The new horizontal bar includes Google's specialized search engines and a "search tools" link that displays the advanced search options. The bar is either aligned with the search box or it's aligned with the black bar, depending on the experiment.
It's obvious that Google wants to get rid of the sidebar and make search options more visible, but the new bar might confuse users and the left padding makes the page look unbalanced.
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How do I try it?
ReplyDeleteHere the instructions: http://tecno-net.blogspot.com/2012/08/como-usar-la-nueva-interfaz-de-google.html
ReplyDeleteDoes not seem to work anymore?
Deletethe left padding makes the advertising positions more centralized, coupled with the large white space on the right (and in general less going on within the main page) it should generate more ad clicks for Google - so this change should certainly be seen as simply ad focused and not usability focused.
ReplyDeleteBut that's just my opinion.
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ReplyDelete"Google wants to get rid of the sidebar and make search options more visible"
ReplyDeleteThis sounds reasonable.
Yes I suppose this is ad focused, removing sidebar for a visible option sounds good.
ReplyDeleteGoogle Search Mobile tests a new interface: http://tecno-net.blogspot.com/2012/08/nuevo-test-en-la-interfaz-de-google.html
ReplyDeletemore mouse clicks to performa the same function is BAD
ReplyDeleteThis decision to move the search tool sidebar to the top of the screen really sucks. Now instead of one click, it's three clicks. It all adds up to wasted time.....my time. And for what reason? Simply to make the search results look better on a mobile screen. Well, Google, go take a look at the BBC News website. They detect the device the browser is on and reformat accordingly. If the tech department in Google is so poor that they don't know how to do this then why don't they contact the BBC?
ReplyDeleteLeave the search toolbar on the left hand side.
The decision to move the search toolbar to the top of the screen sucks. Now, instead of a simple single click, it's three clicks. Might not sound much but why waste my time? All adds up. If the BBC News website can detect the device the browser is on then why can't Google? Or maybe the techies at google don't know how to do this yet?
ReplyDeleteJon Wiley...Lead Designer at Google for this....are you listening?