Google Adds “Page Preview” To Search Options

Nov 3, 2009 at 9:51am ET by Barry Schwartz

Google Operating System noticed Google has added a new search option named "page preview." If you go to Google, search on something and click on "show options," you can then look towards the button on the left hand side and click on "page previews." For example, here is a view of a search for apple with page preview selected. As you can see, Google adds thumbnails of the page directly on the search results. Page previews is nothing new to search, Ask.com did it with binoculars and there are many Firefox add-ons that add page previews to the Google search results. [...]

Filed in: Google: Search Customization, Google: User Interface, Google: Web Search, Top News

Google’s Fading Home Page Tests Continue

Nov 2, 2009 at 9:10am ET by Barry Schwartz

On October 6th, we reported on Google's fading home page, which just showed the user a Google logo and a search box. Then after a gradual amount of time, the search boxes and other various links and navigational elements faded in. Since then, Google has seemed to test two alternatives to this new home page approach. They tested adding instructions to inform users to "press enter to search" and now they are informing users that "this space was intentionally left blank." The "press enter" makes more sense to me than the "intentionally left blank" note. Here are pictures: [...]

Filed in: Google: User Interface, Top News

Google Defends Its Design Philosophy

Oct 14, 2009 at 2:38pm ET by Matt McGee

In an interview on TechRadar UK, Google's director of user experience goes a long way toward responding to claims earlier this year that the company's design team is too reliant on data. "Data informs decision-making but it's less useful for conceiving and building conceptually new directions," explains Irene Au. "It's most useful for optimising and refining an established concept." Au leads a 200-person user experience team that often gets involved in new projects long after the design has started. She tells TechRadar that projects are typically started by engineers, and a developer too [...]

Filed in: Google: User Interface

Google Fades In The Home Page

Oct 6, 2009 at 8:14am ET by Barry Schwartz

TechCrunch reported that Google is testing a new home page that fade in the various links and buttons after a second or two. Here is the video that demonstrates this limited Google test: I emailed Google, but have yet to receive a response as to why Google would test this type of home page. I personally do not see how this is that helpful. I do see what Google is trying to do, but making their key areas on the home page stand out a bit more (i.e. the logo and search box), but I think the way this is done, is a bit over the top. I did spot a Google help thread where a Googler impli [...]

Filed in: Google: User Interface, Google: Web Search

Google Adds Visited Pages, Past Hour & Fewer Shopping Sites Filtering

Oct 1, 2009 at 12:01pm ET by Danny Sullivan

You like it! You really like it! It being the Google Search Options feature that Google added to its search pages back in May, the company says. So as a reward, Google is adding options to filter out (or highlight) pages you've visited before, pages that Google's found in the past hour and a toggle to show more or fewer "commercial" listings in its results. My companion piece, Up Close With Google Search Options, does exactly as the headline says. It will take you through ALL the Search Options that Google's offers in great depth, including the new ones. But for those who just want [...]

Filed in: Google: OneBox, Plus Box & Direct Answers, Google: User Interface, Google: Web History & Search History, Google: Web Search, Search Features: Dates, Search Features: Query Refinement, Top News

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