Two weeks ago, we. launched. an updated form of the search results page, and I would like to tell you what guided our design team. We have tried to take those things, which is famous for Google, and improve them, powerful technology, neat design, simplicity and cheerfulness. Our goal was to design, known to millions of people, it is better. It is hard to imagine a more exciting experience for a designer.
During development, we thought about what people expect from looking more and more. With the development of the Internet over the last decade they have become more complex queries, and as a consequence, there is a need for funds to get the answers to them. Our engineers have a lot of work to ensure that Google search trends and meet the changing needs of users. The objective of the last redesign, in particular, was to integrate all the latest tools and technologies on one page.
A common way enhance the functionality of the site is to add a panel with links to the left. We tried a variety of design options left panel and began to test them on users. in 2006. During testing, we realized that our users want more features, but not at the expense of simplicity to which they are accustomed to.
As a first step last May, we launched. panel of the Preferences Search. That could be turned on and off. In this way, we can quickly test new search tools, such as limiting the dates or types of results. Using the Search Settings, designers, researchers and engineers have studied and analyzed in detail the various options open continuously panel search tools. We have made hundreds of prototypes and get feedback on them from a custom research on Google and other employees of the experiments - including one of the largest public experiment in the history of Google. In the end, we came to the design, which dynamically displays the most relevant search tools on the left, but it makes the overall aesthetics of the. Here is a comparison search options panel (left) and a new page with the results (right):.
We knew that with the addition of the left panel results page will be visually more severe, and therefore we have taken steps to facilitate other design elements. Our new graphic design started with a new Google logo. Compare the old ( top) and new ( bottom) logos:.
The new logo has become lighter, brighter and easier to. On this basis, we have developed new icons and made hundreds of other small changes. For example, we facilitated the bottom of the page, removing the blue and underlining, making the colors brighter and extending the search. Here is a comparison of the old version ( top) and new (below):. 
Despite the fact that I am very happy with the changes we have made, designer's work is never done. We are already testing the additional improvements, listening to your views. If you're interested, here are some of the other prototypes of new designs that we tested (click to view pictures):.
Blue Homepage. : We 've always liked the color blue - in the end, web - links are usually blue, so blue binds together the entire web. This became the basis for many other design options.
The Blue button. : A large blue button 'Search' came to the first external experiment, where it was quickly rejected by users. We've heard your opinion and changed her.
Divided types of search. : This design highlights the various search tools, such as searching for books, news, blogs, pictures, etc. Dr.. As labeled blocks the main results page.
Blue results page. : This is one of the final designs of blue color, which we did, and he said when we renamed the link 'Online ' link in the ' All results ' - a name that more reflects our mission to organize the world's information.
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