Google.com makes its search box larger

May 29, 2009 32 Email article | Print article

Old search box:

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New search box:

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Huzzah! Personally the new larger search box feels odd to me. What do you guys think?

[via Official Google Blog]

32 Comments »

  1. Ozzie September 22, 2009 at 10:15 PM (comment permalink) -

    Hmmm, do my eyes deceive me or has the search box reverted back to its original size? It feels like Google is messing with my mind! Or my eyesight at the very least!

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  2. Locutus September 22, 2009 at 10:22 PM (comment permalink) -
  3. Ozzie September 22, 2009 at 10:36 PM (comment permalink) -

    Well how bizarre. I just clicked to open the search page, and it was huge again. Maybe it is my eyes after all. But I could swear a few minutes ago I opened the search page a few times and it was small each time. Am I going nuts?

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  4. come2learn September 23, 2009 at 6:29 PM (comment permalink) -

    @Ashraf:
    If you want to know it’s large or not, why don’t you make a vote: member just click then everybody can see how many percent agree with you.
    a. Large, I don’t like it. Keep the previous one
    b. Normal, that’s enough. Keep this screen like this
    c. Small, I like it, but make it larger than this

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  5. Josh October 2, 2009 at 4:28 AM (comment permalink) -

    What!? ….. Not only did I spend half an hour fiddling fruitlessly with the settings, I have been worrying about this weird behaviour for days! What a relief to read this … at last I can sleep again tonight.

    Maybe I should have my eyes tested, but I didn’t see any obvious notice about the change when it started.

    Anyway, it’s OK, although I don’t see any serious need for it and it does look strange. Maybe we are just feeling the old “resistance to change” impulse?

    All those changing images that they display above the search bar, annoy me more than this.

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  6. bosscat October 27, 2009 at 1:24 AM (comment permalink) -

    hoping everyone to type alot alot alot of things when you want to search something. :P

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  7. Jone February 6, 2010 at 2:09 AM (comment permalink) -

    personally i liked the new design a lot. its more user friendly.

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