# Google Doodle and Steve Jobs **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 6, 2011, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-doodle-and-steve-jobs/598767 "2011-10-06T06:50:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![fifty-six](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@fifty-six](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fifty-six)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2011, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-doodle-and-steve-jobs/598767/1 "2011-10-06T06:50:22Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2011, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-doodle-and-steve-jobs/598767/2 "2011-10-06T06:54:53Z")
You don’t think that might be a bit… tacky? Understated seems more Steve Jobs-like. ---
**Author:** ![Crazyhorse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crazyhorse/32/31_2.png) [@Crazyhorse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crazyhorse)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2011, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-doodle-and-steve-jobs/598767/3 "2011-10-06T06:55:09Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![fifty-six](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@fifty-six](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fifty-six)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2011, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-doodle-and-steve-jobs/598767/4 "2011-10-06T07:02:01Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Full\_Metal\_Lotus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df705f/32.png) [@Full\_Metal\_Lotus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Full_Metal_Lotus)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2011, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-doodle-and-steve-jobs/598767/5 "2011-10-06T07:19:07Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![JoelUpchurch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f05b48/32.png) [@JoelUpchurch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoelUpchurch)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2011, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-doodle-and-steve-jobs/598767/6 "2011-10-06T07:20:05Z")
On mine, his name is a hyperlink to Apple’s web site, which has a full page picture of Jobs. ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2011, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-doodle-and-steve-jobs/598767/7 "2011-10-06T07:22:33Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Agent\_Foxtrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2011, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-doodle-and-steve-jobs/598767/8 "2011-10-06T14:18:11Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Knig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@Typo\_Knig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Knig)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2011, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-doodle-and-steve-jobs/598767/9 "2011-10-06T15:45:32Z")
Each web sites show their company’s commitment to elegant, effective design - a commitment that was in my opinion a huge factor in their respective successes. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2011, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-doodle-and-steve-jobs/598767/10 "2011-10-06T16:09:50Z")
Merged duplicate threads. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2011, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-doodle-and-steve-jobs/598767/11 "2011-10-06T16:56:12Z")
Is this only showing in the USA? I just get the standard Google logo, whether I go to [google.com](http://google.com) or [google.co.uk](http://google.co.uk). Edit - never mind, I’m apparently blind. It’s underneath. ---
**Author:** ![Kingspades](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecae2f/32.png) [@Kingspades](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kingspades)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2011, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-doodle-and-steve-jobs/598767/12 "2011-10-06T17:28:22Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![leahcim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b4bc9f/32.png) [@leahcim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leahcim)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2011, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-doodle-and-steve-jobs/598767/13 "2011-10-06T17:42:41Z")
For a while this morning, I thought I saw the logo changed to “iGoogle”, but I don’t see that now. ---
**Author:** ![Lare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/53a042/32.png) [@Lare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lare)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2011, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-doodle-and-steve-jobs/598767/14 "2011-10-06T18:18:12Z")
> [@Agent\_Foxtrot](#): > > 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. I agree with the thought that someone at Google decided that simple was best. The link is a classy touch. A Doodle is more whimsical and that wouldn’t be appropriate. (IMO, of course.) ---
**Author:** ![lisiate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f05b48/32.png) [@lisiate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisiate)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2011, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-doodle-and-steve-jobs/598767/15 "2011-10-06T21:51:02Z")
I think there might be trade mark trouble if Google put Apple’s logo (or some sort of mimicry of it) in their doodle (that just sounds wrong). I agree that the way tribute’s been done is an elegant solution. ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2011, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-doodle-and-steve-jobs/598767/16 "2011-10-06T22:06:31Z")
> [@leahcim](#): > > For a while this morning, I thought I saw the logo changed to “iGoogle”, but I don’t see that now. iGoogle is a real thing - it’s at [igoogle.com](http://igoogle.com) ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2011, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-doodle-and-steve-jobs/598767/17 "2011-10-06T22:09:39Z")
It’s appropriately understated for a memorial. I bet 50 years from now there will be an actual Google Doodle on Steve’s birthday. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2011, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-doodle-and-steve-jobs/598767/18 "2011-10-06T23:43:13Z")
> [@SpoilerVirgin](#): > > I bet 50 years from now there will be an actual Google Doodle on Steve’s birthday. 50? I bet there will be a Google Doodle on Steve’s birthday in 2030. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2011, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-doodle-and-steve-jobs/598767/19 "2011-10-07T08:04:22Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > 50? I bet there will be a Google Doodle on Steve’s birthday in 2030. I really don’t see any reason they couldn’t do it next year, or at least the year after that. 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. ---
**Author:** ![fifty-six](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@fifty-six](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fifty-six)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2011, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-doodle-and-steve-jobs/598767/20 "2011-10-07T20:47:14Z")
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. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-doodle-and-steve-jobs/598767.md?page=2)