What's with Google?

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I noticed recently that if I open Google with my cursor outside the browser window, I see this:

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but as soon as I move the cursor ‘inland’, I get the normal view, with ‘Google’ Search’ and ‘I’m feeling lucky’ buttons etc.

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Am I missing something obvious?

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It looks normal to me.
What browser are you using?

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It looks normal to me.
What browser are you using?

Firefox 3.5.3 – it doesn’t seem to do the same with IE8

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Firefox 3.5.3 – it doesn’t seem to do the same with IE8

It looks fine for me in Firefox 3.5.4

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It looks fine for me in Firefox 3.5.4

Even if you load Google with your cursor definitely outside the ‘viewing window’? The ‘normal’ view fades in rather than jumps and I suspect it is deliberate. It’s pretty much all Greek to me, but the initial page source starts off with:

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<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html;

(I tried attaching the source as a .txt and .doc file, but it fails without explanation. I guess it is being seen as possibly malicious code.)

I'm just intrigued as to why they are doing it…

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Google has been experimenting with a minimalist start page, but I thought it wasn’t generally available yet…

See Google goes maxi-minimal with experimental home page

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And now…

More information about the Google ‘I’m Feeling Lucky’ button leads to mystery countdown clock – Telegraph – and other Easter eggs…

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