Google’s got a brand new bag

Posted by Nicki on March 20th, 2007 at 11:28 am · TrackBack URI

(I posted this to BYKYC already, but thought I’d expand a little on it here.)

I read on one of the Google blogs this morning that there are now “themes” available for personalized Google homepages … cool! Though you can’t edit the themes, and the written content is still very bright, it’s a stark contrast to the old “blah” or plain interface.

I don’t know if it’s available on everyone’s yet. I read several replies to the blog post about UK readers who could not yet access the new feature. When you visit your Google personalized homepage, you should see a link saying “New! Select theme” … from there you choose your desired theme and set your location. (setting the location allows for day/night images to swap out)

Here are screenshots of my page with each theme applied:


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March 20, 2007 @ 11:32 am

[...] I wouldn’t necessarily call them “childish,” but for what they are it’s a good start. Yahoo and others should take notes. For anyone interested, I’m posting full screenshots on my site. [...]

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Rick (36 comments.) said

March 20, 2007 @ 12:43 pm

Yeah, I saw that one also. I’m using the “bus stop” one. Apparently, the scene will change with the weather, season, etc… I think it’s pretty cool.

PS–You’ve got your home page set up almost EXACTLY the way I do! :grin:

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Mara said

March 20, 2007 @ 1:20 pm

How very COOL!

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Nicki (546 comments.) said

March 20, 2007 @ 1:45 pm

Rick: LOL! Hey, warped minds think alike. ;)

Mara: :D

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