I started seeing it yesterday, and I love it. Unfortunately, it's only on my work computer. My home laptop has yet to get the update. I'd like to see this style rolled out across all their apps.
For me it's the fact that 9 times out of 10 it just wastes time. I want to do a search for these keywords, I don't want suggestion, I don't want preview, I don't want a selection of related pictures, please get out of my way, thanks.
Yes encrypted.google.com is really fast, it even has google instant, but I had to turn it off as my default choice in chrome because it won't let you search images. Video and news work but not images.
If anything, it's Bing's topbar resembling Google Search rather than the other way around. And, mind you, Google started pushing their online profiles[1] some while ago—it was only a matter of time until they integrate it better with their main product.
While i like the change, I don't understand the choice for a drop down menu at the right side. Rolling over a button to read you name and email, a link to your profile (which I most probably will not find very useful ) and sign out button (which I want to be super easy to access) seems just adding complexity (both visual and behavioral), without improving anything.
Apart from that, I hope that they will add an option to customize the links on the left side.
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[ 3.8 ms ] story [ 55.2 ms ] threadI finally turned off javascript for all google domains except gmail, cannot stand it anymore.
ps. if you want to do the same, try YesScript plugin, much lighter than NoScript
http://s.deno.pl/bingbar
If anything, it's Bing's topbar resembling Google Search rather than the other way around. And, mind you, Google started pushing their online profiles[1] some while ago—it was only a matter of time until they integrate it better with their main product.
[1] http://www.google.com/profiles
Apart from that, I hope that they will add an option to customize the links on the left side.