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Google Logo Changes Again, Hinting RT Search?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the i-prefer-fake-time dept.

siliconbits writes "The Google homepage is sporting a new logo that changes color as you type, and it is likely a big hint as to what the company will announce at its search event on Wednesday. When you arrive on the search giant homepage today, you will be greeted with a gray Google doodle."

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  1. google.co.uk by calzakk · · Score: 5, Informative

    http://www.google.com/ isn't working for me, but http://www.google.co.uk/ is.

  2. Re:Interesting by The+MAZZTer · · Score: 5, Informative

    Doodles have never been on the HTTPS page since it launched, so no surprise there.

  3. Re:Google has lost it... by Albanach · · Score: 5, Informative

    It would also be nice if the people within Google who realise that Google is used for serious work by people were still in charge...

    And a colour changing logo affects your work day in what way? You realise no one at Google forced you to spend the afternoon playing pacman.

    You can still type in a query, click search and get your results.

    To be honest, I usually miss out on the doodles because it's so much quicker in Firefox to hit Ctrl K then type your query.

  4. Google Don't Like Opera by Mike+Mentalist · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Is there a good reason why these new Google toys don't work in Opera by default? Neither the background image option or that swirling ball trick from the other day worked in Opera until you set it in the options for Opera to mask itself as IE or Firefox - and now the same thing is true for this latest gimmick.

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  5. Re:Google has lost it... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Actually I think it's you who has lost it. Google Search is a commodity, not something you have an inherent right to. Furthermore, these stunts of Google's are the type of thing MBAs shy away from; only in an organization where developers have a lot of free reign is this ever common.

  6. Re:Yesterday too by xded · · Score: 5, Informative

    was not canvas: absolute-positionned divs with round corners.

    Correct. CSS3 feature, animated with ordinary Javascript.

  7. Streaming Search Vid by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    I was able to see the streaming search yesterday for some reason... Luckily, I recorded it. If you want to see it, it's at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOizC3ZPsFI

  8. who cares by Pegasus · · Score: 4, Insightful

    As an Opera user I haven't been on google front page for years - I just use g in url bar to search for whatever I'm searching for

  9. Re:Google has lost it... by dswensen · · Score: 4, Funny

    You know, I think you'll recover from the trauma eventually.

  10. Re:Google home page? by Coolfish · · Score: 4, Funny

    my parents use the search bar to search for google.com (with the .com, mind you), and then use the google home page to search. I wish I was kidding :(