Revert Google Images to its previous format

Jan 31, '07 07:30:00AM

Contributed by: ob1cannoli

For those of you that haven't noticed, Google recently updated its image search to a flashy CSS site. However, as nice as it looks, a lot of fuctionality has been lost. I use Google Images to search for album art, and it's handy to be able to see the domain and image size of all the results without having to hover over each thumbnail.

The fix? With SafariStand (and other plugins like Saft may provide the same), go to SafariStand Settings » Site Alteration, and enable it for images.google.com. Next, check the Alter box for Javascript and leave Javascript disabled. It should look like this when you're done.

Next time you do a google search, google will automatically redirect you to the javascript-free version, and all is good!

[robg adds: This is a very annoying change; flashy mouseover effects come at the expense of easy usability. You can fix the site in OminWeb using the Page Info section (Command-I), and in Firefox using probably any of many extensions -- I tried QuickJava, which gives you a global Javascript on/off button on the toolbar (just click it before running an image search). Unfortunately, I couldn't find a similar tool for Camino -- if you know of a way to quickly toggle Javascript on and off in Camino, please post in the comments.]

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