# Google's New Look **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 6, 2010, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/googles-new-look/538479 "2010-05-06T04:14:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2010, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/googles-new-look/538479/1 "2010-05-06T04:14:13Z")
Today Google went from having 2 columns, one for search results and one on the far right for ads to having three columns. One on the left for navigation, the center column for search results and the far right column for ads. I can say I do not like the [new look of Google](http://searchengineland.com/meet-the-new-google-41286). It may be 'cause I use a large screen resolution of 800 X 600, which makes the page look busy and cramped. What about you? Do you like it? ---
**Author:** ![AmunRa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@AmunRa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AmunRa)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2010, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/googles-new-look/538479/2 "2010-05-06T04:26:19Z")
I have two 1680x1050 monitors and it still just looked wrong to me. I’m sure it will grow on me eventually and I will forget that it ever looked any different in no time. ---
**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2010, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/googles-new-look/538479/3 "2010-05-06T04:34:50Z")
Just hide it. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2010, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/googles-new-look/538479/4 "2010-05-06T04:41:35Z")
It sometimes does the new look thing for me and sometimes it doesn’t. I’m not sure why. ---
**Author:** ![AmunRa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@AmunRa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AmunRa)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2010, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/googles-new-look/538479/5 "2010-05-06T04:55:27Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > It sometimes does the new look thing for me and sometimes it doesn’t. I’m not sure why. Same here. ---
**Author:** ![Discipline](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/82dd89/32.png) [@Discipline](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Discipline)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2010, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/googles-new-look/538479/6 "2010-05-06T05:05:03Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > It sometimes does the new look thing for me and sometimes it doesn’t. I’m not sure why. Because they’re testing click-through rates. ---
**Author:** ![Floater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dc4da7/32.png) [@Floater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Floater)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2010, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/googles-new-look/538479/7 "2010-05-06T09:01:57Z")
> [@Markxxx](#): > > Today Google went from having 2 columns, one for search results and one on the far right for ads to having three columns. One on the left for navigation, the center column for search results and the far right column for ads. It did? Not on my computer. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2010, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/googles-new-look/538479/8 "2010-05-06T09:10:22Z")
> [@Floater](#): > > It did? Not on my computer. This. Looks exactly the same to me, which is just one column of results. I see I can expand that to two, but never noticed whether that was there before or no. I kind of like it the way it is now, with one, clean column, but I am simple minded. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2010, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/googles-new-look/538479/9 "2010-05-06T09:26:11Z")
It looks the same to me. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2010, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/googles-new-look/538479/10 "2010-05-06T10:04:28Z")
It changed for me today, and I’m already used to it. It’s better than the disastrously crap YouTube redesign, and seems to have removed some of the things I didn’t like about Google’s previous design. So at least one thumb up for me. ---
**Author:** ![Perciful](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b38774/32.png) [@Perciful](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Perciful)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2010, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/googles-new-look/538479/11 "2010-05-06T14:19:15Z")
I think it was definately time for a change. They moved Google to the left and now Google Beta has more color. It is still very Googlish to me. 😉 [Google Over The Years](http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2008/10/google-homepage-time-lapse.html) ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2010, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/googles-new-look/538479/12 "2010-05-06T16:16:46Z")
I don’t see a difference when I sign out of Igoogle. Will that change in appearance as well? ---
**Author:** ![Trepa\_Mayfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@Trepa\_Mayfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trepa_Mayfield)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2010, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/googles-new-look/538479/13 "2010-05-06T20:47:48Z")
I didn’t notice until just now, so I guess that means it’s good. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2010, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/googles-new-look/538479/14 "2010-05-06T22:00:01Z")
I was tempted to vote “Hate It” but that’s a knee-jerk response; once I take some time to see if the changes actually benefit me or not, then I’ll feel more justified in passing judgment. ---
**Author:** ![Balthisar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/balthisar/32/2825_2.png) [@Balthisar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balthisar)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2010, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/googles-new-look/538479/15 "2010-05-06T22:10:25Z")
Mostly I detest the larger-sized input box for enter search terms. Mozilla on Windows doesn’t render it very nicely. ---
**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2010, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/googles-new-look/538479/16 "2010-05-07T00:02:40Z")
> [@spark240](#): > > Just hide it. Wait, how _do_ you hide it? I hate it. Adds nothing that I can see (tools were already available if you wanted them) and takes up space. ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2010, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/googles-new-look/538479/17 "2010-05-07T02:48:57Z")
I hadn’t noticed until I saw this thread. For some reason the ads aren’t showing up at the moment, and I am not doing anything to block them. But I like the left side option bar because I was always having to go into preferences to turn on and off the language search preferences. Now I can just click in that area to search in X, Y and Z languages. I say it’s a worthwhile improvement. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2010, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/googles-new-look/538479/18 "2010-05-07T03:19:00Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > It changed for me today, and I’m already used to it. > > It’s better than the disastrously crap YouTube redesign, and seems to have removed some of the things I didn’t like about Google’s previous design. So at least one thumb up for me. I haven’t yet seen the Google change, but I agree that YouTube now not only looks like shit, it’s hard as fuck to navigate through the related videos, find information about the poster (or about the video, sometimes), and just generally sucks ass. ---
**Author:** ![by-tor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/by-tor/32/266_2.png) [@by-tor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/by-tor)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2010, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/googles-new-look/538479/19 "2010-05-07T05:21:39Z")
I don’t like the new look at all. It is misaligned in my browser/font size. For now it seems that if you go to: [Google](http://www.google.com/webhp?hl=all) you can have the old look back. ---
**Author:** ![badlyburnttoast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ad7895/32.png) [@badlyburnttoast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/badlyburnttoast)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2010, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/googles-new-look/538479/20 "2010-05-07T15:25:35Z")
> [@spark240](#): > > Wait, how _do_ you hide it? > > I hate it. Adds nothing that I can see (tools were already available if you wanted them) and takes up space. If you use chrome: [https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/jcacnmibccjjonfihgnieefkingolocb](https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/jcacnmibccjjonfihgnieefkingolocb) There is a plugin for firefox (and probably IE) too but I don’t have a link offhand. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/googles-new-look/538479.md?page=2)