Google's Fading Home Page

[Sonic 296]

So Google have added this fading thing to their home page. An explanation from Google about it.

 

At Google, we run anywhere from 50 to 200 experiments at any given time on Google sites all over the world. Right now, we are running a small experiment of a new Google homepage design that shows links when a user mouses over the screen. This is just a test and a way for us see whether our users will celebrate an even simpler search interface. More information about how Google runs experiments can be found here.

A video...

 

 

More:

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/12/now...w-you-dont.html

http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/10/05/googl...-a-single-word/

http://www.seroundtable.com/archives/020907.html

 

But seriously, they test and experiment on stuff like this when it doesn't really add any functionality. So what's the point?

[Doctor Destiny 41]

I find it irritating...

[Malevolence 6]

Not cool and not useful.

[Luk3us 63]

Its annoying if you use those other features, otherwise meh.

[BioBen 3]

Confused the crap out of me the first time it happened, bit of a mind ****.

I don't mind... Although it's not anymore aesthetically pleasing than normal if that's what they were going for...

[Inferno 22]

Very annoying.

[comander starlin 6]

and this is why i use igoogle, that way i dont get these crazy experiments

[TheBlackOut 7]

and this is why i use igoogle, that way i dont get these crazy experiments

Until they experiment with that

[Luk3us 63]

They have! There never used to be that stupid chat tab bull**** on the left hand side... And I can't get rid of it! Eh.

[PurpleGaga27 40]

At least Google is still built to change. Yeah, I discovered it when Google made the change. Didn't like it though.

[comander starlin 6]

They have! There never used to be that stupid chat tab bull**** on the left hand side... And I can't get rid of it! Eh.

 

there is a chat feature???....... checks.......lol so there is i never notice it because i have pacman on the other side