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Re: Google’s New Layout: Love it or Hate It?

compn — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 22:39:31 -0000

i need the page size in my search results!

it lets me know how much bloat is on a particular page.
why load a 300KB page for a cd listing when i could find the same info in a 30KB document?

cmon google , give me some advanced settings where i can customize my results.
sort results by page size? hmmmm nice!

Re: Google’s New Layout: Love it or Hate It?

Ishank badhani — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 06:19:14 -0000

Hmmm, I think the margin makes the new layout cleaner.But Google should include displaying the size of web pages.

Re: Google’s New Layout: Love it or Hate It?

led display — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 05:17:09 -0000

I love it .

Re: Google’s New Layout: Love it or Hate It?

Matt — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 06:01:00 -0000

I like the new layout, it's slight but effective.

Also, we found that Google were running test adverts the saturday after it rolled out: http://www.neooptic.com/blo...

Does this perhaps mean that the change is not just for speed and ease of use but to possibly also support a future change in the format of search adverts?

Re: Google’s New Layout: Love it or Hate It?

Ash Nallawalla — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 18:03:37 -0000

I prefer seeing the size of the document.

Re: Google’s New Layout: Love it or Hate It?

ly — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 17:02:03 -0000

i find the new layout better, it see better.
http://www.yesanswer.com/

Re: Google’s New Layout: Love it or Hate It?

loy — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 16:56:39 -0000

i think the new better, it seems to be alive

Re: Google’s New Layout: Love it or Hate It?

MikeSchinkel — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 15:49:53 -0000

I like it a lot better; always hated the flush left margin. While it's sad to loose the page size indicator I really never looked at them anyway. I do think the useless space below the logo and above the search results is, well, useless.

Re: Google’s New Layout: Love it or Hate It?

Brad F. — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:45:34 -0000

Did Google stop to consider that the reason people may be doing less searches is because they're finding the results on the first try more often, since there are more links to click from? This wasn't about usability, it was about increasing the number of pageviews to increase their ad revenue.

Re: Google’s New Layout: Love it or Hate It?

Miria Reu — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:25:41 -0000

I miss the predicted size of the website being displayed near the link. It actually became handy for me when trying to find resources on a Dial-up connected.

Now I have to guess lol

Re: Google’s New Layout: Love it or Hate It?

Penny Grabber — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:20:06 -0000

I don't like the fact that they no longer show the page size in kb.

Re: Google’s New Layout: Love it or Hate It?

Jay — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:25:05 -0000

I'll just say that I don't think the left indentation is useless.
As someone who doesn't run their browser's fullscreen (I make it more like a page width) I hate it when things are bumped up all the way against the window border.

Re: Google’s New Layout: Love it or Hate It?

Dyegov — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:24:29 -0000

Now that's a good find :>

Re: Google’s New Layout: Love it or Hate It?

josiahstaggs — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:19:44 -0000

The new google layout for search results are so minor. I didn't even know anything had changed.

Re: Google’s New Layout: Love it or Hate It?

pROCKrammer — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:10:23 -0000

I hate because of not showing page size ...

Re: Google’s New Layout: Love it or Hate It?

macewan — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:10:16 -0000

Much cleaner looking. Is there any indication this relates to Microsoft's Bing offering?

Re: Google’s New Layout: Love it or Hate It?

axealis — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:43:02 -0000

New google layout is simple and easy to use

Re: Google’s New Layout: Love it or Hate It?

Guest — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:40:03 -0000

That "useless spacing" helps increase readability and hierarchy on the page. The smaller logo also helps put the search results first, not branding. Also, the logo looks MUCH better with that extra space around it.

As for kb size - unless you're on dialup, that was useless, outdated clutter. I haven't checked my mobile to see if they kept kb on their mobile version, where it would make more sense.

I think this is a positive improvement.

Also, let's be frank, this is Google. They don't shift a pixel without research to back it up. Sometimes that's to a fault, but probably not in this case.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009...

The 'useless spacing' diagram inspired me to comment. It's just an incredibly ignorant statement. It's called 'whitespace' and is as important as the content, if not moreso, visually.

Re: Google’s New Layout: Love it or Hate It?

Jonathan — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:39:11 -0000

It's a change but I might not have noticed at all if it wasn't pointed out to me.

Re: Google’s New Layout: Love it or Hate It?

Lee Calcote — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:36:47 -0000

It's a good bet the new margins aren't aesthetically driven. Real-time search, SearchWiki Notes or some other new feature is likely to popup in the margin.

Re: Google’s New Layout: Love it or Hate It?

Shift — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:36:16 -0000

I like old version :(

Re: Google’s New Layout: Love it or Hate It?

Vygantas — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:33:53 -0000

It also has show options, new layout sucks and this is like week old news

Re: Google’s New Layout: Love it or Hate It?

Aimee Knight — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:27:03 -0000

What is meant by "aesthetics" here? The look and feel of the site are aesthetic concerns that go beyond merely surface-level appearance.

Re: Google’s New Layout: Love it or Hate It?

Gaby — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:23:15 -0000

I didn't notice a change. For me, if a site can change without the user noticing it's a good thing. It may also be pointless if the user can't tell, but hey, at least the change wasn't bad :D

Re: Google’s New Layout: Love it or Hate It?

Paradox — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:22:49 -0000

That sucks :s.. (Removal of page size in kb)