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Google Tests a New Search Interface
- duck 16y agoFortunately. the new interface is still an experiment. Eh? Why would Google write that?
- adamjernst 16y agoI actually like whitespace. Especially with two-finger scroll or iOS inertial scrolling, the "cost" of scrolling is near zero. Why not encourage scrolling?
- herf 16y agoYou read a scrolling UI quite a bit slower than a static one. (However, Google probably knows that most people click on the first few links anyway.)
- ugh 16y agoI think it's a tad too much, it looks a bit unbalanced to me. What I do like is the increased line height. So many websites could be improved by just increasing the line height a bit.
- obtino 16y agoThe white-space makes the results far more legible. It makes the user focus more on the results rather than going straight to the next button (or changing the search terms).
- gabaix 16y agowhat struck is the diminishing of links you get on above the fold. With the new spacing between titles and descriptions, I get only 5 answers above the fold. It's a good thing: I focus around the first results.
- pedrokost 16y agoI am glad they are testing making all the description (also website urls) in grey leaving only the title in blue. I've found it a bit hard to quickly glance through all the results with urls in green and additional links also in blue.
- currywurst 16y agoHmm .. i had the opposite reaction. I usually look at the url to judge whether this result is worth following, and the all gray look makes this difficult.
- ojosilva 16y agoGoogle's experiment looks a lot like Blekko's current search results design. Blekko already has results further apart and no underlines. DuckDuckGo also has a similar result styling. Could it be that 2 small search engine players have made Google rethink their search UI, or is it just UX common sense nowadays?
- throwaway32 16y agoYea, the star designating the official site is very reminiscent of duck duck go. I wonder if they will add a quickinfo/zeroclick area.
- currywurst 16y agoI am really uncomfortable with links not being underlined. It is a basic understanding that people new to the web pick up first. Taking away this cognitive aid forces link identification primarily by color (and size perhaps). Wonder if this is an acceptable trade-off.
- timedoctor 16y agoWhat's really interesting is how much they split test and experiment with their interface. I doubt that Yahoo and Bing to it to the same degree?