I'd be happy with new design if it either hides the sidebar by default or gives me all the options by default. On most of searches, I see only 'Everything' and 'More' options. I'm already seeing 'Everything' on my search, what's the point of always showing the bar when I have to click once to see all options, making it entirely pointless.
I just use Keyboard Shortcuts experiment (<a href="http://www.google.com/experimental/" rel="nofollow">http://www.google.com/experimental/</a>), which hasn't been updated to a new version. I can't image searching without it.
Is there a way to generate a url for a particular query? I have a homepage with a bunch of search boxes.<p>Incidentally, anyone know if there is a way to generate a url for a Twitter search? The one I had been using stopped working recently.
I like having the option of seeing more recent results, particularly the past year. The new layout requires more clicking to get that, and I keep forgetting which of the ambiguously names side menus I need to click to get it.<p>And I see that clicking on the posted link has now changed the default appearance of Google every time I use it. :(
Honestly as long as I get my relevant, quick search results I don't really care that much. Obviously it is also important to have a reasonable UI that stays out of your search result; none of the design changes that Google have been through is disruptive enough for me to complain. There might be minor annoyances, but its still much much better than the second and third best options out there.
I find the left sidebar annoying and very rarely use it. I wish there was a feature do enable/disable the sidebar like in the old interface. Other than this, I love the new visual tweaks.
I like the design. So let me complain about something else: mailing-list/forum/newsgroup archivers. For instance, search on a certain type of error message, which as a developer I frequently do, and the first couple pages of results are littered with these.<p>Example:
<a href="http://www.google.com/webhp?hl=en#hl=en&q=python+441+Article+has+no+body" rel="nofollow">http://www.google.com/webhp?hl=en#hl=en&q=python+441+Art...</a><p>I wish they would do 2 things:<p>1. Make sure the original message -- say from the original mailing list, newsgroup, or forum -- is listed first. Not necessarily #1, but above all the scrapers.<p>2. Consolidate the archivers (mail-archive.com, derkeiler.com, pubbs.net, etc.) into a single entry, perhaps with sublistings or something.<p>Now where's the Google suggestion box?
I think the one good thing about the google design change is that it may open the door a little bit for other search engines with different interfaces. The fact that we all like the old google design so much show how much everyone has gotten used to it.
I don't know if it says something about me or Google's corporate culture, but I have absolute faith that any change Google make is for the better. After reading all the "41 shades of blue" type stories, I struggle to believe that they would implement a change of any significance without very strong data, let alone a complete redesign of their core product. On an instinctual level, I feel that if Google's design clashes with my assumptions then my assumptions are probably wrong.
Does anybody else consider the new page number highlights less usable and intuitive than the old ones?<p>For example, on the old version of the site, navigating to Page 2 highlights the second 'o' in red, and the number 2 in red.<p>On the redesigned site the same scenario shows a number 2 with the same color as the other numbers and bold as its only distinguishing attribute.<p>At a glance I find it harder to quickly identify the current page, and I suppose this would give less experienced users even more trouble.
I don't understand why Google, and many other companies, change things that aren't broken. First they did it with Youtube, and now with their SERPS. Can someone explain the point of that? All it does is piss off users.
My gmail address is shown on the top right. Thank you to remind me that I am tracked, I don't see the connection between the search interface and my gmail account I created just to pin down my name.