What's with Google today

[Mike]

Google.co.uk has a very odd banner logo today. Normally it's possible to click on special designs to find out why they're there. Today it isn't possible to click on it.

[Franca]

Google.co.uk has a very odd banner logo today. Normally it's possible to click on special designs to find out why they're there. Today it isn't possible to click on it.Here, too. This little mystery is a subject of much discussion in cyberspace. No definitive explanation yet, that I know of.

[Hugh Wyn Griffith]

According to CNN ....

http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/web/09/07/google.doodle/index.html?hpt=T2 (http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/web/09/07/google.doodle/index.html?hpt=T2)

[terrie]

I'm not seeing the dots ref'd in the article...I see the usual "Google" but it's not a link...

Terrie

[Mike]

I'm not seeing the dots ref'd in the article...I see the usual "Google" but it's not a link...

Terrie

Today the UK site's logo looks very much like today's weather.

[terrie]

mike: Today the UK site's logo looks very much like today's weather.How weird...I've never seen google in greyscale--you sure someone didn't switch your monitor for an old monochrome monitor from one of those hysterical old pc ads...'-}}

Google US is in color as is google uk--it's about 5pm eastern US--mignight-ish your time?

Terrie

[Franca]

How weird...I've never seen google in greyscale--you sure someone didn't switch your monitor for an old monochrome monitor from one of those hysterical old pc ads...'-}}

Google US is in color as is google uk--it's about 5pm eastern US--midnight-ish your time?Without checking, I think 5 pm eastern US should be only about 10 pm in the UK. But I don't know when Google changes its logo for the next day ... perhaps we missed the grey one?

[Franca]

I'm not seeing the dots ref'd in the article...I see the usual "Google" but it's not a link...You never saw the dots? Did you see the PacMan one earlier this year?

[terrie]

franca: You never saw the dots?No...


>>Did you see the PacMan one earlier this year?

I think so but I'm not sure...

I thought the time difference between Eastern US and UK was 7 hours?

Terrie

[JVegVT]

How weird...I've never seen google in greyscale--you sure someone didn't switch your monitor for an old monochrome monitor from one of those hysterical old pc ads...'-}}

Google US is in color as is google uk--it's about 5pm eastern US--mignight-ish your time?

Are you going to www.google.com? If you're going to some other Google address, you may not see the special changes. I saw both the dots and today, the grayscale Google. The colors returned later in the day.

The Eastern US is five hours behind the UK--sometimes 4 hours depending on Daylight Saving Time anomalies.
--Judy M.

[terrie]

judy: Are you going to www.google.com? (http://www.google.com/?)Yeah..exactly...hmmm...wonder if I tried clearing cache...nope...that didn't help...oh well...


>> The Eastern US is five hours behind the UK

Wonder where I got 7 hours from??? Thanks...'-}}

Terrie

[ElyseC]

It's all been leading up to the announcement today of Google Instant. Here's a Mashable article (http://mashable.com/2010/09/08/google-instant-poll/) I just read.

[Kelvyn]

The dancing dots were apparently generated using HTML5 and some CSS3 so were only fully visible to those who used 5/3 capable browsers. I noticed that the dots were larger and faster on Chrome and Firefox than on IE8.

It sure got a lot of coverage!

[ktinkel]

I thought the time difference between Eastern US and UK was 7 hours?Without considering Daylight Saving Time, our part of the U.S. is GMT minus 5.
For 7, you need to be in the Mountain region (Denver, say).

[terrie]

kt: Without considering Daylight Saving Time, our part of the U.S. is GMT minus 5. For 7, you need to be in the Mountain region (Denver, say).Thanks...I'll try and remember that next time...'-}}

Terrie

[Steve Rindsberg]

Wonderful site for the timezone-challenged (and howdy, I welcome the company!)

http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/

[terrie]

Great site...'-}}

Terrie

[ktinkel]

You can also go into your User CP here, to Options > Date & Time Options, and check time zones there. Sometimes that’s quicker, though more limited.

[terrie]

kt: User CP here, to Options > Date & Time Options, and check time zones thereOhhh! Good idea...I'd forgotten that...thanks!

Terrie