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> what the landing page of google looks like (it's basically centered and has no magnifying glass icon) The Google landing page does have a magnifying glass on
by scribu 10y ago
> what the landing page of google looks like (it's basically centered and has no magnifying glass icon)
The Google landing page does have a magnifying glass on mobile.
- kriro 10y agoTrue, interesting that it doesn't on desktop and that I've mentally saved the desktop version even though I probably search a lot more on mobile overall...granted rarely through the landing page.
- shultays 10y agoInterestingly when you start typing and it goes to result preview page which includes a magnifying glass. I am thinking the reasoning is google main page and its only job is searching things so they just decided not to add it. results page is a lot more complex so the icon is added
- gffrd 10y ago… could also that they’ve just never had one on their home page, too. (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b7/Google1998.png https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b7/Google1998.pn...) I do like to think it's more philosophical: Google is search … and so much beyond it at the same time. Including a search glyph in the field is almost misrepresentation.