Google+ gets a redesign

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Post by izuzak » Wed, Apr 11, 2012, 1:29 PM UTC

Google+ gets a redesign
googleblog.blogspot.com

Re: Google+ gets a redesign

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Post by humanfromearth » Wed, Apr 11, 2012, 1:32 PM UTC

I asked for

 support and look what they did instead.

Re: Google+ gets a redesign

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Post by ed209 » Wed, Apr 11, 2012, 1:41 PM UTC

Glad to see Hangouts promoted in this design. Think that's probably the G+ trump card.

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Post by krmmalik » Wed, Apr 11, 2012, 1:42 PM UTC

I genuinely think Google+ has plenty of potential. Google's strategy seems a little more unified in terms of the way the posts are linking to search results, how you can setup circles and the other more niftier features that have been added that Facebook has yet to add.

But despite all of that. Something is missing, and i just cant quite put my finger on it.

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Post by kirinan » Wed, Apr 11, 2012, 1:44 PM UTC

This is a huge step up for G+ and ultimately may lead to me using it it more. The problem I had with it before was it just wasn't intuitive to do anything with the interface. Now its easy to use, and I know exactly how to do everything without having to think about it. Its good to know that Google is sticking with their strategy of "Internet + you", I think its a good strategy.

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Post by dutchbrit » Wed, Apr 11, 2012, 1:44 PM UTC

Wow, huge improvement! Is the cover photo new too? (I haven't checked out G+ in a while.. - copied from FB?!) Looks more "fun" in any case, which is good. (Not saying they have to go completely spastic but this is a good mix)

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Post by Yarnage » Wed, Apr 11, 2012, 1:45 PM UTC

krmmalik wrote: post #4

I genuinely think Google+ has plenty of potential. Google's strategy seems a little more unified in terms of the way the posts are linking to search results, how you can setup circles and the other more niftier features that have been added that Facebook has yet to add. But despite all of that. Something is missing, and i just cant quite put my finger on it.

People. It's missing people.

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Post by bonyt » Wed, Apr 11, 2012, 1:46 PM UTC

ed209 wrote: post #3

Glad to see Hangouts promoted in this design. Think that's probably the G+ trump card.

I know that I tend to go to Google+ ONLY for the Hangouts as group video chat, and ignore all the other features of g+.

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Post by jenius » Wed, Apr 11, 2012, 1:46 PM UTC

Yeah I really like this, and I also like how google is not giving up. I do think it has potential, and if google can hit it, it will be huge for the company.

I think the piece that's missing is integration from other third party services - I would use my google+ account a lot more if I could post to it from apps I use often like twitter, instagram etc. There's always share to twitter in almost every app, which makes it easy. But to share anything to google+ i always have to go all the way to their site, which isn't worth it since many of my friends don't use it anyway.

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Post by krmmalik » Wed, Apr 11, 2012, 1:49 PM UTC

Yarnage wrote: post #7

krmmalik wrote: post #4

I genuinely think Google+ has plenty of potential. Google's strategy seems a little more unified in terms of the way the posts are linking to search results, how you can setup circles and the other more niftier features that have been added that Facebook has yet to add. But despite all of that. Something is missing, and i just cant quite put my finger on it.

People. It's missing people.

I've got loads of people on my G+. I feel there's more to it, but i think "Jenius" has hit the nail on the head. I think its third-party app integration that's missing.