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Side note: With results-as-you-type now being the default even from the Google front page, isn't "I'm feeling lucky" a totally vestigial button at this point?
by ja2ke 15y ago
Side note: With results-as-you-type now being the default even from the Google front page, isn't "I'm feeling lucky" a totally vestigial button at this point?
- uxp 15y agoAnother non-cited story I've heard is an A/B test, or similar, was once done where they removed the "I'm Feeling Lucky" button from the front page, and an overwhelming number of users said they did not like the solitary search button. Having both gave the users a sense of choice, even though (as the story goes), "I'm feeling lucky" is used by only a small fraction of a percent of users.
- MikeCapone 15y agoI agree that it looks better with two buttons, though I can't quite articulate why.
- bluesmoon 15y agothis is so because we instinctively feel unbalanced when we see a single legged object rather than a two legged one. we'd feel similarly unbalanced if the two legs (the buttons) were of very different widths.
- access_denied 15y agoUnless you manage to lay meaning into the specifi difference of the widths. For instance making the 'coke' button larger than the 'coke diet' button to express that 'coke' gives you the standard/baseline type.
- mulletbum 15y agoI've heard this as well. Can't remember where from.
- joe_the_user 15y agoAnd humorously enough, the present "I'm feeling lucky" button literally cannot be pressed ... except on the initial, empty search box ... under which circumstances it leads you to ... a list old Google Doodles... Feelin' Lucky now? Guy...
- Retric 15y agoUmm, I just used it and it worked fine. List > (i am feeling lucky) = http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisp_%28programming_language%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisp_%28programming_language%29 PS: Not everyone enables scripts.
- joe_the_user 15y agoI suppose it depends on the browser and whether you use Google instant (which is on by default). As soon as I type a letter, the "lucky" button vanishes.
- svigraham 15y agoThats funny. It has become an association at this point with Google.
- redthrowaway 15y agoI think it's only ever been used by snarky lmgtfy-ers.
- pushingbits 15y agoWrote a blog post a couple weeks ago about turning it into a keyword quick search. http://www.pushingbits.net/posts/google-im-feeling-lucky-address-bar-search/ http://www.pushingbits.net/posts/google-im-feeling-lucky-add... Very useful.
- ja2ke 15y agoThe Firefox address bar can be set jump straight to the "I'm feeling lucky" result instead of showing search results when it's confide t enough in the search. That behavior alone, which for some reason nobody else replicates as a feature of their browser, kept me using FF for years longer than I would have otherwise. The FF address bar is still best in class in my opinion.
- Sharlin 15y agoIsn't the Search button useless as well? :D I suppose the only reason either is there is familiarity...
- ja2ke 15y agoHaha true. I didn't think of it that way because my mind saw the homepage button and the search as you type button as "the same button" but yeah you're right. At this point (assuming you didn't disable scripts) the Google homepage needs nothing beyond an empty text field. No buttons, nothing. Weird.
- ristretto 15y agoI think it's a psychological trick that Google is using, trying to instill to you the idea that you 're lucky to be their customer. </conspiracy