People went crazy with the introduction of facebook like button. Its plugin was being used on most websites and users all over the world continued clicking it and are still at it. I am not against it, duh!...honestly, I use it too. But, I cannot forget that You tube had the rating system much before it. Moreover, it still is ahead of facebook, since it allows us to both like and dislike a video. So, I was about to credit them for it.
But what's this? Another article says that there were others who thought about these thumbs up and thumbs down icons much before YouTube or Facebook. Yeah! even I had no idea about that...those sites were Stumble upon and Urban dictionary.
Anyways, that is not why I started writing this today. What I wanted to say is (although it has been said before), that I dont like the Google's +1 icon. Firstly, it doesn't come even close to the like button. Secondly, it some how doesn't have a familiar appeal...haan, if google gives it a companion -1 icon, then maybe I will use those links, but right now...nah! They dont lure me. Its just like the unwanted preview icon (magnifying glass) at the end of each search result...clobbering the google results page. Someone make them as an add-on instead of forcing these new icons on users. By doing this, google is slowly following into Microsoft's path who change everything in their subsequent product releases leaving the users lost.
Friday, July 8, 2011
Gmail: New look
Official Gmail Blog: A preview of Gmail’s new look
Although being a google product fan and permanent user, I am not really looking forward for the newer and cleaner Gmail. I liked it and was more comfortable using it when it was newly introduced. It was very stable before facebook and twitter came into picture and google guys started making quick enhancements to keep people on their site.
Now, it is getting clobbered day by day with all the new features. Maybe there are people out there who like change but moi is just not one of 'em. Oh, I really hope they dont change it too much just to be in the competition. Its not even a competition, all the social networking sites are the new thing now, they may fade away in the coming years. But people will still need a fast working mail system. That is where Gmail stands out. And, it should be maintained that way.
Although being a google product fan and permanent user, I am not really looking forward for the newer and cleaner Gmail. I liked it and was more comfortable using it when it was newly introduced. It was very stable before facebook and twitter came into picture and google guys started making quick enhancements to keep people on their site.
Now, it is getting clobbered day by day with all the new features. Maybe there are people out there who like change but moi is just not one of 'em. Oh, I really hope they dont change it too much just to be in the competition. Its not even a competition, all the social networking sites are the new thing now, they may fade away in the coming years. But people will still need a fast working mail system. That is where Gmail stands out. And, it should be maintained that way.
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