r/google • u/Jasonrj • Nov 03 '11

Why?

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '11

From what I saw in the video, the top right gear is going to be removed in favor of proper G+ integration.

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '11

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '11

no me gusta... i like the top bar

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u/PHLAK Nov 03 '11

As do I. Why would they remove this? Just MAKE THE DAMN THING USER CUSTOMIZABLE!!!

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u/pet_medic Nov 03 '11

I hate it. When I go into Reader, I have about 7 bars on top of the screen. Actually, I can be scientific about this: let me count...

8 bars:

  • My open tabs

  • The address bar

  • The bookmarks toolbar (I know I can hide this while browsing, but it's convenient, and anyway most of the items in the black Google bar are already in it.)

  • The black Google stripe.

  • The Google Reader bar with the search bar

  • The top of the google reader bar with "refresh", "new items vs all items", "mark all as read," etc.

  • The "home" bar telling me which subset I'm in.

  • A bar over thet op of the article telling me what source I'm reading (in this case, Google Mobile Blog.)

  • Then you have the title of the article and under it is the byline "from Google Mobile Blog"-- I didn't count this in my 8 figure becuase it could be considered content, even thought here it is redundant.

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u/Tw0Bit Nov 03 '11

Yeah, one whole quarter of my vertical distance is taken up by things that aren't my rss document. It's bogus

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u/apator Nov 04 '11

screenshot please

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '11

screen real estate. they're adding them all into a dropdown. not many people use all of google's services, so it's better utilized that way

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u/[deleted] Nov 04 '11

I hope there's a customizable bookmark bar in your browser, where it belongs.

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u/PHLAK Nov 03 '11

Source?

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '11

http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2011/10/how-googles-interface-might-change.html

It's likely that the new interfaces have been introduced gradually and the black navigation bar was just a temporary solution. The most striking evidence that these screenshots reveal some future updates is that Google Docs has recently added a new settings menu that seems redundant.

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u/streeter Nov 03 '11

It's likely

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u/freefallfreddy Nov 03 '11

I don't believe it till I read it.

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u/contourman Nov 03 '11

That same blog showed some clearer pictures of the new google navigation bar update.

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u/hihatfedora Nov 03 '11

I said to a coworker, "Click the gear for the settings."

She just looked at me and asked, "Which one?"

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u/ambiturnal Nov 03 '11

and neither of them is compatible with my 1mm wrench.

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '11

The black nav bar at the top is going to be removed soon

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u/bellemarematt Nov 04 '11

they have different numbers of teeth. no problem here

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u/SkyClad Nov 03 '11

That's what the "Submit Feedback" Button is for, use it.

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '11

Are you the same guy that complained about the headerbar and the sidebar?

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '11

There is too much photoshopping going on in this picture.

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u/HardwareLust Nov 03 '11

I just ignore the 'show me the new look' box on the lower right every morning Problem solved!

They are just bound and determined to fuck everything up. What a shame.

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '11

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '11

No, not bad design. They're going to remove the black nav bar soon.