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Yes. I'm not wild about the most recent rev. I liked it better when you didn't get a pop-up (javascript?) window when trying to hit an image link. Besides using it to look for pictures to use for memes and jokes (isn't that what most people do?), I like using it to check that the hits I'm getting are about what I'm really looking for. So, for instance, I'm having to make up work on a... more... - Spidra Webster

I'm surprised you like the old version better -- the landing page with the full size image superimposed over the page it's on, then you had to press the back button and click the next result? - Bruce Lewis

Hmm. I wonder if I'm describing it right. As I recall, I used to search on Google.com. Then I'd select "Images" tab and get a bunch of thumbnails of images with the site and the image size. And when I hit the thumbnails I could check the site. It's not that I abhor the concept of a preview. But in practice those windows (whether they're made with javascript or whatever) tend to be buggy... more... - Spidra Webster

I like being able to do reverse image searches (i.e., enter an image url and find the source). I don't always find what I'm looking for, but it's a nice feature to have. - John (bird whisperer)

Sorry about that, Spidra. - Bruce Lewis

John, I like that too. - Bruce Lewis

I like the pictures. - Kelli H.

I do use it - I didn't particularly like the adjustment to the image view, mostly because it wasn't obvious the first several times that the behavior had changed (that I needed to click something to close) and it meant that I had to move the mouse around more. Other than that, I've found it pretty useful. I'd love to more easily discard results selectively, when images show up that aren't at all what I was looking for. - Jennifer Dittrich

What John said. A reverse image search would be great but I have no idea whether it's even possible. - Spidra Webster

Jennifer, try the arrow buttons. The discarding idea is interesting. - Bruce Lewis

Spidra, is there a camera icon in the right side of your Google search box? I don't know if it's on all browsers. If it's there, click it for search by image. - Bruce Lewis

It's been pretty terrible. I've complained about it several times. I dislike not being able to see snippets of the search results text and having to mouse over or click to even see which website each result comes from. I guess that new "try these, too" feature could be of some use eventually, but I'm still extremely annoyed with the latest changes. - Kamilah Reed (K. Gill)

I tend to start my Google searches using the search box at the upper right hand of Safari. I usually only go to Google's home page when there's a particular doodle I want to see. There's no camera icon there. - Spidra Webster

Kamilah, there's a tradeoff between space for text and space for images...I wonder how hard it would be to give people a choice. - Bruce Lewis

I use it to find pictures to enhance my FriendFeed posts. :) - Eric - seven eleven from iPhone

@Spidra - there already is reverse image search. I use it via the Firefox extension "Who Stole My Pics" (maybe an overly confrontational name) which lets me do reverse image search straight from the right click context menu. - Andrew C (✓) from Android

Ah. I'm off Firefox for the moment because it's been crashy for me. I was trying to remember why I most wanted a reverse search and I think it's for ID purposes. When I have a photo of some plant or something and I want to know what I'm looking at, it's my hope that matching it with the same photo or similar ones will lead me to the info. - Spidra Webster

I use it to look up colors of different superheroes for my son when he is coloring them - Jason - The Opaque from Android

Finding the exact photo might help, but a merely similar photo, graphically, will almost definitely be of another plant. - Andrew C (✓) from Android

Yeah, I figure the tech just isn't there yet. But I can dream. - Spidra Webster

I like the new format: the ability to preview an image, go directly to the original image, and to see similar images to the one I am previewing. - Friar Ticket to Ride

OT, but if Firefox is crashing for you, you might try turning off hardware acceleration... I've heard that's been unstable lately. - Andrew C (✓) from Android

Oh, jeez, yeah, I use it all the time. I use it on the reference desk, in the way that librarians use clip art books for patrons wanting specific images. I used it got tattoo ideas. I use it to look for people. I use it to look for random, strange images to share and alter. I haven't had good luck with dragging an image to the search box. It has to be very clear and specific. I'm still adjusting to the new Images, but nothing has made me too cranky. - Chelle Chelle Ro Ro

I'm on a Mac and I don't get a camera icon (checked on Firefox, Chrome, and Safari). On Chrome, there's a microphone icon inside the search box. I won't be at a PC to check until tomorrow. - Betsy #TeamMonique

When I'm in reference (and for personal searches) I use google image search all the time. We also teach it as part of Intro to Internet 2: Searching. - Betsy #TeamMonique

I wish it were easier to limit to reusable / creative commons images - since I often use it to find images for my blog or other academic illustrative purposes - $tephanie•Cog$ciLibrarian

I like seeing the preview image on a page by itself when clicking the thumbnail, and having the option to visit the source page or not..rather than an overlay on the source page, potentially exposing the computer to possible malware that may be embedded on the source page. This is going to save me a lot of time, trouble, and work removing malware from some people's computers. What would... more... - April Russo

I and several of my coworkers have it as our jobs to improve image search. I seriously consider lots of ideas, especially ones accompanied by explanations of what kinds of searching they serve better and why. - Bruce Lewis

I use it all the time. Just yesterday I was trying to figure out whether my "juvenile hawk" photo was actually of a juvenile bald eagle. Browsing GIS made me think no, it really is a hawk. Besides, if I stopped using GIS, Radhika M would kill me ;) - Amit Patel

I use image search; it's awesome. I use it to identify foreign words that I suspect are nouns, to get pretty images for documents. Things to change: Personal Results don't tend to be relevant; until they are, I wish it showed fewer of them... by which I mean none. (Yes, that's a search setting, but turning it off loses my "never show results from these domains" setting.) If I have... more... - Larry Hosken

I like it, including the recent changes. I use it nearly every day but mostly on desktop. Havent tried it on the tablet yet. - Jim #TeamMonique

I just did a search for "Desmids slide" and after checking out the preview, hit the site. It took me to a completely different (porn) site. Given that I'm on MacOS, I'd be a little surprised if this switcheroo were due to a virus on my system. However, I'm afraid to try to replicate the steps in case it does lead to malware. That's the first time that's ever happened to me on Google Image Search. That is, first time a seemingly legit URL switched up to a porn one once I hit the link through Google. - Spidra Webster

Spidra, that's probably just the way the site was designed. If the user-agent comes from a search engine, it displays a fake page, otherwise it redirects to the other site (like just about any short-url service does). Probably not malware, just shady practices. - Gimminy

Thanks, Jimminy. I didn't understand that possibility. - Spidra Webster

88.4 gig free space - Mike Nencetti

uninstalling and reinstalling office 2013 was fast. did not time it. - Mike Nencetti

old 17 inch dell monitor does not work well. it cannot display 1600 x 1050, so you cannot clone displays, only extend. will test a newer monitor. - Mike Nencetti

a dell E2211H 21" monitor works fine, cloning and extended. this is a using a mini display port to vga adapter. - Mike Nencetti

not easy, but using vpn was able to add to the domain and create a local account. our firewall blocks much of the Windows 8 GUI - Mike Nencetti

After a reboot was able to access corporate wifi, VPN no longer needed. my only nagging issue is the occasionally slow bluetooth mouse it is a gear head. - Mike Nencetti

So far the biggest issue is the VGA to mini port adapter. Even the newer monitor does not properly connect, sometimes. I have to reconnect it multiple times to get it to work. I have tried all modes, even turning off the Surface video. Taking it home tonight. This may replace my work laptop. - Mike Nencetti

Boot up and log in using the window/power button combo worked. Kinda hard to ctrl-alt-del with a touch screen. Sitting in the car waiting for my wife. Using the iphone5 as a hotspot. - Mike Nencetti

note to self - remember to bring Surface power cable home. I suppose I had better order a 2nd one. Also left the pen at work. The Surface already knew my home WiFi password, even though I was not logged into my outlook.com account. Logging in at home is quick, even with the domain id. RDP back into work via VPN is nice. My wife said the screen is too small while I was showing her Outlook 2013.. She tried to do an iPad pinch to increase font... So for some this screen size will be an issue. - Mike Nencetti

I noticed how the Win8 GUI added icons for my Citrix apps. I was puzzled as to how Office 2010 just appeared. - Mike Nencetti

Battery life is much like any other intel I5 laptop I have worked with. It does not suck, but it is no iPad. - Mike Nencetti

My Mac Mini DV to VGA adapter works better than the device I purchased from Microsoft. Odd. The fact that it is not designed for the angled Surface does not seem to matter. A least I have a solution if we purchase these for execs. - Mike Nencetti

Cannot load Win 7 remote server admin tools. Will go look for Win 8 tools if I have time. (EDIT) took about 5 min to install. Win 8 GUI added the icons. - Mike Nencetti

IE10 is touch screen, and Chrome is not, at least when using FriendFeed. I only have sporadic periods to test this. Busy week. Like it so far. It forces me to learn Windows 8. - Mike Nencetti

Do you have Chrome launched in desktop mode, or in Windows 8 mode? Either way, it should work with touch. It doesn't seem to support auto-correct, though - DAMMIT, MR. NOODLE

Desktop mode - Mike Nencetti

the stylus works for Chrome. Not the finger. I cant click Post - Mike Nencetti

Weird. Do you think it's just because of the size of the target? I'm working on a 20" touchscreen Windows8 computer, and don't really have any issues in Chrome. That said, I have read that, on the Surface, IE (and a bunch of other apps) automatically scale things up to either 125% or 150% zoom; so maybe Chrome isn't doing that (making it more difficult to hit the target than it is in IE). - DAMMIT, MR. NOODLE

It has something to do with Chrome, since with IE10 I can click using the same fingers that fail on Chrome. I have a Bluetooth mouse, plus the Keyboard trackpad, it is not an annoying issue. I have not had the time to Google it. (Edit. I am editing this using the IE10 browser) - Mike Nencetti

good example, in IE10 I can use my finger to scroll up and down on FF, not in Chrome. - Mike Nencetti

(I posted this while sitting down) - Amit Patel

I read this sitting down. - John (bird whisperer)

I liked this while sitting down. - ronin

I'm too relaxed as I recline here to bother clicking through the link to read it. - Bruce Lewis

Hahaha - Amit Patel

Best of day / week works for me. - Bruce Lewis

OK - Bruce Lewis

I think an uncle had a birthday today. I haven't been on FB in a month. It's just too headache-inducing. - Anika

Hah! I think I have you beat, Anika. I was just on FB ... well ... actually about a month for me too. - Bruce Lewis

=) BTW, it's nice to see you back around here. I've missed you! - Anika

I actually went on vacation this month and didn't bring a computer. I've also been playing Ingress. I don't think I'll ever totally leave FriendFeed. - Bruce Lewis

I had assumed you were super busy with work. How was your vacation? - Anika

Fabulous. It was my first time ever in a warm place in February -- Cancun. - Bruce Lewis

Oh, how nice. I expect the whole family enjoyed it as well. You guys are going to get addicted. My uncle (the one whose birthday is most likely today) went to Cancun in a February 18 years ago. Now, they go down there every year. - Anika

I don't know if we'll go down every year, but I bet we'll go down again. - Bruce Lewis

Definitely everybody loved it. We swam with dolphins. - Bruce Lewis

"The only wrinkle in all this good news is that I can't run a business that competes with my employer. OurDoings competes with Picasaweb and with Blogger. What would normally happen in this situation is that OurDoings would be shut down. But Google is not a normal company." - Micah

^ That's cool. - Micah

Bittersweet? :( - Anne Bouey

Yes, it is bittersweet. But Google is definitely worth it. - Bruce Lewis

I'm glad you were able to get a reasonable accommodation from them. - Anne Bouey

Me too. It was the opposite of cookie-cutter treatment. - Bruce Lewis

Finally got around to viewing this post. You need to remind me to start uploading pics to Picasaweb. :) I like the simplicity of taking a pic and emailing it to a site. Then having it propagate to other sites automatically. - Mike Nencetti

Good night FriendFeed. Pleasant dreams! - Bruce Lewis

Bumping for Akiva. - Bruce Lewis

It's good news, Micah. Congrats! - Ha3rvey #teamMonique

Congratulations, Micah! - joey

Thank you, Ha3rvey. - Micah

Congrats sir! - Scott. Cat Herder.

Congrats, Micah. Going back to school has been one of the best decisions I have ever made. - Tamara J.

Good on ya, sir. Blessings, too. - Jim #TeamMonique

You guys are going to make me cry. - Micah

Micah, that's great! It's always a great decision going back to school. Good luck! *shakes pom poms* :) - Zulema ❧ spicy cocoa tart from Android

Thanks, everyone. You know I love you. It's all happening so fast, but I feel relieved and my sense of a clear goal has, perhaps, never felt so strong. - Micah from FFHound(roid)!

Love you, Micah. Congrats on heading back to school. Very proud of you. - Derrick

Congrats and good luck, sir. - chrisofspades

That's awesome! Don't limit yourself. - Gabrielle

You have to be able to do what you love to be truly successful - that's one thing Steve stressed throughout his life. Go after it, and don't let anything take it away. - teleken from BuddyFeed

Congratulations, Micah - you make us all proud with your resolve, good humour and tirelessness. Good hunting. - WoH: Professor MOTHRA

Congrats, Micah! Sounds like a great plan. - Mary B: #TeamMonique

In 2 days this was exactly one year ago. - Micah from FFHound(roid)!

Congrats!! - Zulema ❧ spicy cocoa tart

Thanks, Barry and Zulema. Next week when I'm in Mountain View for Noogler training I want to have a #FFeedup with Laura Norvig, Stephen Mack, Louis Gray, and whoever else is out there. - Bruce Lewis

JELLIS! - MoTO #TeamMonique

Don't get jealous yet! The ffeedup still has to be arranged. - Bruce Lewis

Best wishes, Bruce! Congrats :) - CarlC, spelling expert

Congrats, Bruce! - Scoble, Alex Scoble

Congratulations! - Stephan Planken from iPhone

Wow, sounds like a dream job - Nemo

Congratulations, Bruce! :))) - Kelli H.

Enjoy the adventure, Bruce. - Micah

Jorge: Search quality. In the Cambridge office I get the impression it's mostly Image Search. - Bruce Lewis

Awesome, Bruce! - SAM

So you're joining Google and working in Cambridge - the best of both worlds! Spose you can recruit up some pikans while you're at it ... - Mary B: #TeamMonique

That is soooo amazing - congrats, congrats, congrats! - Mary B: #TeamMonique

FFeedup plans taking shape. Cascal tapas bar in Mountain View, Tuesday evening. Join us! - Laura Norvig

No really, you are! You look like you're not sure whether to believe us. - Bruce Lewis

Aw, thanks. - Kamilah Reed (K. Gill)

Congratulations! - Spidra Webster

Congratulations! - AJ Batac

You created a drawing on the same day you created a whole new person? ! Wow. - m9m, Crone of FriendFeed

Congratulations! And well done! - Lisa | #TeamMonique from Android

Congrats!! - Tamara J.

Congratulations!! - Jaclyn aka spamgirl

Congratulations! - Katy S

Congratulations! - Running Slow from FFHound!

Congratulations!... :-)) - ᏓᏰ #team Monique from iPhone

Congratulations! - Anne Bouey

Congrats! - Rodfather

Congratulations! - Micah

Congratulations, that's great! - Stephan Planken

Beautiful drawing, Kamilah, and CONGRATULATIONS! - CarlC, spelling expert

That's amazing! Welcome to the world, Maxwell! - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo from iPhone

Congrats! - imabonehead from Android

Congratulations! Hi, Maxwell! Welcome to the outside! - Kisha from iPhone

Welcome, Maxwell! And congratulations to Mom & Dad, too :-D - Starmama from FFHound(roid)!

Whoop whoop!! Congratulations!! ::)) - Harold Cabezas from Android

Thanks, everyone. We're all doing well. It's been a wild couple of days! - Kamilah Reed (K. Gill)

Congratulations!!! - Rachel Lea Fox

Wonderful, congrats! - SteVe C

Congratulations! And beautiful drawing! - Mary B: #TeamMonique

Oh, I'm behind. Congratulations! :D - LB: #TeamMonique

Congratulations! - Kevin Johnson

Squeeeeeeeeeeee! Congratulations! xoxox - Headless Gnad Kicker

oh wow... Congratulations Kamilah! - MoTO #TeamMonique

Congratulations! - Elena

Welcome, Maxwell Douglass! I love your name. Peter Malcolm Keene and I wish you and your mom and dad the very best on this new adventure! - laura x from BuddyFeed

I totally missed this! So exciting. Congrats to everyone and I hope all are doing well! Welcome Maxwell! - Shannon - GlassMistress

Oh My Goodness - I totally missed this while I've been away. Congratulations to you all! <3 <3 <3 - WoH: Professor MOTHRA

Thanks, Steve. I hope so! - Bruce Lewis

*looks for David Bowie* - Hieronymous Boob

Yes Cristo, simple helps me a lot. - Bruce Lewis

There are only two parentheses to choose from. Junior Labyrinth has 7 moves to choose from each turn. That's tougher. - Bruce Lewis

When I got into FP, people kept telling me to forget Haskell and go straight to Lisp. Then I saw the parentheses. Scurried right back to Haskell. - Akiva

The apple doesn't fall far from the tree, Bruce! - Kelli H.

PIKA here she comes! - Mary B: #TeamMonique from iPhone

ah labyrinth. i have a version of it somewhere... - Iphigenie

thank you ms lb - chaz2b

Sorry to hear about your mom, Chaz. - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo

Oh no! Hope the cake helped her a little. - Heleninstitches

LOL @ tomato thunderegg. Pyura chilensis look so weird and cool. I don't know if I'd be brave enough to eat one, though. - Jennifer Dittrich

LOL. I'd try one (cooked). - John (bird whisperer)

Hmm. I could probably be talked into it; I've eaten bugs, on purpose. This can't be too much weirder, right? Now I just need to get to Chile. - Jennifer Dittrich

Probably nothing too wrong with eating it. It's related to the violet (vee-o-lay) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki..., I think, which is another sea squirt and is listed in my 1001 Foods You Must Taste Before You Die book. Someone says it tastes "soapy" on one site... Or like iodine. (What does that taste like?) I was just guessing about it being related. Turns out I was right. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... (A pineapple under the sea...) - Kamilah Reed (K. Gill)

It's not all that creepy, but it sounds cool. - Todd Hoff

I feel haunted - esther

That's the right word for it. - Todd Hoff

just checked it out in WaveLab. actually, this HAS been "enhanced" with EQ and chorused reverb. DISAPPOINTING. - Hieronymous Boob

No displeasuring effect for me. I enjoyed that. - Micah from FFHound(roid)!

my disappointment was in how the audio was misrepresented by the poster. - Hieronymous Boob

*pats hand* - WoH: Professor MOTHRA

Thanks (x3). The 140 limit prevented me from an 'in the end, death' closing. Thankfully. - Micah

Cues Cat Stevens' Cats in the Cradle. - SAM from iPhone

You got a novelette in that 140 chars as is, Micah, beautifully put. - Stephen Mack #TeamMomo

dammit, you WOULD have to post this after my kids are already in bed and beyond hugs. - Hieronymous Boob

Actually, SAM, it's Harry Chapin who sings Cats in the Cradle. Cat Stevens did Father & Son. *takes music trivia hat off* - Molly Song ;)

Sincerely, everyone here: thank you. - Micah

Not with the correct application of certain outlawed robotics....you know who to call... - Mo Kargas

Mo_stBusters? - WoH: Professor MOTHRA

It may comfort you to know that you will remember that moment forever. - m9m, Crone of FriendFeed

Micah, I had a similar moment when my (now 13-year-old) daughter sprained her ankle recently. I had to carry her to the car and it struck me how much she had grown. - Ha3rvey #teamMonique

*sniff* Man.... - MoTO #TeamMonique

I feel this way a thousand times a day. Bitter. And Sweet. Bittersweet. - Martha

Mine are four, too. Right there with ya. Just appreciating the moments by being in them. The memories are always with you, and there's always something to look forward to ... the stuff like Little League and that first hit. I was a handful as a teenager. To CW's point, I'm hoping karma short-circuits before I get my due. - cdogzilla | downgraded

You know, that 4-yo will be 7 in September. - Micah from FFHound(roid)!

<3 - Bren from iPhone