Google is no more minimalistic or elegant

Web Page of Google Search isno more minimalistic or elegant?

New button in dropdown. Is it Good or Bad?

Let’s check it on common search scenarios from the office workstation (i.e. having both keyboard and mouse, and monitor)

Typing + Arrow Down + Enter == Search Results

Typing + Mouse Click == Search Results

Typing + Enter == Search Results

Typing + Search Button == Search Results

Enter OR Arrow Down + Enter OR Mouse Click OR Search Button

Shit happens. Too many alternatives for me!!

Why I must select from 4 options to continue??

There are two options to run search ignoring suggestions in dropdown:

hit Entervs.

Mouse Click new Search Button

Question:Was it done to keep duplication of keyboard and mouse?

Question:Mouse-Click-of-Search-Button option was introduced for the symmetry with the queries without suggestions (when dropdown doesn’t show up, and Search Button is visible below the typing area)?

If there is a search button for no-suggestions case, then it must be a search button for suggestions case. Right?

OK, then put the button closer to the typing area!

Why do I need to move mouse far away from the typing area to run the search? Let’s keep typing & Search Button within the same locus of the attention.

Queries without suggestions are still good. Thank God!

Contact and Resources

Vasyl Mylko mailto:vmylko@gmail.com

Jef Raskin.The Humane Interface: New Directions for Designing Interactive Systems (Paperback)