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Are there any examples of amazing (Apple-quality) design coming out of Google?

by staunch 16y ago

thechangelog 16y ago
Are you asking about Apple "quality" aesthetics? Graphic design is about solving problems; aesthetics are secondary. Google's designs solve its problems--satisfying search results, simple access to email, etc--very effectively.
- jamesteow 16y ago
  Apple solves problems without sacrificing aesthetics. Very rare to find companies who can achieve that level of quality.
  - shriphani 16y ago
    Yes, the mice that ship with the iMacs are the best examples of solving problems without sacrificing aesthetics.
    - danssig 16y ago
      That's rather silly and outdated snipe. Have you used the new magic pad? I'd rather have that than anything else.
      - nchlswu 16y ago
        This is a silly issue of semantics, but the trackpad isn't exactly a mouse; still a pointing device though. Anyways, his snipe is hardly outdated. Apple's most succesful products manage to balance form and function beautifully, but their mice are a pretty big hole where function has clearly been sacrificed for form.
- ed209 16y ago
  aesthetics are not secondary in graphic design.
- est 16y ago
  > satisfying search results, simple access to email, etc--very effectively. I won't call Jazz UI, or SearchWiki, or +1 as "solving problem design".
- rickmb 16y ago
  Aesthetics is a core problem if you need people to pay a considerable amount of money before they can start using your product. This is what makes design at Google fundamentally different from design at Apple.
coderdude 16y ago
Apple's designs aren't all that impressive to me. They aren't the epitome of design. Google Profiles (https://profiles.google.com/ https://profiles.google.com/) has better usability and a cleaner design than Apple's homepage (http://www.apple.com/ http://www.apple.com/).
- deleted 16y ago
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- reneherse 16y ago
  well, there's no accounting for taste...
  - danssig 16y ago
    Or lack thereof.
- ed209 16y ago
  I think you'll find that Apple has done more than anyone else with regard to raising the importance of design in product. In the last 6 months there has been a real shift towards the importance of design. I'd say thanks to iPhone mostly for spreading the message. I doubt Google has inspired many designers although they are starting to change... and no, profiles is not one of those.
- paganel 16y ago
  > Google Profiles (https://profiles.google.com/ https://profiles.google.com/) has better usability and a cleaner design than Apple's homepage (http://www.apple.com/ http://www.apple.com/). It's only a matter of taste. For me that page is ugly as hell. I haven't activated my profile yet, and maybe because of this that page looks empty, no content on it, no reasons given to me for why I should ever activate my profile. On top of that, I also managed to break their JS on the first couple of minutes of browsing it. I clicked on the "PicassaWeb" tab link and strange layover window reluctantly showed up (after 2 or 3 seconds on the first try). When I try to close that by clicking the "No thanks" link nothing happens, apart from FF reporting a JavaScript error: > Error: h is undefined Source File: https://profiles.google.com/c/ui/js/122008102-PwaLinkMain.js https://profiles.google.com/c/ui/js/122008102-PwaLinkMain.js Line: 39 I'm on FF 3.6.13, Windows 7. Here's a quick screenshot: http://i.imgur.com/f67Nj.png http://i.imgur.com/f67Nj.png I don't think they're going to catch Facebook with that ugly page design and beginners' mistakes.
grimlck 16y ago
www.google.com
bostonvaulter2 16y ago
The design of the map for Google Maps is pretty nice. http://www.41latitude.com/post/557224600/map-comparison http://www.41latitude.com/post/557224600/map-comparison
- natchexz 16y ago
  This is an even better example: http://www.41latitude.com/post/2072504768/google-maps-label-readability http://www.41latitude.com/post/2072504768/google-maps-label-...
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dman 16y ago
Well done - the discussion is now sucked into the Apple void.

Are there any examples of amazing (Apple-quality) design coming out of Google?

by staunch 16y ago

Are there any examples of amazing (Apple-quality) design coming out of Google?

Are you asking about Apple "quality" aesthetics? Graphic design is about solving problems; aesthetics are secondary. Google's designs solve its problems--satisfying search results, simple access to email, etc--very effectively.

jamesteow 16y ago
Apple solves problems without sacrificing aesthetics. Very rare to find companies who can achieve that level of quality.
- shriphani 16y ago
  Yes, the mice that ship with the iMacs are the best examples of solving problems without sacrificing aesthetics.
  - danssig 16y ago
    That's rather silly and outdated snipe. Have you used the new magic pad? I'd rather have that than anything else.
    - nchlswu 16y ago
      This is a silly issue of semantics, but the trackpad isn't exactly a mouse; still a pointing device though. Anyways, his snipe is hardly outdated. Apple's most succesful products manage to balance form and function beautifully, but their mice are a pretty big hole where function has clearly been sacrificed for form.
ed209 16y ago
aesthetics are not secondary in graphic design.
est 16y ago
> satisfying search results, simple access to email, etc--very effectively. I won't call Jazz UI, or SearchWiki, or +1 as "solving problem design".
rickmb 16y ago
Aesthetics is a core problem if you need people to pay a considerable amount of money before they can start using your product. This is what makes design at Google fundamentally different from design at Apple.

coderdude 16y ago

Apple's designs aren't all that impressive to me. They aren't the epitome of design. Google Profiles (https://profiles.google.com/ https://profiles.google.com/) has better usability and a cleaner design than Apple's homepage (http://www.apple.com/ http://www.apple.com/).

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reneherse 16y ago
well, there's no accounting for taste...
- danssig 16y ago
  Or lack thereof.
ed209 16y ago
I think you'll find that Apple has done more than anyone else with regard to raising the importance of design in product. In the last 6 months there has been a real shift towards the importance of design. I'd say thanks to iPhone mostly for spreading the message. I doubt Google has inspired many designers although they are starting to change... and no, profiles is not one of those.
paganel 16y ago
> Google Profiles (https://profiles.google.com/ https://profiles.google.com/) has better usability and a cleaner design than Apple's homepage (http://www.apple.com/ http://www.apple.com/). It's only a matter of taste. For me that page is ugly as hell. I haven't activated my profile yet, and maybe because of this that page looks empty, no content on it, no reasons given to me for why I should ever activate my profile. On top of that, I also managed to break their JS on the first couple of minutes of browsing it. I clicked on the "PicassaWeb" tab link and strange layover window reluctantly showed up (after 2 or 3 seconds on the first try). When I try to close that by clicking the "No thanks" link nothing happens, apart from FF reporting a JavaScript error: > Error: h is undefined Source File: https://profiles.google.com/c/ui/js/122008102-PwaLinkMain.js https://profiles.google.com/c/ui/js/122008102-PwaLinkMain.js Line: 39 I'm on FF 3.6.13, Windows 7. Here's a quick screenshot: http://i.imgur.com/f67Nj.png http://i.imgur.com/f67Nj.png I don't think they're going to catch Facebook with that ugly page design and beginners' mistakes.

grimlck 16y ago

www.google.com

bostonvaulter2 16y ago

The design of the map for Google Maps is pretty nice. http://www.41latitude.com/post/557224600/map-comparison http://www.41latitude.com/post/557224600/map-comparison

natchexz 16y ago
This is an even better example: http://www.41latitude.com/post/2072504768/google-maps-label-readability http://www.41latitude.com/post/2072504768/google-maps-label-...

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dman 16y ago

Well done - the discussion is now sucked into the Apple void.