you have to click on the pop-up image in order to go to the actual website?


.....

In my browser(s), when you click "properties" or "copy image location" for an image on the google search results page, you get a looooong string of letters and numbers. It consists of the true image location at google, followed by a bunch of extra crap that, if included in the link, will prevent the image from showing up.

You can post the picture by copying the whole thing, but then cutting off everything after the image filename extension (e.g., ".jpg"). :shrug:

[soleiri]

28. See post 10

For an intelligent well thought out reason.

Me, I like the way the pictures POP out.
I never went past page 5 in the old layout. This way, I go to page 25 without a problem.
The problem being my lack of attention span.

[woo me with science]

6. I like it, too.

I especially like having the option of switching between the two. They have different advantages depending on what type of search you're doing.

[pokerfan]

30. I like it too.

I even said so in this forum and was severely castrated. (Is that the right word?)

It's just faster for me though I can see how it could be a pain for dial-uppers.

[soleiri]

31. Maybe castigated?

Because to be castrated over google image search preference...

[pokerfan]

33. That's the word!

Knew it was something like that. ;)

[marzipanni]

5. Google Image Search: Just BOOO, first result: purposeful wardrobe malfunction

Just Bo: so cute!





My son has the new Google image search on his computer- too many images on one l.....o.....n.....g page, or whatever you call it.

[rrneck]

7. Bandwidth hog, and it's hard to scroll unless

the cursor is in just the right spot or images jump out all over the place.

[Xipe Totec]

32. Makes me want to try (gag) Bing n/t

[carlyhippy]

35. just scroll to the bottom and click on the revert to basic view

or original view or something like that. It only works the one time, tho. They didn't make it default, which sucks, I HATE the new format!!

[WinkyDink]

37. Totally agree!