Google Image Search Redesign
If you, like me, are disappointed with Google’s recent Image Search “redesign”, you may be interested in my Google Image Search redesign exercise:
Like Google Web Search, Google Image Search remained relatively unchanged since its inception, until a few days ago when they “redesigned” and hid most of the useful information that was displayed alongside images. Image Search results now show only the thumbnail and a short contextual snippet for each result. To get the file size, dimensions, format and domain, you have to mouse over the image.
Meanwhile, tagging is quickly becoming a standard for image findability, image recognition technology has drastically improved, and the web audience is becoming increasingly sophisticated. Google is also expanding other products such as Google News and Picasa, services rich in images that can be integrated into image search results. And Google redesigns by hiding useful information. My question for Google is simple: why so lame?
Have a look: Google Image Search Redesign
- 28 Jan 07
- google, interface, project, redesign, web design
Comments
I think this would be a very good addition to the Google name, now why didn’t some of the smartest programmers and designers think of this. Hiding all the info that many people want as well as taking away some of the “hosters” credit (removing the site url unless hovered) was not the best redesign that could have taken place. I am glad someone has the time to think this through and post about it, maybe someone at Google will read this one and reply and/or “fix” some of the issues.
A-lo on 28 Jan 07