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WebMynd (YC 08) launches RedesignGoogle Contest.

31 points by rokhayakebe 17y ago

tlrobinson 17y ago
It would be nice if the thumbnail previews expanded when you click them. I don't use Firefox so I'm not going to install these, but I'd like to view them in more detail.
japherwocky 17y ago
yes, and there's already a design with boobs!
- chaosprophet 17y ago
  Which is quite aptly named "Go ogle".
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physcab 17y ago
a) Why? (PR Stunt?) b) Is anyone truly happy with WebMynd's plugin?
- pclark 17y ago
  I use webmynd and love it. The only reason I don't use it more is because of the awful Firefox UX on Mac. When and if Chrome supports extensions and Webmynd has one, it's search heaven.
- axod 17y ago
  I uninstalled their plugin after a few minutes. Covering Googles advertising seems a bit unethical to me. At least have an option to put it somewhere else like above in a toolbar.
  - sachinag 17y ago
    It doesn't cover the advertising; it just pushes it down. There isn't enough room to go three wide (Google, WebMynd, and ads), so it's clearly the best balance of user experience/not being evil I can think of.
  - skolor 17y ago
    Agreed. Either block the ads completely, or show them. For a site so completely based on data, giving them bad data by covering their ads so that it appears to the site that they are being shown, but they aren't, just seems wrong.
sachinag 17y ago
I think this is brilliant, and kudos on 1) getting the http://www.RedesignGoogle.com http://www.RedesignGoogle.com domain name and 2) getting TC on board as a judge. I do wish I could test redesigns without having to install another plugin (I already have WebMynd installed), but hey, the screenshots are pretty good, since you can't really change too much about the mechanics of the site. It'll be interesting to see which ones make it into the main WebMynd plugin.
fjabre 17y ago
Well now I know who webmynd is. Nice stunt with some big names in the mix.
brown9-2 17y ago
Well, this is a bit arrogant isn't it? "We've decided that your site design stinks, and we've decided that we will fix it for you - in a way that brings attention to us. "
oneplusone 17y ago
Well I was bored so I created one: http://www.webmynd.com/look/designs/by_id/126 http://www.webmynd.com/look/designs/by_id/126
NathanKP 17y ago
Ughhh..... I apologize in advance to any who may have designed a custom Google theme but I'm not impressed by any of them. None of the themes were anywhere near as clean and ergonomic as the plain Google theme. Give me plain text any day. Fancy pictures just slow page load times and strange background and text colors just make it hard to read.
jexe 17y ago
Impressed more with their ability to get the word out about the stunt than the stunt itself.

31 points by rokhayakebe 17y ago

It would be nice if the thumbnail previews expanded when you click them. I don't use Firefox so I'm not going to install these, but I'd like to view them in more detail.

japherwocky 17y ago

yes, and there's already a design with boobs!

chaosprophet 17y ago
Which is quite aptly named "Go ogle".

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physcab 17y ago

a) Why? (PR Stunt?) b) Is anyone truly happy with WebMynd's plugin?

pclark 17y ago
I use webmynd and love it. The only reason I don't use it more is because of the awful Firefox UX on Mac. When and if Chrome supports extensions and Webmynd has one, it's search heaven.
axod 17y ago
I uninstalled their plugin after a few minutes. Covering Googles advertising seems a bit unethical to me. At least have an option to put it somewhere else like above in a toolbar.
- sachinag 17y ago
  It doesn't cover the advertising; it just pushes it down. There isn't enough room to go three wide (Google, WebMynd, and ads), so it's clearly the best balance of user experience/not being evil I can think of.
- skolor 17y ago
  Agreed. Either block the ads completely, or show them. For a site so completely based on data, giving them bad data by covering their ads so that it appears to the site that they are being shown, but they aren't, just seems wrong.

sachinag 17y ago

I think this is brilliant, and kudos on 1) getting the http://www.RedesignGoogle.com http://www.RedesignGoogle.com domain name and 2) getting TC on board as a judge. I do wish I could test redesigns without having to install another plugin (I already have WebMynd installed), but hey, the screenshots are pretty good, since you can't really change too much about the mechanics of the site. It'll be interesting to see which ones make it into the main WebMynd plugin.

fjabre 17y ago

Well now I know who webmynd is. Nice stunt with some big names in the mix.

brown9-2 17y ago

Well, this is a bit arrogant isn't it? "We've decided that your site design stinks, and we've decided that we will fix it for you - in a way that brings attention to us. "

oneplusone 17y ago

Well I was bored so I created one: http://www.webmynd.com/look/designs/by_id/126 http://www.webmynd.com/look/designs/by_id/126

NathanKP 17y ago

Ughhh..... I apologize in advance to any who may have designed a custom Google theme but I'm not impressed by any of them. None of the themes were anywhere near as clean and ergonomic as the plain Google theme. Give me plain text any day. Fancy pictures just slow page load times and strange background and text colors just make it hard to read.

jexe 17y ago

Impressed more with their ability to get the word out about the stunt than the stunt itself.