Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Thank you! I turns out [ &sout=1 ] is the parameter you need to use to search through the old layout. This search engine brilliantly adds that to the address, like this search for "volcano":

http://www.google.com/images?sout=1&q=volcano

I have added this as a bookmark, so that I can simply type "gim volcano" in the address bar to search in the old layout (or whatever keyword you specify instead of "gim"), no search box needed:

http://www.google.com/images?q=%s&sout=1

The %s marks where "volcano" or any other search word is inserted.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

All I get when I try to download this, in Firefox 4 is a page that says:
This XML file does not appear to have any style information associated with it. The document tree is shown below.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

Why can't I find this listed anywhere in my add-ons? It's working just fine, but I have no access to preferences or disabling it or uninstalling it because it isn't showing up in the list.

Update: OK, I guess you just remove it from the search bar options, but you might want to tell people this. I was starting to think it was mal-ware.

This user has a previous review of this add-on.

Hi hatpin. My search plugin works the same way all search plugins do. I have no control over the way the plugin interfaces with the browser, that ball is in Mozilla's court. Thanks for the review though.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Can you make an addon like this so that every time one goes to google images and searchs for something (without using the FF built-in search bar) it displays the basic version?

This review is for a previous version of the add-on (20110223). 

Sure, I've answered this on my blog. Check out the 4th comment on this page: http://websitedesignsunshinecoast.net.au/google-images-basic-version-firefox-and-chrome-plugin#comments