Google Tests A Whiter Desktop Search Experience

Sep 16, 2016 - 7:51 am 4 by
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Google is constantly testing user interfaces, we cover some but not all of them. This one was brought to my attention by AbhisheK Kasaudhan on Twitter.

This tests gives you a whiter, what looks to be more spacious, desktop search experience.

The top bar is less gray and more off-white, it is also more spacious. The search button is not a blue button but rather a white button with a blue magnifying glass. Here are the two interfaces side by side, you can click to enlarge them.

Whiter Test Interface:

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The Normal Interface:

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Which do you like better?

Forum discussion at Twitter.

 

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