Google "fade in" - do not want!

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 :mad:
 
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.
 
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.
 
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