Is Google Trying to Copy Bing?

Do you think that Google took down this feature because of the overwhelming negative response?

Yes. Even an 800-lb gorilla has ears.

Do you think that Google is copying Bing by making a background image for their search engine feature?

Yes. But this was about as smart at Coca-Cola coming out with New Coke.

It also irritated long-time users because the white background and lack of visual clutter is what defined Google.

I didn't mind it on holidays they would have those little icons to celebrate or reconize a holiday and do not mind a change, but it would upset me, why does everything have to have multi-task or flags and whistles to annouced themselves, and then create clutter.

...doesn't matter HOW the "bug" was created, it's existance is THE problem.

...how to de-bug: test, test, test and test the testing; then re-test the tested!

What browser r u using? I saw the link at the bottom about adding an image, but I said to myself no thanks give me the fast loading non bloated Google I have always liked. I went to Bing a few times and was tired of waiting for the crap to load. soo typical Microsoft, Bloat it so it runs slow just like their operating systems.

Give me an OS that like a basic browser Like stripped down firefox is.

Then it screams with speed. but if it can't do something you download a plug in just like you do for the browser.

this way the OS is smaller, and cleaner and probably run a hundred times faster when you don't have 50 processes running in the background all the time.

I like win 98SE two process running

explorer and systray. thats it. Make me an OS like that and there will be thousands waiting tomorrow to buy it.

I'll second that emotion.

How many tools would a company sell if all their tools triggered an etheric barrage of commercials and other nonsense inside your head. Would you even pick up a tool that always did that?

Being that you can't close your eyes to see your search results you will take in any nonsense plastered on your screen along with the information you really wanted.

And, yes, ideally, an OS should be practically transparent to the user. Whatever it needs to do to make life easier on a computer should not end up aggravating you. In that regard, MS has generally failed.