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So lately Google has really been bugging me. Just little things, but they’re starting to add up.
- the little pop-up on the Google homepage that says “A faster way to browse the web.” I HAVE Chrome installed. And Google tells me this when I click on the pop-up!
- The new Gmail. It’s pretty, but doesn’t fit on my screen nicely. So I changed back to the old user interface, but it keeps shunting back to the new one. Really, what’s the point of forcing people to use an interface they don’t like?
- The new Google navigation bar. What was wrong with the old one? But that’s not what bugs me. For some reason, my browser keeps switching back and forth between the old and the new, and keeps displaying the new blah blah pop-up thingy. (Although this might have something to do with my cookie settings…)
- Google SafeSearch. Nice feature, but it blocks really random things (like “ami”). And it won’t let you change the setting from strict.
ICOT, anyone – any solutions?!
dear Google, please stop behaving like a woman and let us finish our sentence before suggesting answers
crazybrit- I liked that feature. It would come up what i wanted to type and i could just click “go”!!!
Google SafeSearch is probably run by Mishpacha
OneOfMany-
Sorry, I’m not familiar with any of these issues 🙁
I suggest Googling – that’s what I always do.
Haqer, do you mean because they block Ami? I noticed that, and had the exact same thought.
Have you considered switching to Yiddleit? It’s an advanced search engine with features that Google doesn’t have, and it totally supports various tzedakos. You can even choose which one you mainly want to support with your searches!
See http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/coffeeroom/topic/need-charity-recommendations
oneofmany: What do you blog about?
Actually, I am. How would I locate it to read it.
I’ve been having the timestamp issue too. Comments always show up Pacific Time.
OOM – do you have a filter ? K9, for example, forces safe search, and you have to switch the settings there. It worked for me.
I shudder when I type in two words and see how the goyishe’ velt usually ends off my sentence.
For gmail: your issue is easily fixed by clicking the options ‘wheel’ on the right top, then choosing “Compact”. Almost the way it always was.
OneOfMany – Cool blog. Question: How do you make that thing on the bottom of each post with the check-boxes to select if the post was good or not? Is there a widget for it?
Yeah, I don’t know what their issue is. Maybe they want us all to move to the left coast.
Toi – great point! I’ve wondered if people “shtel” on that.
oneofmany: You switched over from livejournal? What is your established site?
OneOfMany – Lol, that’s awesome. Thanks.
OOM: Aside from the content being lost on me, the blog looks nice. 🙂 (And the background!) I also noticed some other details which I sort of recognized 😉 (Any way to… uhh…?)
🙂
gmail has this new feature (new to me cuz i just found it)
i had to send a doc to someone. so i filled in the subject, then typed in the email “attached is…” but forgot about attaching the doc.i pressed send and up popped “you typed in the email body “attached is” but not document attached. proceed with sending?” with a choice yes or no. saved me the embarrassment of having to send the email over
i thought that was pretty shticky
OOM –
For the issue of the chrome pop-up, it only shows up when you aren’t using Chrome. Even if you have chrome installed it will show up if you aren’t using it. If you want you can try to set your home page to http://www.google.com/webhp?hl=com which some people have said doesn’t display it for them. (I wasn’t able to replicate it but I almost exclusively use chrome so its not a big deal for me.)
For the Gmail “doesn’t fit on my screen nicely” problem – did you try adjusting the display density of Gmail?
To adjust this, just follow these steps:
Click the gear icon at the top right corner of your inbox. (Not the one in your navigation bar, the one right on top of the inbox.)
Choose from Comfortable (least dense), Cozy, and Compact (densest).
As for the nav bar – Google is in a big process of giving a make-over to all their sites. One of the advantages of the make-over will be that the sites will be consistent with one another. While in the process you will see some sites with the updated nav bar and some without. This shouldn’t be an issue when all is said and done.
As for the safe search – as you have found out, it’s because of your filter. It’s not an account setting, but rather a cookie setting that Jnet can enforce.
Hope this helps
lol 🙂
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