Google Updates Its Face

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Posted by Hemos on Monday March 29, 2004 @01:45AM from the so-many-submissions dept.

whereiseljefe writes "About 12:00 am Central Time, at least when I saw it, Google changed it's face. Before it was a simplistic search engine, with a minimal front page, and now has become even more so. Those pretty tabs we have become accustomed to are now gone, and in the search results, the "summary" section at the top is now a faded blue bar (see here with a search returning ads). And the ads are a little more low key. Nice to know they are cutting back on their interface rather than adding spastically like Yahoo." Other folks noted that they've added Froogle and Local Directory pages have now been given links on the front page. Which is good, since inclusion in the main page tends to mean ready for prime time.

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/. could learn from this by smartin · 2004-03-29 01:58 · Score: 0, Redundant

Less is better. I'd like to see /. tone down their page as well, particularily that big honking ad on the right hand side. (yeah i know, subscribe if you don't want to see it, or block it, yada yada). What ever, it's a waste of both space and bandwidth.

What would be cool is if you could configure a web site to use your one stylesheet.

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Slashdotted... by Moderation+abuser · 2004-03-29 02:00 · Score: 0, Redundant

Can someone mirror it please?

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Re:New google fizzles by Nurseman · 2004-03-29 02:02 · Score: 1, Redundant

The new google lacks kaw-pow, pizazz
But it does have a new "Linux Search" link here under specialty searches. here

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New Google by Digital+Warfare · 2004-03-29 02:22 · Score: 0, Redundant

I like it, its not too much. I thinkit has an element of class and maturity about it. This is how searched engines should look. It does a very googd job, and looks very good as well. imo.

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www.google.com by RetroGeek · 2004-03-29 03:04 · Score: 0, Redundant

I am in Canada, and I CANNOT get to www.google.com, it always re-directs me to www.google.ca. Even if I explicitly try to reach the .com.

How about other countries? Do you get www.google.uk, www.google.au, etc?

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The Int32b crisis! by hoggoth · 2004-03-29 03:25 · Score: 1, Redundant

Hurry, call your consultants!
The Int32b (integers overflowing after they fill up 32 bits) crises is upon us!

Insurance companies, start calling Google to offer Int32b coverage!

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Goggle new look by Ironstud · 2004-03-29 03:32 · Score: 0, Redundant

I saw that there is a Microsoft search just like there is one for Linux. So my question is if you chose to feel lucky on this type of search, are you prone to get viruses? (grin)
Re:About Face! by sloptaco · 2004-03-29 03:33 · Score: 1, Redundant

just a comment: i think this is what makes google so successful is that theey keep their interface as minimalistic as possible (and browser independent as possible). First of all, a serach engine that is going to be 'the' search engine needs to be just that - a utility, not some flashy commercial trap with other adversions. Second of all, without using flash and all that other fancy crap, they minimalize any potential of bugs or browser-dependent issues - etc., so it makes perfect sense from a maintenance.
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