Something I'm surprised about is that after all the testing google was doing this spring, this seems completely out of the blue. I wonder if they did test this

Something I'm surprised about is that after all the testing google was doing this spring, this seems completely out of the blue. I wonder if they did test this on a larger scale and I just missed it, or they are winging it? If so, kudos to them for taking a huge risk. As an aside, I just realized that the new design reminds me heavily of Ubuntu with the dark gray and orange highlights.