Google Image Search Has Changed

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I decided to do a Google Image search this evening, only to find that it has changed.  They have now employed the use of some Web 2.0-ish javascript technology to display their search results.  Instead of images with metadata underneath, you get rows of images with no info.  Moving your mouse over one of them makes it zoom and pop up, presenting you with some of the metadata.

Also, instead of having to actually click to go to a new page, you just scroll and the pages are all there.  It is actually pretty fast and a lot easier to find the exact image you want.  I haven’t had a chance to test it in multiple browsers, but it runs fine in Google’s own Chrome, which is really no indicator.   At any rate, it certainly looks cooler.

About the author:  Tavis J. Hampton is a librarian and freelance writer from Indianapolis, Indiana. He is an avid user of free and open source software and strongly believes that software and knowledge should be free and accessible to all people. He enjoys reading, writing, teaching, spending time with his family, and playing with gadgets. Read more from this author

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