and .... it's buggy try https://www.google.com/search?q=timer+724+years click on start, looses most of the time
And the title of the page shows something else and doesn't update.
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#32and .... it's buggy try https://www.google.com/search?q=timer+724+years click on start, looses most of the time
Is it really buggy? Is it a feature that you need a timer of 724 years ... in a web browser?
OP took things a little far, you can make it glitch at the 5 day mark.
You may ask why I'd need a timer in my web browser for 5 days, and you be right to do so.
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#33Recent and related:
Google Timer is gone - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32295674 - July 2022 (323 comments)
Less recent but related:
Google Timer - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8436869 - Oct 2014 (34 comments)
Google timer - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6429564 - Sept 2013 (154 comments)
Now set timer on Google.com - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6155243 - Aug 2013 (11 comments)
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#34Enjoy it before it goes back to the graveyard!
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#35Googling "mortgage rates" also stopped showing the interactive widget when the timer first disappeared. And now that widget is also back.
Find my phone widget is also gone. Need to click through into the website now which for a person who constantly misplaces their phone is annoying.
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#36Wow! So there is somewhere the killedbygoogle homepage. Do we also have a reincarnatedbygoogle site?
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#38I don't see it on mobile (Firefox Android) but do if I hit request desktop site, in case anyone is confused
Google cripples the site on firefox android. There is an extension called Google search fixer that adjusts the user agent to mobile chrome on Google searches make it not do that.
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#39Anyone placing bets on how long it lasts? Standard 18-24 months?
You can set a timer to remind you.
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#40How are people supposed to use features like this if they get dropped and re-added from time to time? If I want a convenient timer, googling "set 5 minute timer" has no advantage if I don't know whether it will work or not. Inconsistency is an enemy of convenience.