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danalwynLooking at the new Google Reader (actually, I've been looking at it for about a week or two), I've come to realize what it is that I don't like about the new Google look.
I think it's that Google, being rich as sin, must buy all their developers giant new monitors, monitors that are so giant that the fact that there is enough white space on the page that you could fit the entire works of Shakespeare in it doesn't bother them. For the rest of us, the crushing post-modern blankness means that the only actual information on the page has to fit into a space that is increasingly tighter and tighter, making it more and more difficult to read. Because some of us still use things like Google Reader for, well, you know, reading.
The problem with the Googleplex seems to be that the more time you spend there, the less likely you are to remember that your products are used by people outside of the bubble...
I think it's that Google, being rich as sin, must buy all their developers giant new monitors, monitors that are so giant that the fact that there is enough white space on the page that you could fit the entire works of Shakespeare in it doesn't bother them. For the rest of us, the crushing post-modern blankness means that the only actual information on the page has to fit into a space that is increasingly tighter and tighter, making it more and more difficult to read. Because some of us still use things like Google Reader for, well, you know, reading.
The problem with the Googleplex seems to be that the more time you spend there, the less likely you are to remember that your products are used by people outside of the bubble...
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Date: 2011-11-08 03:49 am (UTC)To make it worse, the top toolbar seems to now occupy about a third of the page, which is slightly ridiculous seeing as how it doesn't do anything.
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Date: 2011-11-08 06:57 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-11-08 02:18 pm (UTC)I think on mine (Chrome 15.0.874 on Mac OS X Snow Leopard) the text size has stayed about the same, but they've essentially double-spaced the lines. The text size for my "Subscriptions" menu on the left-hand side is definitely different, because all my folders no longer fit on the screen. It looks like I have one that was optimized for a 22-24 inch screen, except that it should know from the resolution that it's on a laptop.
It looks like not only have they made it bad though, they've made it bad for everyone in different ways...
(How's classwork going for you?)