I can see a test Google Images layout…

... And this time it's not because of a plugin! Check it out, all the images are aligned nicely and when you hover over one, it gives you more details about it.

Test Google Images Layout

Notice how the second image is highlighted with a blue box and has more detailed information. If you could see my cursor, it would be hovering that image, but oh well.

I have mixed feelings about this possible look. I noticed the difference right away, and it's obviously simpler in terms of looks, but it just didn't seem right because I'm so used to the normal way Google lays out its image results. Also, all of the images are vertically aligned at the bottom of each row, and that leads to some odd looking mouse over boxes when, for example, hovering over the "Fire Dancer" image which is right beside the "The FIRE Place" image with the text in it. It looks odd because all of the boxes start just a few pixels above the tops of the images and extend downward. (sometimes overlapping images on the next row)

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