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Google's new "batshit crazy" UX

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Re: Google's new "batshit crazy" UX

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Post by AznHisoka »

The most annoying part of Google's UI is changing email settings inside Gmail, and I know I'm not alone in this... On the top right, there's a link for your name, a link for your avatar, and THEN below those the most important one you probably want (that wheel icon): the email settings link. So annoying!

I don't care about changing my Google Plus or account settings if I'm in Gmail. I wanna set up filters or setup aliases. Why is the email settings link not prominently featured? I always end up clicking the wrong link when I want to change email settings. Also, don't get me started on creating a filter. That used to be 1-click and DONE in the old settings, now it's like finding Waldo. Ridiculous.

Re: Google's new "batshit crazy" UX

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Post by joeyh »

I had a gift card to burn on googlestore.com last evening. Noticed pages like this one http://imgur.com/6Y1nO which is apparently a failed search for a category, that simulantaneously has 0 matches and six pages. Same thing happens when I click on the big Youtube merch logo at the top of all pages there.

I was clicking around my google profile today (to remove history etc) and found broken links to google products there.

I remember when it was simple and perfect..

Re: Google's new "batshit crazy" UX

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Post by bostonvaulter2 »

jcfrei wrote: post #13
funthree wrote: post #9

Some reasoning: It gets (read:forces) you to use the top bar. For people that always ignored the topbar before; they cannot now. So these users, as well as everyone else who used it only sporadically, are now using it always and thus are more likely to investigate and use other links/apps on the topbar now. These of course include all of the other google services. It's like herding cattle.

this seems to me as the most plausible explanation. I reckon the average user might use one or two more google products: maps and gmail. he probably accesses gmail via gmail.com and maps via maps.google.com and never even cared about the black top bar. EDIT: interesting change: on my local google.ch, the top left google icon is clickable but no hover (hand) icon appears.

They might even use googlemaps.com instead of maps.google.com
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