Restore quiterss from backup install#

How, just how, could the brainiacs at Google be so oblivious to user needs? Has a corporate saboteur infiltrated Google to sabotage News to the benefit of rivals? Must we all be dumbed down visually to the level of a cell phone with a three-inch screen? Better, the text-heavy look should be the default for people with desktops.

I remain baffled why Google’s new version didn’t include a cookie-based toggle to let you switch back. Still, why in the devil should I have to jump through all these hoops? I complained to Google PR about the change in Google News. The trade-off was that my Gmail was dumbed down to a Windows Phone 8 level. I installed User-Agent Switcher for Google Chrome, which can stay on temporarily or permanently, depending on your preference. But this other approach did offer customization.

Restore quiterss from backup install#

Another Google News victim says: “Just install the User-Agent Switcher for Chrome, go to Google News and switch the user agent string to Windows Phone 8.” With, I can’t get my usual customization with, for example, my favorite topics. That’s not the only way to revert to the old look. follow on twitter: Įdit: Check for yourself, hit F12 and look at the first request. It’s more like a http proxy, I get your request and I forward it and give it back to you. “I own the website and there is no logging. Here’s a Reddit thread where our anonymous hero tells what’s going on: I’m super-grateful to him or her for reaching out to TeleRead. Still, my bet is that this site’s author is simply a well-intentioned soul fed up with the arrogance Google showed in inflicting the new atrocity on users. The domain is registered in Panama and possible security risks exist. Just go to that address and, presto, the old text-heavy look will return (above image). I still hate the new look of Google News, as displayed in certain browsers, including my Windows desktop version of Chrome.īut for the past week, I’ve been happily using a workaround.