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Opinion: Google Unleashes Terrible New Update For Google News Upon the Net
Rei shares their opinion of Google's redesign of Google News: Google unveiled a "new look" for Google News, describing it as a "clean and uncluttered look." New design features include a mostly empty "In the News" box for trending-topics, most of which you probably don't care about; a double-height page header so that they can make the border around the search box inexplicably larger and add a four-option menu bar; large empty grey expanses that take up half the browser; and a new news section that presents half as many news articles per page. If you didn't think you were having to scroll enough when using Google News, don't worry -- Google's got your back with this new update. It's safe to say that Slashdot reader Rei is not so fond of the Google News redesign. Have you had the chance to view it yourself? What do you think of the Google News facelift?
Just went to their blog - look at the before and after pictures. The before has a lot more information visible at one time. When you're reading NEWS, you want NEWS, not white space. Fail.
"Transparent" is a shit show that trades on every stereotype going. A man in drag is NOT a transsexual.
The new layout benefits google, not you. By showing only the headline without the first few sentences as a summary, you have to click through to see the article to know if you even give a damn. That increases total ad views.
If you needed a reminder that you're the product, here you go.
"Transparent" is a shit show that trades on every stereotype going. A man in drag is NOT a transsexual.