so you want to go to google images from your keyboard? Can't you just go to google.com/images? Focuses on the search bar at load up as well.

edit: btw, this only seems to affect firefox. The google stuff is huge on on firefox, but regular size on opera, chrome, safari and even internet explorer. None of the other ones have the bold font either.

Also, if you want you can set your homepage to the firefox start page: http://www.google.com/firefox?client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:es-MX:official

It's basically google, even the script loads right away without the need to move the mouse.

LonelyMargarita

1845 Posts

May 05 2010 04:33 GMT

#42

On May 05 2010 12:54 LunarDestiny wrote:
I think LonelyMargarita are those old school 800x600 dude.

640x480 4 life.

On May 05 2010 13:00 SonuvBob wrote:

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I use that all the time for the time period and "discussion" (forum search) settings. Also just noticed the "Fewer shopping sites" option which sounds useful. And the bar's optional anyway.

The issue is that they removed the ability to toggle the column. There used to be a "hide options" so then just your search results displayed below the "Results 1-100 of..." line. I could always click on "shopping" or "images" on the top if I decided I wanted to view those pages instead. I don't need the links on the top AND the side. If you want to see the changes, compare a search from google.com to one from google.ca. The changes also go against their minimalistic, clean style they've always had.

This thread is actually becoming somewhat useful with people posting alternate keyboard shortcuts for things. I can't use them since I already programmed them to do other things, but I'm sure others can.

LonelyMargarita

1845 Posts

May 05 2010 04:40 GMT

#43

On May 05 2010 13:15 jonnyp wrote:
so you want to go to google images from your keyboard? Can't you just go to google.com/images? Focuses on the search bar at load up as well.

edit: btw, this only seems to affect firefox. The google stuff is huge on on firefox, but regular size on opera, chrome, safari and even internet explorer. None of the other ones have the bold font either.

Also, if you want you can set your homepage to the firefox start page: http://www.google.com/firefox?client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:es-MX:official

It's basically google, even the script loads right away without the need to move the mouse.

The main purpose of using google's page instead of a search bar is for the "I'm feeling lucky." It's easy for me to hotkey open my browser to google.com, type a phrase, tab, tab, enter, and I'm at a desired page without any mouse use.

As for searching for images, the best way I know is just to open google with my hotkey (ctrl-z), type in the search term, enter, tab, enter, and it will go to the image search results page. I could of course add more hotkeys to open a browser to different pages, but I'd have to use harder-to-reach hotkeys or remap other ones.

As was mentioned, I should just take the 15 minutes to code my own google home page that grabs their image, defaults to search box cursor, and only has the links I use, for easy TABing. I'd still have to deal with the new column on the results page unless I wanted to write a script to hide that as well. This is what I should do. I instead chose to write a blog. What can ya do?

Masamune

Canada3401 Posts

May 05 2010 05:35 GMT

#44

I think my hash was laced because I don't even understand posts anymore.

yeah...everything is bigger i just checked!

CursOr

United States6335 Posts

May 05 2010 05:36 GMT

#45

Cntl + Mousewheel

Give it a go. I use it on Tiny ass TL all the time for my old eyes.

spinesheath

Germany8679 Posts

May 05 2010 07:51 GMT

#46

Years ago, most screens had larger pixels that today. Amazing, isn't it? So increasing the font size etc. just keeps the absolute size similar.

SonuvBob

Aiur21549 Posts

May 06 2010 03:13 GMT

#47

On May 05 2010 13:33 LonelyMargarita wrote:

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It's still a toggle for me, and defaults to hidden.

edit: ah, now the newer version's showing up. Yeah, I'm not a fan.

fight_or_flight

United States3988 Posts

May 10 2010 04:06 GMT

#48

I have this on my bookmark toolbar...removes the 24pt font and retard column:

http://www.google.com/webhp?hl=all

Caos2

United States1728 Posts

May 10 2010 09:20 GMT

#49

On May 05 2010 12:57 riptide wrote:

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Ctrl+L focuses address bar too. Also, Ctrl+k (also apparently Ctrl+e) focuses the search bar. I can't remember a time I browsed without these two shortcuts. I haven't visited the google homepage in years.

I was going to post the exact same shortcuts, ctrl+k and control+k are the greatest gift god ever gave to web surfers.

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