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Cloudburst
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Posted - May 3 2014 : 2:34AM
For some reason Google's layout has reverted back to the old crappy look from 2013. I cleaned cookies/cache and restarted PC but that didn't help. Any idea why this would happen and how I can go back to the current layout? Is anyone else having this issue? It happened yesterday (May 2) and my browser is SRWare Iron, which is a light version of Chrome.
My current layout looks like this, with the black bar across the top of page: http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2012/01/googles-black-navigation-bar-is-back.html
Here is the layout I want to go back to: http://i2.wp.com/www.techfleece.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/New-Google-Home-Page.jpg
I hate this layout, especially since Google Images come in all crappy now where the gifs and jpegs are tiny. Any help/advice is appreciated.
Edited by - Cloudburst on May 3 2014
Cloudburst
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Posted - May 10 2014 : 6:46PM
It's been a week, can someone please help with this issue?
ninja1
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Posted - May 10 2014 : 11:25PM
What is the address of your google page?
Is it
https://www.google.com/?noj=1
or maybe
https://www.google.com/?noj=0
Some quick googling finds that the ?noj=1
is how to change to the black bar (which some people prefer)
But you want the white bar.
I experimented and if you change the ending to ?noj=2
you will get the white bar
For my computer just using www.google.com gets me the white bar.
Anyway I suggest you experiment until you get it how you want,
then set that as your homepage or however you have your default search setup.
Cloudburst
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Posted - May 11 2014 : 12:21AM
Thanks ninja but I tried all the variations you mentioned and I'm still getting the crappy black bar!! Any other suggestions?
This is so frustrating, from October 2013 (when I believe Google removed the black bar look) until last week I had no black bar. Now all of a sudden it's back (w/o me changing any settings) and I can't make it go away, why does this even happen? My friends and parents use Chrome also and they don't have the black bar, but I have it and I can't even fucking change it back.
Cloudburst
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Posted - May 11 2014 : 12:28AM
One more thing, this problem doesn't happen on IE 8 or other browsers.
 
ninja1
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Posted - May 11 2014 : 1:28AM
I don't have chrome or iron on my PC, so cannot test anything I'm telling you.
Maybe you can ask for help at the SRWare Iron forum.
the only other thing I found was this Chrome extension.
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/naffohgpjobghliccmgjgagdpknmgeba
Cloudburst
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Posted - May 11 2014 : 7:49PM
Thanks for the advice Ninja1.
The thing is I don't want to just remove the black bar at the top of the page, I want to go back to the Google layout that has different features. Here is the layout I'm trying to get back to:
http://i2.wp.com/www.techfleece.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/New-Google-Home-Page.jpg (notice that the black bar is gone but also at the top right there are different features)
ninja1
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Posted - May 11 2014 : 9:35PM
I have no more ideas at the moment.
Edited by - ninja1 on 5/11/2014 9:36:42 PM
nietzsche
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Posted - May 12 2014 : 10:33PM
while this board is helpful for many things, tech stuff might better be handled by boards that specialize in that
Cloudburst
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Posted - May 12 2014 : 11:27PM
Do you know of any decent tech forums or boards?
nietzsche
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Posted - May 13 2014 : 12:31AM
computerhope.com
ninja1
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Posted - May 15 2014 : 1:07AM
Cloudburst, have you tried using Chrome (actual Chrome, not SRWare Iron)?
SRWare Iron is based on Chrome but is not exactly Chrome. The discrepancies between Chrome and SRWare Iron may relate to the issue with the black bar. Also, you said your friends/parents are using Chrome and are getting the desired version of GoogleSearch.
If exactly Chrome works (and if you must use Iron), then try tinkering with the User-Agent in Iron, so that Iron appears (to your visited websites) as whatever Chrome Version is necessary to make GoogleSearch behave properly.
Robert
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Posted - May 15 2014 : 10:51AM
majorgeeks.com
I've used them for years and they have always "solved" the problem. Bunch of Brit programming professionals.
Cloudburst
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Posted - May 15 2014 : 6:21PM
Thanks ninja but I checked Iron's settings and can't find the User-Agent, where do I find it? BTW how would I tinker with it in the proper way to solve this issue I'm having?
P.S. thanks to Nietzsche and Robert for the recommendations, will look into those forums if I still can't get the problem solved.
Edited by - Cloudburst on 5/15/2014 6:22:46 PM
ninja1
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Posted - May 15 2014 : 7:05PM
^You didn't say if Chrome works or not. If Chrome does work, what version is it?
 
Cloudburst
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Posted - May 15 2014 : 7:47PM
??
Confused, what do you mean? I'm not using Chrome.
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