The Truth About Google's so-called "simplicity"
An interesting objection to thinking that Google has a simple interface ...
"The Truth About Google's so-called "simplicity." The truth? It isn't simple. Look, I like Google. It's a great search engine. But I am sick and tied of hearing people praise its clean, elegant look. Hell, all search engines have that clean elegant part to them: type your search terms into the box and hit "Enter."
"Oh," but people rush to object, "the Google search page is so spare, clean, elegant, not crowded with other stuff."
True, but that's because you can only do one thing from their home page: search. anybody can make a simple-looking interface if the system only does one thing. If you want to do any of the many other things Google is able to do, oops, first you have to figure out how to find it, then you have to figure out which of the many offerings to use, then you have to figure out how to use it. And because it's all hidden away in various mysterious places, nothing here is obvious." continued ... (Via jnd.org)
"The Truth About Google's so-called "simplicity." The truth? It isn't simple. Look, I like Google. It's a great search engine. But I am sick and tied of hearing people praise its clean, elegant look. Hell, all search engines have that clean elegant part to them: type your search terms into the box and hit "Enter."
"Oh," but people rush to object, "the Google search page is so spare, clean, elegant, not crowded with other stuff."
True, but that's because you can only do one thing from their home page: search. anybody can make a simple-looking interface if the system only does one thing. If you want to do any of the many other things Google is able to do, oops, first you have to figure out how to find it, then you have to figure out which of the many offerings to use, then you have to figure out how to use it. And because it's all hidden away in various mysterious places, nothing here is obvious." continued ... (Via jnd.org)
Does the simplicity end when you get past page one?
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