No, it was better because it was much faster and results were much better. I remember those days, we (me, friends and family) were all using Altavista or lycos

No, it was better because it was much faster and results were much better. I remember those days, we (me, friends and family) were all using Altavista or lycos before, do you think we all switched to Google in a blink just because of it's spartan design?