Reported over at ThreadWatch a screen capture taken over at http://www.glenn.ca/google.gif of Google pushing the tabs (Web Images Groups News Froogle Local) to the side bar menu.
![google-sidebar-ui-test.gif](https://www.seroundtable.com/archives/google-sidebar-ui-test.gif)
In my opinion, it takes up too much screen real estate.
Forum discussion at Search Engine Roundtable Forums and Search Engine Watch Forums.