Google kills background images on home page

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Fourteen hours into a 24-hour experiment with background imagery, Google's home page is once again stark white.

Design guru Marissa Mayer confirmed that Google was ending the experiment early due to what she called a "bug," which erased a link underneath the search bar on google.com that explained why Google's famously spartan home page had taken on a colorful look. Apparently many searchers on Google.com Thursday morning missed the company's blog post Wednesday night, and were confused and annoyed at the change, turning "remove google background" into the seventh-most-popular search on Google Thursday.

Last week Google announced that it would begin providing its users with the option of setting their own background image behind the home page, but last night it forced an image to appear for all users signed into a Google account to highlight the feature. That didn't sit well with many grown used to Google's clean white design, especially when Google's explanation of why it was forcing this look vanished from the home page.

It also gave fans of Microsoft's Bing search engine a chance to crow, given that one of Bing's most noticeable features is a striking background image behind Bing.com that contains links to searches about the image.

Source: http://news.cnet.com/8301-30684_3-20007366-265.html

Mine is still working though ::3:
 
I would like to have the possibility to set the white background or image. I liked these images. And it will solve the problem very easily.
 
Avalkiz said:
I would like to have the possibility to set the white background or image. I liked these images. And it will solve the problem very easily.
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Err, that's what they have now.
 
Avalkiz said:
ev0lution said:
Avalkiz said:
I would like to have the possibility to set the white background or image. I liked these images. And it will solve the problem very easily.
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Err, that's what they have now.
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where
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"Change background image", bottom left on the home page. Maybe just showed for me. :S
 
It doesn't really matter to me.. I barely ever go to the Google homepage. I just use the URL bar to search.. But making it with a background, makes it more look like Bing..
 
ev0lution said:
Avalkiz said:
ev0lution said:
Avalkiz said:
I would like to have the possibility to set the white background or image. I liked these images. And it will solve the problem very easily.
Click to expand...
Err, that's what they have now.
Click to expand...
where
Click to expand...
"Change background image", bottom left on the home page. Maybe just showed for me. :S
Click to expand...
I don't see that button.
 
Background link is still there for me, but the dumb thing wants me to sign in ...
 
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