Google Image has been indexing the Internet’s image since 2001, and by now there have been 10 billion images that have been indexed. The vast amount of images to show is too wide, and therefore Google has restructured the way images are shown to users.
Google has redesigned their new search engine’s display of images in Google Image. The new method incorporates HTML5 to show you images that you’ve searched, without the ugly text lying around. By moving over, the image targeted will zoom in, with the links and details written.
Besides the improved visual effects, there’s also a new feature called “Similar images” tool. For example, did you know there are nine subspecies of leopards, each with a distinct pattern of spots? Google Images can recognize the difference, returning just leopards of a particular subspecies. It can tell you the name of the subspecies in a particular image—even if that image isn’t labelled—because other similar leopard images on the web are labelled with that subspecies’ name.
Besides that, there’s the “Similar colors” refinement filter, which filters the colors of the images. The “Similar colors” tool utilizes some heavy-duty algorithmic wizardry and processing power to filter colors. If not for the uberly strong processing power, “white colors” will return many unwanted results that is barely refined.
Here’s a simple list of the improvement for Google Images and its refreshed design:
- Dense tiled layout designed to make it easy to look at lots of images at once. We want to get the app out of the way so you can find what you’re really looking for.
- Instant scrolling between pages, without letting you get lost in the images. You can now get up to 1,000 images, all in one scrolling page. And we’ll show small, unobtrusive page numbers so you don’t lose track of where you are.
- Larger thumbnail previews on the results page, designed for modern browsers and high-res screens.
- A hover pane that appears when you mouse over a given thumbnail image, giving you a larger preview, more info about the image and other image-specific features such as “Similar images.”
- Once you click on an image, you’re taken to a new landing page that displays a large image in context, with the website it’s hosted on visible right behind it. Click anywhere outside the image, and you’re right in the original page where you can learn more about the source and context.
- Optimized keyboard navigation for faster scrolling through many pages, taking advantage of standard web keyboard shortcuts such as Page Up / Page Down. It’s all about getting you to the info you need quickly, so you can get on with actually building that treehouse or buying those flowers.
SOURCE: Google
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