Disneyfication.
c'mon it's a much needed and a good redesign, I suppose the top navigation bar is kept unchanged for further testing, it might eventually include only non duplicate function; gmail, docs, calendar etc.
The Google design, turned up a notch
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Re: The Google design, turned up a notch
#12The search box on the left is dreadful. Why can't this be hidden the way it could (for me) yesterday? It's almost headache inducing (although that sounds crazy), it's like my eyes don't know what to do...they've had almost 10 years worth of training showing them to look in that exact spot on my screen, and now it has changed...
It's really, really distracting. If I can find out a way of hiding it, I absolutely will.
Re: The Google design, turned up a notch
#13The biggest change in their redesign has nothing to do with the new logo, redundancy in navigation (because that can't be an issue) or making the different search tools more discoverable.
The biggest change is the top left position of the first search result relative to the top left position of the document. In other words, the average scanning pattern has completely changed with the addition of a fixed side bar.
It will take a lot of people a long time to adjust and its effectiveness can't be judged by a couple of hours of usage. It's not unlikely to assume Google is very willing to take a slight hit in this area and win in the discoverability of their different ways to use Google, hopefully, eventually improving a person's overal searching efficiency.
Time will tell, but we all know Google tests these things through and through.
Re: The Google design, turned up a notch
#14I really like the left side bar. I prefer it to the top bar when it comes to focusing my results - its closer and has more options. As for the design — it feels cleaner, but thats subjective.
Re: The Google design, turned up a notch
#15heh cool the first image result in there was made with my software :)
in fact now that i look at it, if you do an image search for "string theory" the flame algorithm was used to make #1, #4 #12 #15 #20, fully one quarter of the first page of results. it was also used to represent string theory in "molecules to the max" the educational film about nanotechnology: http://www.moleculestothemax.com/gallery_12_string.html. can anyone introduce me to brian greene?
Re: The Google design, turned up a notch
#16They removed the trademark ((tm)) letters from the logo.
I'm wondering why corporations keep plastering those all over their designs.
Re: The Google design, turned up a notch
#17The biggest change in their redesign has nothing to do with the new logo, redundancy in navigation (because that can't be an issue) or making the different search tools more discoverable. The biggest change is the top left position of the first search result relative to the top left position of the document. In other words, the average scanning pattern has completely changed with the addition of a fixed side bar. It…
> It's not unlikely to assume Google is very willing to take a slight hit in this area
What hit are you talking about? Are people willing to leave Google to use another search engine and get used to their UI?. Unless they royally screw up with the design (which they didn't IMO) they have almost nothing to lose.
If you compare this with bing, you will see that they have a lot of similarities.
Re: The Google design, turned up a notch
#18From a visual standpoint, I think the most interesting change is the shading on the search bar, which makes it look raised on the page. It looks a little awkward to me, I'm sure because almost all form inputs are either flat or sunken into the page. I do think being sunken into the page is a more appropriate metaphor... I wonder how they came to that decision.
Re: The Google design, turned up a notch
#19They removed the trademark ((tm)) letters from the logo. I'm wondering why corporations keep plastering those all over their designs.
I was under the impression that it was good practice to use those marks, primarily to make sure people know you're presenting a trademark (registered or not). Obviously Google's big enough to not need that. Legal hounds: Is there a time when one does or doesn't need the ™/®?
Re: The Google design, turned up a notch
#20The biggest change in their redesign has nothing to do with the new logo, redundancy in navigation (because that can't be an issue) or making the different search tools more discoverable. The biggest change is the top left position of the first search result relative to the top left position of the document. In other words, the average scanning pattern has completely changed with the addition of a fixed side bar. It…
> It's not unlikely to assume Google is very willing to take a slight hit in this area What hit are you talking about? Are people willing to leave Google to use another search engine and get used to their UI?. Unless they royally screw up with the design (which they didn't IMO) they have almost nothing to lose. If you compare this with bing, you will see that they have a lot of similarities.
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