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10-06-2011, 01:50 AM
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Google Doodle and Steve Jobs
Todays Google has no doodle. Just a tiny mention of Steve Jobs and his birth and death date down low.
Is there something to read into this? I feel fairly certain they could have at least put a couple apples in place of the oo's. 
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#3
10-06-2011, 01:55 AM
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Maybe it's a tip of the hat to his minimalist taste. Or maybe they just wanted to get something up right away while an artist works on a full doodle.
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#4
10-06-2011, 02:02 AM
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Contrary to popular belife I am no graphic designer.
They possably wont put anything else up. I dont buy the fact that they need time. And that may be the most respectful proper decision. Anythibg they though up probally seemed tacky. Last edited by fifty-six; 10-06-2011 at 02:02 AM.
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#5
10-06-2011, 02:19 AM
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This must be how people felt when Edison died. The man helped usher in an era.
My guess is that the google doodle is just an expression of how empty the big space that had Steve Jobs in it feels. just my interpretation. Much of how the average joe or jolene uses this digital age is based upon the vision of steven. Thanks Steve...You made the hard easy and the future brighter, with out your vision, creativity and ability to simplify the complex, this would probably be a much more user hostile world.
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#6
10-06-2011, 02:20 AM
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On mine, his name is a hyperlink to Apple's web site, which has a full page picture of Jobs.
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#7
10-06-2011, 02:22 AM
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There's also that little battle for market dominance between Google Android and Apple iPhone, and a Google logo incorporating Apple seems like stock image fodder for articles about that subject. Not a really respectful use of a memorial image.
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#8
10-06-2011, 09:18 AM
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Google is being very classy.
Google's main page today contains the words, "Steve Jobs, 1955-2011". Clicking his name will bring you straight to Apple's homepage, Google's direct competitor.
You done right, Google.
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#12
10-06-2011, 12:28 PM
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At first I was going to suggest that they didn't have time to come up with something that didn't give the wrong impression. The more I think about it, though, it's not as though Jobs's death was exactly a surprise; he's been in failing health for some time. It wouldn't surprise me to find out that Google had already put some thought into what to do when the day came and that the understated tribute we see today is the product.
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#14
10-06-2011, 01:18 PM
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A Doodle is more whimsical and that wouldn't be appropriate. (IMO, of course.)
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#17
10-06-2011, 05:09 PM
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It's appropriately understated for a memorial.
I bet 50 years from now there will be an actual Google Doodle on Steve's birthday.
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#18
10-06-2011, 06:43 PM
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#19
10-07-2011, 03:04 AM
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I also hate the Google's Doodle repository is never up-to-date. I don't see why it can't go immediately there after they remove it from the site. While I use Google a lot, I never use the front page, and, like several times in the past, there was no change of the logo in the upper left.
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#20
10-07-2011, 03:47 PM
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After some consiteration and following the link I also agree it was best.
I had the false assumption the Jobs link would goto wikipedia like they often do for tributes. This is what I hoped for, linking directly to Apple, and I think it was great. Last edited by fifty-six; 10-07-2011 at 03:47 PM.
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#21
10-08-2011, 11:37 AM
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FYI, Google is postponing the launch of a new smartphone out of respect for Steve Jobs.
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