Comments on Carrer Blog: Google redesign (Google in a grid)

Ingenious. Google should hire you.

2009-03-25T14:28:01.981+01:00

Ingenious. Google should hire you.

What you're missing is that the list carries meani...

2009-03-24T01:27:17.047+01:00

What you're missing is that the list carries meaningful information in it's structure. The results are ordered for a reason!

i like it.as you mentioned, it needs a lot of thou...

2009-03-18T17:30:39.107+01:00

i like it.
as you mentioned, it needs a lot of thought to make it usable.
most google-users don't go beyond the first result-page, and this grid-idea could mean more results on the first page, which is good for google.
maybe some kind of cloud system would work, like symbaloo, with the main results displayed bigger or according to the golden mean or something.
regards,

@Gene: I must say I agree with you. For one seriou...

2009-03-16T01:32:31.793+01:00

@Gene: I must say I agree with you. For one serious redesign takes time effort planing and research. Like I sad this was just one little experiment.

@all I think i picked wrong title for this post, maybe something like "Linear vs Grid search engines design" would worked better. I was hopping of more "creative discussion" of possible solutions for all search engines in general. How can we improve the visual experience? Do you like only text in the search results or more photos and videos. What about sound, songs? We are not talking just linear or grids any solution(2D, 3D, Holograms). How do you imagine your perfect search result? Please comment!

Just putting the information in 5 across grid does...

2009-03-15T23:28:00.789+01:00

Just putting the information in 5 across grid doesn't mean it's a good grid. A grid design system doesn't mean just toss search results up in a checkerboard pattern. A well designed grid like you say will indeed improve scan-ability of a page, but this attempt at a grid layout isn't functional. There's no context for each post because they are all identical. The list view google currently employs is always going to beat out a checkerboard grid like this...

I definitely touched very sensitive argument - Go...

2009-03-14T00:31:33.782+01:00

I definitely touched very sensitive argument - Google Redesign. I remember when I switched from Yahoo to Google, I did because Google was faster and simpler. Today is still fast and simple. Nobody want to take that from you. My proposal was and still is OPTIONAL Grid Design. Why is that?
The Grid can hold much more information, more photos and videos and can contribute for better visible experience.The Grids can give certain order to the information. And if you are happy with current results you will not switch to the Grid Design.

yeah this is really terrible

2009-03-13T23:49:47.260+01:00

yeah this is really terrible

Definitely a terrilbe redesign. Google's signature...

2009-03-13T21:25:02.002+01:00

Definitely a terrilbe redesign. Google's signature is its simplicity and usability. The grid makes it lose so much functionality

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2009-03-13T10:15:35.075+01:00

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Regards
Kris

@all: Nobody noticed that there are 4 links? One w...

2009-03-13T01:46:57.588+01:00

@all: Nobody noticed that there are 4 links? One with Santana, Elvis and two with Google AdWords? My bad!! I realized to late that all links look like they are part of the picture. And all the hard work was for them! I did some updates on the post.

one major thing missing and the reason google does...

2009-03-13T00:57:22.460+01:00

one major thing missing and the reason google doesn't do this. where do the ads go?

Like the dude above said...http://userscripts.org/...

2009-03-12T19:56:53.753+01:00

Like the dude above said...

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/10458

You can do that already by Greasemoney & Google Mo...

2009-03-12T16:05:21.497+01:00

You can do that already by Greasemoney & Google Monkey R script

Hopefully Google doesn't read your blog. If they i...

2009-03-12T15:51:49.527+01:00

Hopefully Google doesn't read your blog. If they implement grid like structure *by default* then I have to view google without CSS to get the view I want. Line based scans so much quicker.

Optional, ofcourse, would be nice.

@L. Mohan Arun: This is exactly my point. Optional...

2009-03-12T15:25:31.713+01:00

@L. Mohan Arun: This is exactly my point. Optional Grids! Not default. If you prefer Grids you will switch to grid otherwise everything remains the same like before.

No i dont like grids personally - this is the same...

2009-03-12T15:10:43.821+01:00

No i dont like grids personally - this is the same thing that turned me off at Cuil. Grid can be an option but it cant be default. I will stop using Google if it switched to grid search results

Cool post! Thanks

2009-03-12T14:28:20.459+01:00

Cool post! Thanks