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As much as it pains me to say this, I think Google's lack of design sense might be their strong point in search. There's no extra crap to get in the way of sear
by dcurtis 18y ago
As much as it pains me to say this, I think Google's lack of design sense might be their strong point in search. There's no extra crap to get in the way of search results. (Although I should say that in their other non-search products, it is most certainly a weakness.)
There are of course new ways to view results, but with arguable advantage. A new startup I found recently, Viewzi (http://www.viewzi.com/ http://www.viewzi.com/) does a pretty good job. But it's not better at finding stuff than Google.
- pg 18y agoGreat design is the difference between Apple's version of no extra crap, and Google's.
- bigbang 18y agosearchme.com has an amazing UI. Not only thats cool, but very useful. i believe the next gen of search engines will be directly answering your search query, rather than simply finding appropriate links.
- khafra 18y agoFor many noncontroversial, unambiguous queries(1), Google already directly answers the search query. For ambiguous or controversial queries, you're gonna want the references and context of the original source. (1) http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-GB%3Aofficial&hs=aPO&q=pi+meters+per+half+fortnight+in+yards+per+euler%27s+constant+lunar+months&btnG=Search&meta= http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&safe=off&client...
- mattmaroon 18y agoI feel like Google's user experience across many products is consistently good, and never great. The spartan ethic definitely puts a lower bound on it, but I feel like there's still some upside there. I wonder, what % of their overall hits are the homepage? It must be low, considering almost every hit there lands on a results page, but there are lots of other ways to get to a results page (Firefox, the input box at the top of a results page, etc.)
- BerislavLopac 18y agoIf you think that Google has a minimalist UI, you should check http://www.trazhi.com http://www.trazhi.com :)