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Someone at Google needs to get a Goddamn clue and look at a UI design manual. What the hell are they thinking? Has Larry let the MBAs get out of control? Ther

Someone at Google needs to get a Goddamn clue and look at a UI design manual. What the hell are they thinking? Has Larry let the MBAs get out of control? There's clearly something wrong, as no sensible, actual user of these products surely could believe that this mess is an improvement? This is on a par with the del.icio.us mess.

johnx123-up 15y ago
It may not be MBAs, but Ex-Yahoo! guys http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3143054 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3143054
- watmough 15y ago
  :) Yeah, I'll take a look at your link, but the new styles are surely reminiscent of the awful YUI, which much as I love Crockford, I'd have to write off as crap, due to its convoluted programming model and wretched bad appearance and inefficiency. (Example: compare the stock charts in Yahoo with Google's - slow and very flickery) Here's a concrete example in the form of a comparison between old Gmail and new GMail. Page headers for old and new Gmail compared: http://imgur.com/a/X4gdp http://imgur.com/a/X4gdp
acqq 15y ago
Here's one of the reasons: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3190205 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3190205 "If I remember correctly, Google engineers are given the choice of one 30" monitor or a two 24" monitors," That explains all. At the time "normal people" converge to notebooks and laptops with even less height, they "optimize" UI for their immense screens. The managers who approve also test it on their 30 inch screens. And they certainly don't understand the complaints, probably saying: "don't you all have 30 inch?" "let them eat cake." I have an old notebook with 1050 pixels height and even there the new changes are annoying to me. What's with now more common 768, 800 and 900 pixels?
- karolist 15y ago
  Sticking with one resolution when testing is such a noob mistake I'd doubt google could make it. You don't need a different screen to test different layouts, Firefox webdeveloper extension lets you define viewport sizes for testing easily.

johnx123-up 15y ago

It may not be MBAs, but Ex-Yahoo! guys http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3143054 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3143054

watmough 15y ago
:) Yeah, I'll take a look at your link, but the new styles are surely reminiscent of the awful YUI, which much as I love Crockford, I'd have to write off as crap, due to its convoluted programming model and wretched bad appearance and inefficiency. (Example: compare the stock charts in Yahoo with Google's - slow and very flickery) Here's a concrete example in the form of a comparison between old Gmail and new GMail. Page headers for old and new Gmail compared: http://imgur.com/a/X4gdp http://imgur.com/a/X4gdp

acqq 15y ago

Here's one of the reasons: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3190205 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3190205 "If I remember correctly, Google engineers are given the choice of one 30" monitor or a two 24" monitors," That explains all. At the time "normal people" converge to notebooks and laptops with even less height, they "optimize" UI for their immense screens. The managers who approve also test it on their 30 inch screens. And they certainly don't understand the complaints, probably saying: "don't you all have 30 inch?" "let them eat cake." I have an old notebook with 1050 pixels height and even there the new changes are annoying to me. What's with now more common 768, 800 and 900 pixels?

karolist 15y ago
Sticking with one resolution when testing is such a noob mistake I'd doubt google could make it. You don't need a different screen to test different layouts, Firefox webdeveloper extension lets you define viewport sizes for testing easily.