It's been almost two weeks since my last post and I think I'm due for another. I've actually had a couple things I wanted to write about but no time really to write about them. This one website has probably been sitting in my tab bar for about two weeks because I'm afraid that if I close it, I'll lose it forever. Which, really, wouldn't be that big of a deal.
I love Google. You have your Mac fanboys, your Windows fanboys, and your weird Linux cultist, but I love my Google. I started using Gmail back when it was still invite only. I have had my account since June 2004 which is over four years, 637 mbs of space, and over 13,975 emails. I love it.
But what really attracts me about the vast amounts of Google applications is the simplicity of it all and also the attention that Google gives to the work that they do. For example, they recently changed their homepage to allow quicker access to their Privacy page. They didn't just stick the link on the homepage though, they considered the amount of words actually on the homepage. It's a minor thing, but that attention to small detail is what's great about Google.
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"This mystery and its revelation was really interesting because I thought about the homepage, and how to keep it simple, all the time. Yet I hadn't thought to look at it through this very simple lens: just count the words. The fewer, the better. Ever since that night, this has been our discipline, and everyone who works on the homepage and its design knows the current number: 28."[via Official Google Blog]
3 comments:
They're good, but they have flaws. GMail, Calendar, Reader, and Search are good, but their other areas are lacking. Some of their privacy stuff is unsettling too - they comb through your email, etc.
Also Slashdot recently had an article about a bug in Google Calendar that would allow you to find the real name tied to an GMail address. They're a very solid and innovative company, but they have some ways to go still.
The focus of this post was to bring attention to the article from the google blog. The article was about their homepage.
Maybe I should have changed the post title to "...in love with Google's determination to count the amount of words on their homepage and take it into consideration when making changes."
I think that title would have been too long though.
But more accurate!
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