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I like it. I posted about it on the 29th Oct but no one believed me!
Google "fade in" - do not want!
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I don't mind the fade-in on the homepage, but the new reduced width SRP is really annoying!
I don't have a widescreen monitor just so you can use 50% of the width so the adverts sit in the middle of the page
I don't have a widescreen monitor just so you can use 50% of the width so the adverts sit in the middle of the page
I don't have a widescreen monitor just so you can use 50% of the width so the adverts sit in the middle of the page
That has got to be the worst point for an argument ever.
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Why? What other reason have they done it for?
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Started a thread on it over in the Windows Forum as my poor wee laptop has a mild coronary whenever the googleffect kicks in.
There's a few alternatives listed in there including a forum member's (toon_mad) own desktop application.
There's a few alternatives listed in there including a forum member's (toon_mad) own desktop application.
First time I've seen this; I've always used the Firefox-provided page.
I was initially struggling to see the point of this new effect.
Well, I can see what they're trying to do - focus the user on the primary search area - but nearly all users are going to move the mouse pointer at some point anyway, thus revealing all the links.
Because of this, it's a near-certainty that a user will see those links anyway, so why risk detrimentally affecting the user experience with a slightly longer download time for the effect's code?
And then it occurred to me: mobile devices.
Very limited screen real estate, and no mouse pointer. That's why they've done this.
But yes: for desktop use, it's utterly pointless.
I was initially struggling to see the point of this new effect.
Well, I can see what they're trying to do - focus the user on the primary search area - but nearly all users are going to move the mouse pointer at some point anyway, thus revealing all the links.
Because of this, it's a near-certainty that a user will see those links anyway, so why risk detrimentally affecting the user experience with a slightly longer download time for the effect's code?
And then it occurred to me: mobile devices.
Very limited screen real estate, and no mouse pointer. That's why they've done this.
But yes: for desktop use, it's utterly pointless.
im working on a google searcher for windows if anyone is interested, sits in the system tray and you open and search for what you want in a click of a button:
still a work in progress but its getting there: http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18087216
allows all the searching you would expect from google itself but more
check out page 3 of the thread im making a theme builder which is almost done so anyone interested can design there own themes for the main program.
Also need people willing to test it, already have a few helpers, Macky from this forum has been good enough to design the icon which he is working on updating.
still a work in progress but its getting there: http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18087216
allows all the searching you would expect from google itself but more
check out page 3 of the thread im making a theme builder which is almost done so anyone interested can design there own themes for the main program.
Also need people willing to test it, already have a few helpers, Macky from this forum has been good enough to design the icon which he is working on updating.